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Published in: Home: OpinionIt’s not the break-up of Britain… yet
Election results show that the ground is shifting in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But the future of the UK...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionCan the new Economic Crime Bill really tackle the UK’s dirty money problem?
From Russian money laundering to a fraud epidemic, economic crime costs the UK at least £290bn a year. The...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhile ‘beergate’ dominates headlines, UK politics quietly changes forever
The pundits of London’s metropolitan media are focused on Keir Starmer’s curry. But they’re all missing the bigger story
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Published in: 50.50: NewsCost of living crisis could be ‘catastrophic’ for domestic abuse survivors
Experts say surging costs may offer perpetrators an excuse to control the household’s finances – depriving survivors...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUK drops restrictions on doctor who offered ‘abortion reversal’
A Christian medic who offered to prescribe the controversial ‘treatment’ to our undercover reporter has been let off
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Published in: Home: FeatureDispatches from Westminster Greggs: ‘who’s Lorraine?’, GMB and Starmer beers
An openDemocracy contact found the following memo under a decaf flat white in the Westminster Greggs. We cannot...
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Published in: Home: Feature‘Forget about Elon Musk’: How to save the world from Big Tech
In an openDemocracy live discussion, Shoshana Zuboff and Susie Alegre warned that, left unchecked, Big Tech can...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisSinn Féin could win the Northern Irish election. Here’s what that means
As a younger generation leaves the old sectarian divisions behind, new political alliances are forming
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Published in: Home: OpinionFrance’s election result should serve as a wake-up call for Keir Starmer
The Labour leader and Emmanuel Macron both fail to grasp that aping the far Right won’t lead to its demise
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Published in: Home: NewsPolice drug-testing pilot disproportionately targets Black people
Exclusive: South Yorkshire Police was given £32,000 for the scheme, but is now facing questions over racism
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Published in: Home: OpinionThink you know what's happening on Europe's borders? The reality is worse
Refugees and asylum seekers are often used as a political football. I want Westerners to hear their voices directly
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Published in: Home: OpinionBritain’s cruel plans to ‘offshore’ the vulnerable won’t stop with refugees
Britain survived as a state by moving its tyranny and violence out of sight. Priti Patel’s plan to send refugees to...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe Rwanda deal is yet another act of colonial violence
Priti Patel’s new policy is extreme, but Britain’s borders were designed to protect the spoils of empire. The whole...
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Published in: Home: FeatureWill the ‘peace babies’ change Northern Ireland’s politics forever?
Young people born since the Good Friday Agreement are ditching traditional identity labels and demanding action on...
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Published in: Home: FeatureOn energy strategy, the government is leaving women in the cold
Women will shoulder some of the worst effects of soaring energy bills. Why doesn’t the government’s energy security...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Feature9 times public authorities refused to answer questions
openDemocracy is leading more than 100 journalists and MPs in calling for the Freedom of Information Act to be...
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Published in: Home: OpinionCounting calories doesn’t work. The government is wrong to force us to do so
As eating disorders rise, a new law requiring calorie counts on menus in England hugely misses the mark – and could...
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Published in: Home: NewsUK anti-corruption laws aid kleptocrat regimes like Putin’s, report says
Government-funded experts claim legislation to seize UK property bought with dirty money may do more harm than good
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Published in: Home: Opinion‘I was called a national security threat because I organised a protest’
Police banned Sam Knights from the Labour Party conference because of his climate campaign work. He argues we must...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionTory Party’s messages of ‘support’ for trans MP Jamie Wallis are hollow
Representation matters – but Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’s claims to ‘support’ their trans colleague don’t match...