The Lead
The Lead Editors, Hannah Fearn, Fred Garratt-Stanley, Katherine Denkinson, Ellie Broughton, The Lead, Zoe Grunewald, Anne Alexander, Sarah Sinclair, Samir Jeraj, Kevin GopalAn 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 race to be the UK’s City of Culture 2029
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Blackpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Wrexham are vying to be UK City of Culture 2029, with a £10 million prize, after nine applicants were whittled down to a shortlist l...
Europe’s young are in revolt. Why would Britain be any different?
Demonstrations in Strasbourg Pic: Wikimedia Commons
What’s got into Europe’s youth?
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Inside the reality of Britain’s data centre boom
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The question of power is central to understanding the dynamics of the data centre infrastructure boom which underpins the current AI arms race globally.
Data centre o...
The Lead Untangles: England’s fiscal devolution revolution
Andy Burnham and John Healey out and about - they want to see more money spent directly in places in England
Fiscal devolution in England could be a memorable exception in a Budget meant to be largely forgotten.
As the Chancellor aims for...
Burnham’s Budget: desperate times, half measures
John Healey delivering the Budget as Andy Burnham watches on
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Unless — perhaps — your name is John Healey.
Because today, at a moment of such clear need, we got a budget of half measures. Small...
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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
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.
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.
Investigative journalist & OSINT bod with bylines everywhere. Writer & co-host of hit podcast Carrie Jade Does not Exist, and author of Incel: The Weaponisation of Misogyny.
Freelancer for The Guardian, The Independent, Metro, The i Paper, Glamour UK, Cosmopolitan UK, Stylist, Vice and others. [email protected]
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Political journalist & broadcaster Westminster editor @ The Lead UK Presenter @ FUBAR radio Chatting @ Oh God What Now, Pod Save The UK, The Bunker
Author, journalist and researcher. My current writing project explores the political economy of the AI arms race.
Award-winning journalist specialising in health and drug policy. My work has appeared in publications such as The Telegraph, Forbes, WIRED, BBC Science Focus, The i Paper, Stylist etc.
Reporter and author. Writing on policy for The New Statesman. Commissioning editor for Hyphen.
Kevin Gopal is a Manchester-based freelance journalist and editor who has written widely on politics, social and current affairs, and business.
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