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New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has committed to end rough sleeping in the UK. But his Government is pushing forward with immigration plans that will make more families homeless. The plans will see mo...

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In November, Türkiye and Australia will host this year's UN Climate Talks (COP31). For two weeks, they'll steer the negotiations that decide how fast and how fairly the world moves off coal, oil and g...

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Nigel Farage's Reform party has declared it wants to “drill baby drill” if it wins the next general election. There’s a temporary pause on fracking in England, but it’s not even written into law. So i...

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Cruise companies run over 300 ships around the world, and they are a death trap for whales.

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openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 22 August 2026

Liberia’s rainforests are among West Africa’s last great forest strongholds. They are still standing in large part because forest communities have defended them for generations. Now a proposed Carbon ...

Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ...

Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...

Nothing to declare: ban the import of hunting trophies

Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...