5 Reform UK disasters this week
This week has seen Nigel Farage defend a Nazi salute and a homophobic joke, and U-turn on another policy pledge
Senior Reform UK figures panicking Trump links could cause them electoral damage
Panic has set in among Reform’s senior figures
The House of Lords is increasingly illegitimate
Removing hereditary peers won’t go far enough to give the Lords legitimacy
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Labour will stop London being the ‘dirty money capital of the world’ as minister pledges clampdown on Kleptocrats
The IPPR event on ‘Combatting Kleptocrats’ heard that the ‘amount of money laundered through the UK annually is larger than our entire defence budget’.
This is how Labour can build a more cohesive society and take on the far-right
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Unite furious at timing of Winter Fuel Allowance vote at Labour Conference
“Right now it is fair to say that the Labour leaders have tried to silence the voice of pensioners, workers and communities”
Rachel Reeves to appoint ‘Covid corruption commissioner’
“That money belongs in our police, it belongs in our health service, and it belongs in our schools.”
Jamie Stone MP: SNP general election defeat puts independence ‘completely off the table’
Left Foot Forward spoke to Jamie Stone at this year’s Lib Dem Conference
Rachel Reeves tells Labour conference Winter Fuel Allowance cuts was ‘right decision’
She admitted that not everyone in her party agrees with her
Unions to force Labour conference vote on Winter Fuel Allowance cuts
Unite is planning to bring a motion condemning the cuts
Labour conference: Liz Kendall vows child poverty will be reduced by end of this Parliament
Tackling child poverty is a priority for the Labour government and ‘it is a personal priority for me ‘.
Economic slump caused by Brexit is worsening, economists warn
‘The negative impacts of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement have intensified over time, with 2023 showing more pronounced trade declines than previous years.’
David Lammy defends decision to suspend some arms exports to Israel and to restore funding to UNRWA
Lammy says it was the right decision