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Time to put May on the back foot

It is official. Parliament will be given a say on Article 50, thanks to the High Court ruling in Gina Miller’s court case. There are some that have leapt on the ruling as an affront to democracy – Suzanne Evans, one of the frontrunners in the Ukip leadership election,...

‘Remaining’ in the customs union

The Brexit vote was a surprise, but it should not have been. For 48 per cent of people asked just before the referendum about issues facing the United Kingdom, immigration was seen as the most significant. If the huge number of people who voted to leave because of...

Fair pay for fair work

We have been championing the living wage for some time now, and I am proud that Lewisham council was one of the first local authorities in the country to become an accredited living wage employer in 2012. I am pleased that other local authorities have since followed...

Better prisons means safer communities

On Sunday, just outside of Brighton, prisoners at HMP Lewes staged a full-scale riot. Only four staff members were on duty in that wing of the prison, and were forced to retreat to safety for six hours until the prison could be retaken. Just days later, news of unrest...