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‘We Need to Have New Conversations About the Colonial Realities of Our Rural Past’
Country Walks Through Colonial Britain' reveals fascinating connections between colonial history and British rural life – but ...
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‘I Had to Argue for My Right to Vote’: Voters Report Being Denied a Say in Local Elections Due to Strict Photo ID Law
Matt Dix in Leeds says he was turned away because a volunteer did not recognize him from his ID photo due to his current ...
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UK Regulators Lose Billions on Bad Contracts and Lack of Enforcement Leaves Public ‘Unprotected from Rogue Companies’
New research blames the UK's reliance on self-regulation for the issues and found that US regulators are doing significantly better ...
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The Local Election Results Flush the Conservative Party’s Culture War Strategy Down the Gender Neutral Toilet
According to the first tranche of local election results, Rishi Sunak’s is losing around half the seats they are defending, with Labour regaining councils both in their former heartlands and in ...
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Telegraph Columnist Says Voter ID Issue ‘Just Bonkers’ After his Wife was Told to Return With Marriage Certificate Before She Could Vote
Voting in the local elections was a lottery for some across the country on Thursday due to ID checks at polling booths, with ...
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Conservatives Branded ‘Nasty Party’ as Voters Reject Plan to Target Sick and Disabled
The Conservative Party are now seen as the ‘nasty party’, according to exclusive new polling which suggests a large majority ...
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‘When Articles Exclude Voices of People They’re About, It’s Dehumanising’ – UK’s Biggest Media Players are the Worst Offenders
It’s 2024 and headlines about ‘illegal immigrants’ are a dime a dozen. We’ve heard every conceivable opinion on crossing the ...
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‘Undemocratic’ and Possible ‘Gerrymandering’: Voters Express Anger After First Past the Post Introduced for Mayoral and PCC Elections
It’s a change that happened largely under the radar. But a subtle shift to the voting system for mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections in England and Wales has drawn widespread ...
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Labour’s ‘Punishment’ of Jamie Driscoll May Hand Him Victory in the North-East
Voters in Newcastle said they planned to shun Labour for their treatment of Jamie Driscoll who is running as an independent ...
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Ex-Army Officer Who Served in Afghanistan ‘Blocked from Ballot Box’ After Veteran ID Rejected
MP and ex-Conservative cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has previously admitted voter ID was a “gerrymandering” scheme ...
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How the Georgian ‘Foreign Agents Bill’ May Cost it Everything its People Have Ever Dreamed Of – And Benefit No One But Russia
Georgian Dream's 'Russian-style' law has prompted strong statements of concern from the UK, US and EU with critics saying it ...
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UK’s ‘Worst Hotel Chain’, Britannia Hotels, Makes Remarkable Profit After Joining Government’s Asylum Seeker Hotel Network
Britannia Hotels profits increased to £40 million in 2023 amid reports that at least 17 of the chain's hotels have been block booked by the Government for asylum seekers.