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Reform’s first year running councils: ‘The atmosphere in the chamber has changed’

Olivia Barber
28 April, 2026 (2 days ago)

Reform’s first year running councils seems to have been defined by a focus on ‘culture war’ issues

Nigel Farage gets heckled at London local election launch

LFF Live: How do we clean up politics? With the Good Law Project

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24 April, 2026 (6 days ago)

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Opinion

Diane Abbott MP: The Rwanda policy and demonisation of asylum seekers is a reactionary distraction

Diane Abbott
21 December, 2022

The government is pursuing a deportation policy which has already cost over £100 million, and is now spending more in legal fees, while not a single person has been deported to Rwanda.

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News

Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2022

A roundup of news from progressive outlets…

Opinion

Rishi Sunak’s comments accusing striking workers and unions of ‘waging class war’ are shameful and full of hypocrisy

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2022

‘The language of ‘class war’ is not helpful, in fact it seeks to portray those who are undertaking strike action, whether it be nurses, rail workers or border officers as ‘enemies of the state’

Bob Stewart
News

Tory MP Bob Stewart tells human rights activist who was tortured to ‘go back to Bahrain’

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2022

Alwadaei asked the MP: “How much did you sell yourself to the Bahraini regime”.

Pat Cullen
News

Royal College of Nursing’s Pat Cullen says nurses are ‘dreading Christmas’ as she sets out in damning detail the hardships they face

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2022

“Some members have told me over this last week that they are fearful they are going to lose their own house under not being able to pay their rent come the new year”

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News

The Tories’ new senior treasurer served as a minister in the brutal regime of Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Basit Mahmood
19 December, 2022

“Just when you think the Conservatives have plumbed the depths of sleaze and scandal we have this: a billionaire who was a part of Hosni Mubarak’s autocratic regime”

Brexit
News

Brexit ‘fantasies’ have made ‘severe challenges’ in NHS worse and could widen health inequalities, report finds

Basit Mahmood
19 December, 2022

‘The effects of Brexit appear to have added to the severe challenges and problems the NHS currently faces.’

Biodiversity
Opinion

International cooperation to improve biodiversity is essential for the survival of our planet

Wera Hobhouse MP
19 December, 2022

‘Critical carbon stores, such as ice sheets, forests, peatlands, wetlands and the ocean, must take equal priority with cutting emissions’

Dowden
News

Tory minister left red-faced after his false claim about the cost of public sector pay rises is exposed

Basit Mahmood
19 December, 2022

“If you want to be honest with people this morning, your numbers are not completely accurate are they?”

Arms trade
News

Lancaster University urged to cut ties with UK arms trade

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 December, 2022

“Solidarity with striking staff, and solidarity with Yemen and Palestine!”

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