Archive - The Lead

Child poverty is a failure of the state and the economy it claims to safeguard

The government insists we cannot afford to lift children out of poverty, while those same children pay the price for political caution.

10 hrs ago •

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13 Labour MPs have joined our call for Council Tax Reform

It's about time. And there's stirrings in the North of England.

11 hrs ago •

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“Left for dead” on Snowdon by white hiking group: Rural racism is not a myth

Half of ethnic minority Brits have reported “negative experiences” in nature because of their racial identity, according to new research shared…

Oct 11 •

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The Lead Untangles: Is the Conservative Party finished?

Can the Stamp Duty announcement save the Tories from political extinction?

Oct 10 •

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Black History Month is more important than ever – but it is being hollowed out

Why we're shining a light on Black stories this month. Plus: The latest from Reform Watch, and everything our team is reading, watching and listening to…

Oct 9 •

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The Lead Digest: Whether clubbing is dead and Taylor Swift

Our round-up by The Lead's team of what we've been reading, listening to, scrolling and watching each week

Oct 9 •

Reform Watch: Raising council tax in Kent and deputy leader in employment legal dispute

Each week we cast over eyes over what Reform have been up to - from proclamations to the detail of how their attempts to run councils are going.

Oct 9 •

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Special report: hope, despair, and the deadly journey to Britain

Sarah Collins meets refugees waiting to cross the channel at Loon Plage in northern France

Oct 7 •

Can Corbyn and Sultana's Your Party move on from its troubled beginnings?

Splits, rows and even legal threats have dogged the first few months of what was supposed to be a new start for the left in Britain. Left-wing veteran…

Oct 4 •

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The Lead Untangles: The Reform leader’s Russian influence scandal

Not unreported, but certainly not given much spotlight, what do the Russian bribes taken by a former Reform UK leader tell us?

Oct 3 •

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At Labour conference, Reform was the real story

The government's second conference in power showed unity against the far right, but anxiety over delivery and messaging remains.

Oct 2 •

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The Lead Digest: The Caerphilly by-election and the myth of the 'woke' right

Our round-up by The Lead's team of what we've been reading, listening to, scrolling and watching each week

Oct 2 •

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