โ€˜It beats getting stoned on the streetโ€™: how Portugal decriminalised drugs โ€“ as seen from the โ€˜shoot-up centreโ€™

At a portable cabin in Porto, addicts queue up to use heroin and crack cocaine in safety, with medical staff on hand. Can other countries learn anything from Portugalโ€™s liberal drugs policy?Paulo picks up a lighter from the table in front of him, holds…

Iโ€™m the mayor of Amsterdam โ€“ and I can see the Netherlands risks becoming a narco-state | Femke Halsema

Weโ€™re proud of our health-led drugs policy, but the rise of the global illegal drugs trade means we need international solutionsIn the Netherlands, we used to look on the international โ€œwar on drugsโ€ with a certain amount of disdain. Its solutions were…

Rishi Sunak says he told China actions to undermine British democracy are โ€˜completely unacceptableโ€™

Prime minister says he told Li Qiang, the Chinese prime minister, at G20 that Chinese interference with the work of parliament will โ€˜never be toleratedโ€™Simon Clarke, who was the levelling up secretary during the Liz Truss premiership, has defended the …