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The problem with the assisted dying Bill’s return to parliament

The Labour MP Lauren Edwards has confirmed she will reintroduce the assisted dying Bill in the Commons as a Private Member’s Bill (PMB). As a...

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Alexander Horne

How much will upholding the ban on Palestine Action change?

In a sensible but hard-hitting judgment this morning, the Court of Appeal upheld the ban on Palestine Action, overturning the decision of the High...

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Equality reforms / Will Badenoch’s war on identity politics succeed?

Kemi Badenoch is expected to reveal the Conservative party’s new approach to equality law in a speech today. Most prominent will be an announcement...

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Politics / Mahmood will struggle to push through her migration reforms

Against the backdrop of the current leadership chaos engulfing Labour, in Wednesday’s King’s Speech the government announced new legislation that...

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Mahmood will struggle to push through her migration reforms

Against the backdrop of the current leadership chaos engulfing Labour, in Wednesday’s King’s Speech the government announced new legislation that...

16.05.2026 10

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Labour needs Europe strike a deal on ECHR migration reform

It might seem odd, amid the domestic political crisis currently engulfing the Labour party, to turn one’s eyes to Chișinău, the capital of...

13.05.2026 20

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Law and order / Why the ban on Palestine Action should be upheld

Next week, the Court of Appeal will hear Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s appeal against a High Court decision that the proscription of Palestine...

26.04.2026 10

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Alexander Horne

Why the ban on Palestine Action should be upheld

Next week, the Court of Appeal will hear Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s appeal against a High Court decision that the proscription of Palestine...

26.04.2026 20

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Alexander Horne

Palestine Action shouldn’t have been unbanned

This morning, the High Court ruled that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful as the group’s activities had not yet ‘reached the...

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How to remove Mandelson from the Lords

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Keir Starmer's call for ECHR reform is a risky gamble

10.12.2025 10

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Why the Gazan family weren’t entitled to asylum

27.11.2025 10

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Shabana Mahmood plots illegal migration overhaul

17.11.2025 20

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ECHR at 75 / Can the European Convention on Human Rights survive?

04.11.2025 10

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This is Labour’s last chance to save the ECHR

06.10.2025 20

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Palestine Action shouldn’t be unbanned

31.07.2025 10

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Law / How could Britain deport more foreign offenders?

29.07.2025 10

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MPs should get a say on Starmer’s trade deals

16.05.2025 10

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Could Starmer’s ‘return hubs’ work?

16.05.2025 20

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Can we go back to calling terfs ‘women’ now?

16.04.2025 10

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Will Hamas’s human rights challenge succeed?

11.04.2025 10

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Parliament will be relieved Philip Green has lost his human rights case

08.04.2025 10

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Britain has little influence over Israel’s war in Gaza

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