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The new Lib Dem leader will give his speech to conference today

Tim Farron’s Lib Dem conference speech in full

*Comment & Analysis

Jeremy Corbyn faced criticism this week for only appointing men to top Shadow Cabinet posts

Corbyn’s Cabinet let women down – but he can still capture their support

*Blog

Many people with terminal cancer are forced to spend their last days in hospital because of lack of home support

How government policy can help give people a ‘good death’

*Comment & Analysis

Lights out? Would a British exit from the EU be such a disaster?

Comment: Corbyn is right to be wary of the EU – it’s an instrument of austerity

*Blog

Lucy Powell was impressive in her role as shadow education minister under Ed Miliband

Comment: Academies dismantled, tuition fees scrapped – what a Corbyn education policy might look like

*Blog

Grassroots Labour members believe Corbyn can bring about a new era for the party

New Labour control-freakery created the need for Jeremy Corbyn

*Blog

Couples are forced to choose between separation or exile, either of which may be indefinite.

How the UK does all it can to keep non-EU partners separated

Financial requirements are part of a sustained attack on the rights of citizens to live in the UK with non-EU partners

*Blog

Corbyn's antagonistic relationship with the USA could lead to dangerous results

Jeremy Corbyn’s naive foreign policy would put Europe in danger

Corbyn’s goodwill towards Russia blinds his foreign policy within the European community

*Blog

Faith leaders have failed to deal with the central issue of alleviating the suffering of others

Assisted Dying Bill: Church has no right to deny their flock dignity in death

*Comment & Analysis

Trans issues are increasingly in the news, but policy changes are coming from the courts rather than parliament

Is the trans inquiry just a fig leaf?

*Blog

The UK Labour party should be paying attention to Aodhán O'Ríordáin

The man who made Ireland fall in love with drug law reform

*Comment & Analysis

Family arrives on Greek beach, after crossing, on an inflatable boat with 35 people

Dear David Cameron: Now turn your words into action on refugees

*Comment & Analysis

Images of children washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean have horrified the world

How the UK government fails and disowns traumatised child refugees

*Comment & Analysis

There is a growing gap between SNP rhetoric and reality

The SNP’s record in government has escaped scrutiny for too long

*Comment & Analysis

Abrahams: Iain Duncan Smith has practiced "shady and unscrupulous" behaviour

Comment: Iain Duncan Smith has shown he is no longer fit for work

*Comment & Analysis

Girl carried out of an inflatable boat on the Greek island of Kos after crossing the Aegean Sea

Dear David Cameron. Please change course on refugees

*Blog

Persecuting people who smoke cannabis diverts resources from serious crime

Comment: The government’s response to the cannabis petition is fatuous, dishonest and misleading

*Blog

Political responses to the Calais crisis have so far focused only on security

Comment: Higher fences will not solve the Calais migrant crisis

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Corbyn's opposition to a bombing campaign in Syria is at odds with his support for the Kurds

Comment: Forget economics. It’s Corbyn’s foreign policy which is really dangerous

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