Smear of the week: Torsten Bell – the right’s new scapegoat and the ‘EdStone’ hangover
Holding two key ministerial posts and pushing substantive reforms, particularly in pensions, the MP for Swansea West is making some on the right nervous.
Left Foot Forward
Tory MPs complain to whips over Katie Lam’s call to deport legal immigrants in order to make UK ‘culturally coherent’
“It’s either dog-whistle or it’s so vague it’s meaningless,” one Tory MP said
Exclusive: Reform urged to suspend councillor accused of harassment and stalking as bail extended
Reform councillor Sam Journet was arrested at Basildon council offices last month
Starmer’s upcoming climate plan must prove that green policies deliver for people
Time is short. The climate crisis is rapidly accelerating, and those least responsible, here in the UK and overseas, are on the front lines and increasingly threatened.
Reform-led council set to spend £75,000 on putting up union flags
Reform promised to cut ‘wasteful spending’ but now plans to spend thousands on flags
Nadine Dorries mocked on BBC Question Time as she struggles to explain Reform immigration plan
Glad to see the Question Time audience not take Dorries that seriously.
Nigel Farage’s ‘PMQs strike’ ridiculed as records show he hasn’t asked for extra question in months
It turns out Farage hasn’t put his name forward to ask a question since July
Plaid Cymru beats Reform UK in major by-election upset
Reform “threw everything” at the Caerphilly by-election and lost
Here’s what’s next for Your Party
Corbyn and Sultana’s new left party has shared its draft founding documents. Here’s what you need to know
Overwhelming majority of Britons support wealth tax, poll finds
Of the 12 proposals put to the British public to see which they would support in principle, the second most popular was a ‘mansion tax’ on homes worth more than £2m, which garners the support of 69% of the public.