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And they came from the North...
WASPI women: £10bn to a small group of wealthy pensioners is not in country's best interests
The Lead is back in print across Blackpool and Lancashire
The derelict Norwich academy that embodies Tories' education record
The dos and don'ts for Britain in a new Syria
Private landlords exodus backfires on public housing
I was hunted by the Assad regime. Now I can return.
Exclusive: Mental health charities bend rules to try and help more patients
"The frontline is here, right now"
The crisis in our courts must not be out of sight, out of mind
Taken and forgotten: how vulnerable mothers are failed by the UK justice system
"Trauma Factories": How paralysed family courts are destroying lives
It can't stop here: Assisted dying bill must be complemented by restoring Britain's care networks
My newly immunosuppressed life
There is no progressive future for Britain without the farming community on board
The North is short of over 70,000 social housing units. Can Rayner fix it?
Damp, decay and delay: the many fractures of the housing crisis
People smugglers aren’t terrorists, and “smashing the gangs” won’t work
The changing face of Blackpool's Grange Park
The story of Blackpool's South Shore Romany Gypsies
Trump's triumph: Picking up the pieces
The Democrats walked into a deathtrap. Will Labour take note?
The verdict on the Labour budget: Where it soars and stumbles
Labour's first budget: big promises, but bigger questions remain
Infected blood wiped out my family. Nothing less than criminal charges will do.
Labour's new fiscal rules should lead to mega investment in Britain
The two-child benefit cap is indefensible. It's got to go.
Keeping the two-child benefit cap is deeply irresponsible borrowing
Entrepreneurs’ Relief is a grift—and does nothing for Britain. Scrap it.
The Lead North moves to Substack - and launches first Yorkshire-based edition
To win big business, Britain needs government investment - not tax cuts
Instead of social housing, councils spend tens of millions on "temporary" hotels
Introducing Brick by Brick: Rebuilding Britain's housing
Labour's first 100 days: Not half as bad as it looks
The Tory leadership fiasco is not necessarily good news for progressives
On England's dead rivers, fishing towns are dying too
Almost everything Labour said about the freebies was a mistake
From Gaza's skies to Cardigan Bay: The drone testing facility dividing a Welsh village
Britishness can't be untangled from migration. A new exhibition drives the message home.
Lebanon: Nasrallah killing is an era-defining cataclysm. Does it mean regional war?
From Clacton, to Washington, to Silvertown: the many engines of Britain's new Far Right
I wanted help with intrusive thoughts. My GP told me to drink more water.
NHS insiders slam Palantir contract
Exclusive: 376 hours A&E waits for crisis-struck mental health patients
We're back - and we want you with us
Black women have lowest IVF success rates in the NHS. Why?
London's forgotten river and the barrister who saved it
Do you suffer from plant blindness?
Shameful: Britain hauled before the UN for violating disabled people's rights
In the frame – Blackpool’s enduring photographic appeal
Coroners Linked Books on Amazon to Multiple Deaths. A Decade Later, They’re Still For Sale.
Urgent review at Blackpool Victoria Hospital adds to litany of issues
New government's asylum reform must end Hostile Environment
Migrant hotels are anything but ‘luxurious’ - and barges are not the answer
The competition for Altrincham’s schools is brutal - as a former student I know nothing has changed
The Black and brown hikers taking back Britain’s countryside
״A child protection crisis”: The UK's shocking neglect of asylum-seeking kids
Noxious gas from giant Greater Manchester landfill ruining the lives of residents
The 'noctor' will see you now: Unregulated physician associates putting lives at risk
The strange Royal arrangement that kept Bibby Stockholm afloat
“Is anywhere in the world safe?”: Asylum seeking women on far-right riots
Why did Andrew Tate choose Romania?
By targeting "multiculturalism", the British far right launches an attack on all of us
Riots show why British Jews must reject fake solidarity from the right
“Survive until 2025”: British TV and film workers battle a jobs crisis
Douglas Murray & Co are no allies of Jews
The rise of authoritarian schools
Craft beer and freedom: why Hongkongers settled in Altrincham and Sale
Black girls aren't safe in British schools
Hereditary conditions 'unknown': How the NHS is failing adoptees
'Mindless hatred': Far-right festival averted in Blackpool
Why was a Black man on trial for using a raccoon emoji?
Pristine beaches, poisoned water: What water companies did to Blackpool
Canal boaters “face homelessness” as fees skyrocket
Just tell us what killed the crabs
Exclusive: Housing associations flog away dozens of properties in auctions
Just how much does the Red Wall care about immigration?
The next housing crisis: Shared ownership