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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‘Disturbing’ figures show widespread sexual harassment of NHS workers
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Tory campaign poster pulled after backlash
The poster featured a headline claiming that Britain is the second most powerful country in the world.
Tory London mayoral campaign accused of ‘desperate scaremongering’ with misleading leaflets
‘How come this level of disinformation is allowed in an election campaign?’
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The Labour Party continues to command a strong lead over the Tories in the polls.
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Palestinian ambassador to UK says Britain should impose an arms embargo on Israel ‘immediately’
‘We want to see actions, not words’.
Government can no longer ‘bury its head in the sand on mental health’, charity warns
‘With a General Election on the horizon, there is an opportunity for all parties to set out how they plan to tackle the scale of need.’
Spies, disinformation, and ‘fake’ MEPs: How the Russians are helping the far-right
The recent farcical Russian elections are a reminder that democracy is a very precious gift from the past and requires eternal vigilance to maintain, especially in these strange times when a hard nationalist right seems to be drawn moth-like to the Putin flame.
Brexit red tape is putting endangered animals at risk, zookeepers warn
Zoos are warning that post-Brexit legislation is hampering their efforts to protect endangered species.