Reform MPs stage ‘pathetic’ mass walkout during PMQs after Farage asks question
The eight Reform MPs stormed out after Farage asked a question about small boats
Keir Starmer announces temporary ban on crypto donations in blow to Nigel Farage
It comes after MPs were told to ban crypto donations and to cap expat donations to prevent foreign interference in British politics.
Plaid Cymru on course to be the largest party in the Senedd, according to new poll
The Greens and Reform UK are also set to make big gains, while Labour is expected to lose more than 30 seats
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Rishi Sunak’s defence of private schools taken apart in single tweet
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Young climate activists launch campaign to seat 8 ‘green champions’ in elections
Campaigners to back independent Jamie Driscoll and unseat “climate villains” at elections this year
HeartUnions week: Unions are winning for working people, and every worker should join a union
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Why this week could be the most challenging of Rishi Sunak’s premiership so far
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If Julian Assange is extradited it will have huge implications for human rights and press freedom around the world
‘Assange has not been convicted of any crime, but incarcerated solely for acquiring and publishing hundreds of thousands of classified documents, which exposed US state criminality’
Who are the senior Tory MPs set to lose seats in rural areas as support collapses?
The poll found Conservative support had fallen by 25 points since the 2019 election, with just 34 per cent of voters in the 100 most rural constituencies in England saying they would vote for the party.
Our politics is plagued by a failure of accountability
Accountability and integrity, as well as honesty, selflessness and leadership, demand of our politicians that they own up to their mistakes
Pensioner poverty: Rising pension age risks greater levels of poverty and health inequities, experts warn
“Even the suggestion that people won’t get it until their 70s will make people feel more distrustful than they already do in the state pension system.”
Calls grow for childcare workers to earn £15 an hour minimum wage and to end zero-hour contracts
‘Caring for and educating young children is skilled work, and the overwhelmingly female workforce deserves decent pay and conditions.’