The Tory laws we need to overturn for women to reach their full potential
Almost a decade of right-wing policies have had a devastating impact on services, pay, housing and health. A transformative change is needed for women and our wider communities, says RUTH HAYES
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
IT IS easy to feel overwhelmed by the cumulative impact of a decade of austerity on women, and to restrict our vision of what could be possible.
The scale is staggering — as Dawn Butler MP has highlighted, 86 per cent of the government’s spending cuts have fallen on women.
The results are more and more visible: street homelessness is rising disproportionately rapidly among women, the majority of foodbank users are women, and the gender pay gap is over 18 per cent, with women making up almost three-quarters of part-time workers.
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