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The Lead Editors, Ellie Broughton, Adam Barnett, Zoe Grunewald, The Lead, Natalie Morris, Leigh Jones, 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: The Brexit referendum, did Russia interfere?
Photo by Franz Wender on Unsplash
Andy Burnham reignited interest in Russian interference in the Brexit referendum at the weekend when he said the Kremlin had sought to influence the vote.
Speaking to the podcast The Rest is Politics, the...
Burnham has opened the door to Europe. Now he has to stop looking back
Andy Burnham speaking in the Commons on Monday Pic: UKParliament/Flickr
Westminster returned from conference season yesterday to find the prime minister rummaging around in the attic. Andy Burnham had dug out a box that has gathered dust i...
Holborn and St Pancras by-election: Labour stays on track in Starmer’s old seat
Sagal Abdi-Wali makes her victory speech
If you stayed up for the Holborn and St Pancras count hoping for a political earthquake, bad luck.
Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali held Keir Starmer’s old seat with 12,292 votes (45.1 per cent of the vote...
The Lead Untangles: Renationalising the water industry
A United Utilities van
Andy Burnham upped the stakes in his speech to Labour’s conference when he promised to end the ban on public ownership of water companies. Previously he had called only for more public control.
Campaigners believe w...
Death tax, dementia tax, no tax at all: Why England hasn’t fixed social care
Social care has been an issue hanging over numerous governments - as Burnham now seeks to make a change
More than 5,500 days have now passed since Andrew Dilnot’s commission into England’s adult care system declared it “not fit for purpose...
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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
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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).
Editor, The Teesside Lead
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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