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Locked in: Home Office accused of filling detention centres even after the covid emergency began.

Punishing migrants: Stubborn Home Office covid response puts everyone at risk

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In the balance: Every area of policy likely to see massive change in years to come.

Peak uncertainty: This is what covid might do to our politics

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Protecting privilege: Govt coronavirus response assumes we're all wealthy

Protecting privilege: Govt coronavirus response assumes we’re all wealthy

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Rainy day: Covid separates people, but technology at least lets them say in touch.

In the worst of times, coronavirus provides some reasons to be positive

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Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove answers questions from the media via a video link in Downing Street.

Coronavirus is political. Don’t let them tell you otherwise.

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We're all claimants now: Coronavirus can change the narrative on benefits

We’re all claimants now: Coronavirus can change the narrative on benefits

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Displaced: Vulnerable in Europe left behind in covid response

Coronavirus: Displaced people are being left without help

The far-right and some European governments have started capitalising on the spread of Covid-19 to feed into anti-migrant narratives.

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Trapped in immigration detention: The coronavirus risk in the estate.

The coronavirus emergency in immigration detention centres

Keeping immigrants detained in these circumstances is a direct risk to their health and society at large.

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MPs debate the coronavirus bill in the Commons tonight.

Warning raised over Coronavirus bill impact on elderly and disabled

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Hot take battle: The disciples of rampant individualism cast doubt on the severity of the covid crisis

A plague of hot takes: Lazy contrarians are putting everyone at risk

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Islington food bank announced a closure this week, with other centres expected to follow.

‘A perfect storm’: Food banks face uncertainty as coronavirus crisis deepens

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Growing from the cracks: A new constitutional reform movement is needed

Without a constitutional reform movement, we’re done for

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FoI: 20 years on

What happened to Freedom of Information?

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How can a parliament claim to properly represent the people if almost three-quarters of the population are systematically silenced?

This isn’t a People’s Parliament: Westminster is warped beyond belief

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The things you never knew about free movement

The things you never knew about free movement

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The final three: Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey

They’re all good, but it’s Starmer’s time

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Keir Starmer is currently expected to win the Labour leadership contest.

Starmer is the John Smith of our times

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Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald celebrates during the Irish general election count

Rise of Sinn Fein: Irish unity is now mainstream

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Is the new defence review a ploy to cut back development funding?

Is the new defence review a ploy to cut back development funding?

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