SOLOMON HUGHES uncovers government documents showing hidden dinners and meetings between Labour figures and disgraced Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm, which collapsed after links to Epstein and sleazy influence operations came to light
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We cannot continue like this – the housing crisis is here and now
Millions of young people want to leave their parental home and stand on their own two feet, but are unable to do so due to a supercharged housing market and no access to social housing. NEIL FINDLAY calls for action to fix a broken system
In the second of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election David Nicholson talks to Welsh Green Party leader ANTHONY SLAUGHTER
Oil and gas prices are rising due to the illegal war against Iran, but new nuclear power plants will only make things worse as their costs also escalate, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
As women dominate public services yet face pay gaps, unsafe workloads and rising misogyny, this International Women’s Day and TUC Women’s Conference must be a rallying point, says ANDREA EGAN
As the government quietly begins reviewing the BBC’s Royal Charter, the moment should be seized to refound the corporation as a truly democratic, regionally rooted public service, writes PAUL W FLEMING
Like the president in Wag the Dog, Donald Trump faces scandal at home and turns to conflict abroad. But the conflict with Iran risks igniting a regional inferno with global consequences, warns ROGER McKENZIE
LAST week I spoke to a young recent graduate employed in the NHS. Working in Edinburgh, she loves her job in a large city hospital where she treats cancer patients and wants to build a long-term career in our greatest national institution.
Like many recent graduates, she left university saddled with a high level of student debt, paid out mostly to private landlords for exorbitant levels of rent.
Having spent two years flat-sharing with friends who have now moved to other cities, she found herself having to look for her fifth flatshare in as many years.
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