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The Lead Untangles: How extreme heat is impacting our health service
Clinicians and healthcare professionals saw the human cost of the heatwave last month – but risk suspension for climate protests
 • Ellie Broughton and The Lead

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The Lead Untangles: The push to regulate therapy
A new petition says it’s time to regulate the profession– but therapists and clients disagree
 • The Lead and Ellie Broughton
Burnham has brought hope back to No.10 - now comes the hard part
Burnham’s first moves suggest a government focused on living standards and everyday concerns — but difficult choices are already emerging
 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead Editors
'I remember going to the shop and someone refusing to serve me' - life for EU nationals since Brexit vote
This summer is ten years since the EU referendum, 5.8million people have settled status in the UK. How have they found living here since Brexit?
 • Kevin Gopal and The Lead
The Lead Untangles: Why is the UK seeing so many wildfires?
The UK is increasingly at risk of experiencing wildfires, with last year seeing the most blazes on record. But are we prepared?
 • The Lead, Ella Glover, and The Lead Editors
Nigel Farage wants to be protected — and persecuted
Drilling into what the Reform leader has said and done since the shocking death of Ann Widdecombe
 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
The Lead Untangles: Rent controls
With Andy Burnham almost certain to become the next Prime Minister, campaigners are demanding rent controls
 • The Lead and Kevin Gopal
Nigel Farage is toast
He may win the battle, but Farage has already lost the myth
 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
Coastal towns swung Brexit, now they may again hold the balance for Reform
A decade on from the UK's vote to leave the EU, we explore how the political landscape has evolved in Dover, a town that's shaping the national…
 • Fred Garratt-Stanley and The Lead
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The Lead in Conversation: "Disinformation is one of the most crucial issues we face"
Perhaps one of the biggest indicators of whether a town would Vote Leave was its proximity to the sea. Fred Garratt-Stanley went to Dover to see how it…
 • The Lead, Ella Glover, and Fred Garratt-Stanley
The Lead Untangles: The false claims about Andy Burnham’s business interests
With Andy Burnham front and centre, old rumours about his wife’s ties to a public contract are being rehashed online.
 • Ella Glover and The Lead
Andy Burnham starts in the right place: power
The Labour-leader-in-waiting has correctly identified the source of Britain's stagnation. But will he be able to fix it?
 • The Lead and Zoe Grunewald
From Leave to Reform: The decade that destroyed British politics
Brexit was meant to settle Britain's deepest political divide. Instead, it paved the way for Nigel Farage's return
 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
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