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Israel’s largest private arms firm closes its factory in Oldham, England.

England’s schools funnel its most marginalized young people towards the criminal justice system, writes Zahra Bei. But abolitionists are reimagining what’s possible.

Channel pushbacks?

Activists don’t expect climate justice to emerge from negotiations at the UN summit, reports Eve Livingston.

Protesting Britain’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

Update on Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in Britain by Hannah Vickers.

Update from Britain by Frances Rankin.

Separation anxiety.

Report on the HS2 high-speed rail line by Fran Lambrick.

Report from the UK by Husna Risvi.

Blake Morrison grew up in Yorkshire – and made his escape from his traditional conservative background via literature. As he discovered writers from other cultures, borders between cultures and nations seemed to fall away, leaving him as a citizen of the world. But since the Brexit referendum he has often felt like a stranger in his own country.

Scotland’s prostitution laws.

The prospect of a British government headed up by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn – a veteran internationalist – should be a source of hope. But how would his government break from the past when the global economy is hardwired to extract profit from the Global South? Barnaby Raine proposes four ideas to help square the circle.

Look to the sky and you can see all sorts of radical lessons, writes Tom Whyman .

Lobbyists, chlorinated chicken and tricksy business in the fog of Brexit.

The British director’s latest film, Peterloo, recounts the 1819 massacre of protesters demanding parliamentary reform in Manchester, UK. He speaks to Sam Thompson about the relationship between cinema, history and politics.

In May 2018, a group of 15 mostly Peruvian workers decided enough was enough...

Resistance is rising in the UK as the company behind the controversial energy-extraction process known as fracking gears up for a return to action.

A secretive British government aid-fund has generated renewed controversy after a rights group revealed that it has been used to train people involved in torture and execution.

Victory for UK school data, writes Alessio Perrone.