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The Lead Untangles: The weaponising of council finances by Reform
“We have all the potential in the world, right here, in Scunthorpe.”
Transphobia is not feminism, it’s a dangerous distraction
The community at the heart of Scunthorpe’s British Steel saga
Why are children still being diagnosed with personality disorders?
Unions are the frontline for Labour’s battle against Reform
The Lead Untangles: The rise of homeschooling
Unions are the frontline for Labour’s battle against Reform
Inside the Reform circus at British Steel in Scunthorpe
I’d like to ask the flighty millionaires: where is your sense of civic duty?
We won’t solve the social care crisis unless we start valuing caring professions
As water bills soar, activists fight to keep Britain’s rivers clean
Trump tariffs must not be a signal to climb deeper into his pocket
The Lead Untangles: The case for a wealth tax
It's time to cut Donald Trump loose - before he takes the UK down with him
The social housing tenants left traumatised by decades of neglect
The Lead in Conversation: Conspiracy, council tax and the common law courts
Kemi Badenoch's net-zero denial is a dangerous gamble
Fuel poverty in Britain has not peaked – and online disinformation is making it worse
Labour’s fixation on getting people back to work is short-sighted and misses the bigger picture
Spring Statement - a view from the North: Taking the hardest hit and delaying inevitable bad news
The Lead Untangles: The Spring Statement
Council tax is broken - it’s time to fix it
I spent 18 years on benefits – the welfare system needs an overhaul
Time to stop indulging kleptocrats: The UK and EU must step up as America steps back
"I left and never went back": The rural towns that offer no way up
People with ME have been neglected by the government and society for too long
Austerity isn’t pruning; it’s scorched earth.
The Lead Untangles: Welfare cuts, PIP and plans more popular with the Tories than Labour
Labour can slice it however they want, but more cuts is more austerity
Birth trauma: How maternity care is failing women
Demonising disabled people is not a moral duty
The Lead in conversation: "Everyone in society has a part to play in raising children"
How to break free from the myth of the 'perfect mother'
Northern rail made more than half a million in "unlawful" fare evasion prosecutions
Exhibition: Migration and dissent go on, with you
The Windrush education scandal: the lesser-known legacy of systemic racism still hurting generations
The Lead Untangles: Why Labour are getting involved in Manchester United's gaudy new ground
Keir Starmer’s cruel civil service blitz is a cynical gift to the right
A suspended Reform MP, malaise and discontent on the English seaside
It was inevitable that Reform UK would fracture
Malcolm X: Unpicking an enduring legacy from a Black British perspective
The Black refugee wrongly imprisoned for 13 years – now the fight for compensation
Labour’s proposed disability benefit cuts are nothing short of terrifying, say campaigners
The far-right poses its biggest political threat since World War II. The government must act.
The Lead Untangles: Changes to the 'feudal' leasehold system and whether they go far enough
"Lost generation" of home-educated children facing uncertain future
Nigel Farage has exposed his true feelings in wake of the Trump-Zelenskyy White House row
Disabled mutual aid - our resistance against social neglect
International aid cuts create a void where evil flourishes
The Lead UK in Conversation at Convention of the North: A Northern political agenda
Optimism cuts through the gloom at Convention of the North
The Lead Untangles: Apple users lose ADP in the UK sparking security vs privacy row
The Prime Minister must not forget the energy crisis raging in homes
Inside the Common Law Court conspiracy theory that led to attempted kidnap and ignoring council tax
Britain must not hitch to the Trump bandwagon on Ukraine
The Lead Untangles: As many as 100,000 Ukrainian refugees face uncertainty in visa extension bids
Gen Z shunning digital payments for cash to understand emotional cost of spending
Sharing internet should not be as scary as it sounds
A former MP is on the hunt for a new home for his collection of five decades of Private Eye
Keir Starmer is a war-time Prime Minister. This changes everything.
Hit by the household benefit cap: Forcing people to live on less than they need
Immigration is not the number one priority for voters and the country. Labour must remember this.
The Lead Untangles: Paternity Leave in the UK, is it on its knees and what needs to change?
Chicken river pollution claims float Nando's way as celebs pile behind open letter
Pride in Britain? Nigel Farage's attack on education exposes his agenda
Woman diagnosed with HIV at 22 urges public to get tested
Channel 4's Go Back To Where You Came From shows the lack of empathy in Britain right now
The unequal burden of the toxic air we breathe
The Lead Untangles: USAID, where the funding was going and what comes next
The Lead UK in conversation: the shared ownership crisis
'Cowboy operator' RMG in crosshairs as thousands left frustrated at service charges
It’s time for Labour to take back control as Reform surges
Lingering stigma and barriers: UK at risk of missing goal to end HIV transmission by 2030
Labour's employment reforms could harm sick workers. Join our campaign for Safer Sick Pay now.
Five reasons to be optimistic after five years of Brexit
Toxic assets: Housing association homes and shared ownership
Teesworks: £560m of public money spent and issues of 'governance and transparency' remain
The government is moving in the right direction - but how can we all fight street homelessness?
Toxic assets: Housing association homes and shared ownership
The intolerable crisis of angry young men
How women are being recruited and radicalised by the far-right
The permanent migraine of Donald Trump
Donald Trump's inauguration speech: Six themes which emerged
Gaza ceasefire - a cautious welcome for now and where Britain is in all this
Tide may be turning on Brexit, it’s not too late for Labour to lead
What the facts actually say about the far-right’s ‘grooming gangs’ obsession
Ignore the 'market mayhem', a lifeline for renters is being activated
Life near the 'intensely nauseating' landfill quarry making people flee their homes
Meta’s new 'fact-free' era should worry us all
How Andrew McIntyre hijacked the death of three young girls in Southport to spread far-right hatred
Young people in the UK have waited long enough, their plight can not become a tool of the far-right