As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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Britain’s shameful indefinite detention for migrants has to end
The inhuman conditions in Britain’s immigration jails are all part and parcel of the Tories’ ‘hostile environment,’ writes DIANE ABBOTT
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
RECENTLY, Home Office Minister Brandon Lewis told the House of Commons: “We don’t have indefinite [immigration] detention in this country. We just keep people as long as necessary.”
As with so many other issues, here was a government minister showing that once again the Tories are in denial about the effects of their own policies.
The reality is that last year over 200 immigration detainees were detained for over a year and Britain is the only EU country that does not set a specific time limit on immigration detention.
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