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Basit Mahmood
Today

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Basit Mahmood
Today

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Previous Labour governments transformed our cities. Now it’s time for us to radically improve our towns.

Patrick Hurley
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The fortunes of our towns and cities have swapped

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Hamilton by-election winner Labour’s Davy Russell hits out at “poison of Reform”

Olivia Barber
6 June, 2025

“This community has also sent a message to Farage and his mob tonight.”

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Billionaire Reform UK treasurer under pressure to deliver on donation promises

Olivia Barber
6 June, 2025

And both Reform’s chair and a member of their ‘Doge’ cost-cutting team resigned last night…

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‘Where’s your boat, Nigel?’: Hope not Hate asks why Reform leader has failed to declare commercial fishing vessel in register of interests

Basit Mahmood
5 June, 2025

How long has Farage been sailing the high seas? Did he buy the boat himself or was it a gift? And why has he chosen not to record this memorable maritime investment in the register of interests?”

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Liz Truss responds furiously to Mel Stride criticising her disastrous mini-budget

Olivia Barber
5 June, 2025

Truss has hit out at the shadow chancellor, claiming: “Nothing will change with people like him in charge”

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Humiliation for Badenoch as less than half of Tory voters say she is likely to still be leader at next general election

Basit Mahmood
5 June, 2025

After the Tory party’s dire performance in the local elections last month, where it failed to retain any of the 15 councils that they previously controlled, pressure has grown on Badenoch.

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News

Reform chair calls Sarah Pochin’s burqa ban question at PMQs “dumb”

Olivia Barber
5 June, 2025

“I do think it’s dumb for a party to ask the PM if they would do something the party itself wouldn’t do.”

Children
News

Labour extends free school meals to 500,000 more children

Basit Mahmood
5 June, 2025

‘Feeding more children every day, for free, is one of the biggest interventions we can make to put more money in parents’ pockets, tackle the stain of poverty, and set children up to learn.’

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News

Reform threatens to cut council workers’ pensions while amassing big pension pots for themselves

Olivia Barber
5 June, 2025

Farage said he will still claim his £73,000 per year European Parliament pension, yet Reform is going after council workers’ pensions

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If Labour is to deliver on its pledge to build 1.5 million homes then our planning system must be reformed

Sam Stafford
4 June, 2025

‘Only 4% of applications are dealt with within the statutory 13-week timetable’

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