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The Lead Editors, Ella Glover, Adam Barnett, Zoe Grunewald, The Lead, Helen Dalley, Luke Beardsworth, Natalie Morris, Hannah Fearn, Tabby KibugiAn 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 Farage v Bank of England scam
A series of fake, AI-generated advertisements running on X are using Nigel Farage’s likeness to scam people online.
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British politics is now dangerously online
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10 years on from the EU Referendum in 10 graphs
Back in June 2016, the Leave campaign made a bunch of promises, on migration, on red tape, and famously, on NHS funding (who can forget the bus?)
Ten years later, have any of their promises worked out?
We dug into the data for the first p...
The Lead Untangles: Two-tier policing claims
Farage was accused of inciting riots during this week’s PMQs
Nigel Farage has been accused of politicising the tragic death of Henry Nowak by claiming it is proof that Britain operates a “two-tier” policing system.
The claim has sparked a...
Wealth tax's mainstream moment is here
A new King Charles III banknote Pic: Bank of England/Flickr
What does it tell us that a centre-right politician is poised to introduce a wealth tax?
For years, such taxes have been treated as an obsession of the radical left — the sort of...
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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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Freelance journalist writing about Stoke/Staffs, travel & lifestyle. Liverpool FC / Port Vale fan. Vegetarian
Luke is senior editor (north) for The Lead.
Journalist, northerner in London. Author of MIXED/OTHER (Orion) BELIEVE (Headline). Senior Editor @TheLead.
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.
Tabby Kibugi is a journalist and writer whose work mainly spans across environmental issues, culture, health, and social justice stories. She has been featured in Teen Vogue, Refinery29, Black Ballad, Inverse, She Knows, BBC Radio 1XTRA and more.
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