Reform UK candidate says women should stay at home and look after the kids instead of going to work
So much for Farage’s ‘beefed up’ vetting of candidates, clearly people with disgraceful and bigoted views are still being let through.
Green MP calls on Keir Starmer to resign over Peter Mandelson scandal in fiery PMQs speech
‘Does the prime minister not recognise that the best thing he can do to restore trust […] is to take true responsibility and resign?’
Farage told to act over Reform local election candidates with racist, sexist and homophobic views
Reform continues to allow candidates with “grotesque” views to stand for the party
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The left of the party has to say it. Corbyn’s rhetoric on immigration is becoming a serious problem.
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Crisis in local news deepens as seven London titles close
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We’re becoming a country of food banks and Ferraris, but it doesn’t have to be this way
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The government has passed the buck on cleaning up our filthy air
By leaving out the single best means of tackling air pollution, today’s clean air strategy is a court-forced cop-out.
Why the Grenfell tragedy is about inequality
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Tribunal fees to be scrapped following Unison Supreme Court challenge
From today, no one will have to pay to challenge mistreatment by bosses after a long battle by unions.
Sadiq Khan should stick to his promises on publicly-owned energy for Londoners
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