Tenants are being left out in the cold by the cladding crisis

'We want our homes back'

When Grenfell-style cladding was removed from a Salford tower block in 2020, tenants had no idea it would take years to replace. With authorities passing the buck, residents of Holm Court have now spent three winters without insulation.

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Inside the Stratford theatre being used as a warm bank

To freeze, or not to freeze?

With hundreds of thousands of people accessing warm banks each week, we travelled to ex-chancellor Nadhim Zahawi's constituency to find out why a Royal Shakespeare Company venue has opened as a place for the community to shelter from the cold.

News & Politics

Conspiracies are depoliticising Turkey’s earthquake crisis

Disaster politics

As public anger over Erdoğan's response to the disaster grows, the focus on government culpability is being splintered by the promotion of conspiracy theories online and through state-owned media.

News & Politics

Why living 15 minutes from everything is actually good

Where goes the neighbourhood?

The 15-minute city has recently found itself at the centre of a bizarre conspiracy about freedom of movement, but millions are already living in them. Is it hell on earth as some fear, or is it, in fact, lovely?

News & Politics

Trans people aren’t a threat to women’s rights, the state is

A call for unity

As far-right radicalism escalates in the UK, it's time we started treating transphobic hate crimes, anti-migrant protests, and police violence against women as part of the same problem.

News & Politics > Activism

Amazon’s surveillance culture is ‘breaking’ its workers

'We've all hit breaking point'

As Amazon UK staff strike for the first time in history, GMB members on the picket line in Coventry tell us about the "productivity targets" wreaking havoc on their physical and mental health.