Arresting a student for holding a copy of The New World shows how Britain’s crackdown on Palestine Action has become absurd and dangerous

Survivors fear closed church’s £25m in assets could end up in abusers’ hands About 60 former members of the Jesus Army, a cult described as one of the most abusive in British history, have come forward with new allegations against the group, according to a lawyer representing claimants. The cases range from allegations of sexual or domestic abuse to claims for unpaid work from women who served as “domestic sisters” in the cult, which at its peak in the mid-2000s had several thousand members, many of whom surrendered their assets to the leadership. Continue reading...

Sustainability expert was told panellists discussing North Sea oil and gas were meant to ‘agree entirely’ with each other

London records fewest homicides this year since monthly records began in 2003 with just 70 cases reported.

Attacks against Jewish and Muslim communities are on the rise, and some politicians are exacerbating tensions by appealing to our worst instincts, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

British finance minister Rachel Reeves should use her budget in November to carry out a long overdue reform of the taxation system which could help her to raise more revenue while limiting the hit to the economy, a think tank said on Monday.

This book appears at a time of intense debate on how states should respond to refugees: some philosophers argue states are not necessarily obligated to admit a single refugee, others argue states shou...

Britain’s housing crisis is not just a policy failure but a moral one, says Bradley Hillier-Smith. When we treat the homeless as ‘nuisances’ and ‘pests’, we deny their humanity – and our own