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1. Labour donor Lord Alli under investigation over financial interests

   Probe comes one week after openDemocracy revealed Alli had undeclared interests in a tax haven firm

2. Revealed: Anti-immigrant laws leave 1,000s unable to claim asylum

   Conservative law changes meant asylum claims for small boat arrivals stopped last year, leaving thousands in limbo

3. Should politicians be allowed to take gifts and donations?

   As Labour donations scandal deepens, openDemocracy readers debate an overhaul of political system to ban donations

4. Rights groups urge World Bank not to resume lending to Uganda over anti-gay law

   Civil society organisations say ‘mitigation measures’ proposed by the bank are ‘appallingly weak’

5. Labour donor Lord Alli failed to declare interests in tax haven firm

   Peer who gave Starmer accommodation worth £20,000 ‘for son to study for GCSEs’ could earn £425,000 from offshore firm

6. Libya migrant rescue centre set to open despite rights abuses

   The EU-funded centre would coordinate rescues in the Med, but will it give Libya a free pass for violations?

7. Musk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusers

   Musk’s latest plan will endanger stalking and domestic abuse victims – and make online life harder for all women

8. How nature around the former East-West German border changed my mind

   On the latest episode of the Changed My Mind podcast, Georg Baumert discusses how nature helps open your mind, and encouraged him to change his own.

9. Leaked emails reveal how Africa became ‘primary target’ of anti-LGBTIQ actors

   US and European hate groups and conservatives used disinformation and lobbying to influence gender debate in Africa

10. Why wait until the robots take our jobs? We need a basic income now

    AI and tech developments are already pushing people into more precarious work, but UBI could cushion the transition