Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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The Windrush scandal shows why we need a change of direction
We need a full and open investigation into how the government could have treated so many people who had travelled here legally with such cruelty, writes DIANE ABBOTT
A demonstration on Whitehall attended by members of the Windrush generation and supporters
Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
THE Windrush generation scandal which has rocked the government has already obliged Prime Minister Theresa May to apologise and Amber Rudd to resign as home secretary.
Within this context, a recent written statement on immigration from the government represented a U-turn.
Only weeks before, when I called for a statutory instrument to guarantee the rights and status of the Windrush generation — all those who arrived here from the Commonwealth before 1973 — ministers said this was unnecessary.
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