The Lead
The Lead Editors, Ellie Broughton, Ella Glover, Adam Barnett, Zoe Grunewald, The Lead, Natalie Morris, Fred Garratt-Stanley, Hannah Fearn, Kevin Gopal, Hannah Shewan StevensAn independent, proudly progressive publication committed to covering the UK beyond the Westminster bubble. Our journalism starts with people and place, and follows the thread to the policies that shape our lives.
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The Lead Untangles: What is desalination?
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This year’s historically rainless UK summer, fuelled by the climate crisis, saw hosepipe bans and two thirds of England officially in a state of drought, putting water security top of mind.
The UK gets most...
Back to school, but the kids aren’t alright
Andy Burnham addressing Parliament for the first time as Prime Minister Pic: ParliamentTV
September is the month of new beginnings.
A fresh school year: new pencil cases, new shoes, new teachers. The sense that, whatever happened before,...
“Thrown away by society”: Inside Britain’s disability employment gap
“It feels like I’ve been thrown away by society. My future is poverty, debt and destitution. That’s my inheritance for being disabled,” says Holly Donovan, 41.
Holly has complex health conditions, including fibromyalgia and the long-term s...
The Lead Untangles: AI data centres
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AI’s thirst for water has quickly achieved a sort of folk status, from memes online to protests against the data centres. But tech companies claim AI can help solve the world’s problems, including clim...
I was a midwife for 30 years. Now I earn £86.45-a-week to care for my mum
This is the first piece in Burnham’s Britain, our new series examining the policies shaping Andy Burnham’s premiership, and what they mean for the people living under them.
We're starting somewhere personal, because that's where The Lead a...
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Senior editors writing and editing across The Lead and The Lead North's titles including The Lancashire Lead, The Blackpool Lead, The Teesside Lead, The Southport Lead and The Calderdale Lead
Freelancer for The Guardian, The Independent, Metro, The i Paper, Glamour UK, Cosmopolitan UK, Stylist, Vice and others. [email protected]
Journalist/writer and co-founder of Ordinary zine
Adam Barnett is a freelance journalist and UK News Reporter at DeSmog who has reported for the Guardian, Politico, Financial Times and Private Eye. He is a former Staff Writer at Left Foot Forward and a former BBC Local Democracy Reporter.
Political journalist & broadcaster Westminster editor @ The Lead UK Presenter @ FUBAR radio Chatting @ Oh God What Now, Pod Save The UK, The Bunker
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Journalist, northerner in London. Author of MIXED/OTHER (Orion) BELIEVE (Headline).
I'm a freelance writer based in London, covering culture, politics, football, food, drink and pubs. My work has been published in The Guardian, GQ, Time Out, Dazed, Huck, NME, Pellicle and more.
Hannah Fearn is a freelance journalist specialising in social affairs. She is the former opinion editor of The Independent and is based in South London.
Kevin Gopal is a Manchester-based freelance journalist and editor who has written widely on politics, social and current affairs, and business.
Hannah Shewan Stevens is a freelance journalist specialising in health & other social issues, like violence against women in girls. Hannah's passion is spotlighting underreported issues; if it makes you uncomfortable, she'll write about it!
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