Labour calls on Matt Goodwin to condemn aides’ ‘racist content’
Five members of Goodwin’s campaign team have shared racist content or expressed support for the far-right online
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5 Reform UK disasters this week
From Farage agreeing migrants have “colonised” the UK, to Matt Goodwin’s calls for “biological reality” checks for women and girls, Reform has hit new lows
Unite general secretary says trade union would say ‘no thanks’ to affiliating to Labour now
Unite, Labour’s largest trade union affiliate, may reconsider its relationship with the party
Reform’s Matt Goodwin calls for young girls to be given biological clock ‘reality’ check
‘Matt Goodwin really doesn’t like women’
Reform council boss calls for central party to expel colleague Joseph Boam
Boam has had 40 complaints made against him since May last year
Ex-Reform leader faces council racism investigation
It is not the first time that the Reform group on Staffordshire County Council has been embroiled in racism allegations
Progressives need to get better at holding Reform councils to account, says Hope not Hate founder Nick Lowles
Lowles says that it’s easy to think the battle against Reform is online, but it is in communities
Prime Minister tells Man Utd co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK colonised by immigrants
“Offensive and wrong. Britain is a proud, tolerant and diverse country. Jim Ratcliffe should apologise.”
UK to ban political party donations from foreign donors
Campaigners have welcomed the bill, but say that there also needs to be a cap on donations to political parties
Labour gains support in latest poll
It also comes amid reports that the Labour Party is increasingly confident it could hold on to Gorton and Denton, despite a major challenge from both the Greens and Reform.