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Suella Braverman brutally mocked after defecting to Reform UK

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

In the least surprising defection ever…

Priti Patel has meltdown when LBC presenter points out negative impact of Brexit

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

Patel accused Goodall of giving a “political lecture”

Suella Braverman was rattled by Lewis Goodall's criticism of Brexiteers' assumptions

Where the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy Needs to Go Further 

Jenny Canham
Yesterday

The Animal Welfare Strategy is a good start, but if it is to be a document we can be proud of, it must close gaps where cruelty is most extreme

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Reform ‘proudly embracing’ US-style anti-abortion politics, campaigners warn

Olivia Barber
30 September, 2025

‘The fact that anti-abortion MPs and ex-MPs are flocking to Reform is deeply worrying’

Keir Starmer and Bridget Philipson

Labour brings back maintenance grants for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Basit Mahmood
30 September, 2025

The means-tested grants will be aimed at “those who need them most” and would be funded by a new international student levy, as outlined in a recent immigration white paper.

andy burnham

Andy Burnham denies leadership ambitions: ‘I’ve just launched a debate’

Basit Mahmood
29 September, 2025

Burnham told those gathered that he was not motivated by personal ambition but rather the concerns of councillors and party members.

Paul Nowak

EXCLUSIVE: TUC boss says Reform UK are pushing policies of the National Front of the 1970s

Basit Mahmood
29 September, 2025

Nowak said that the best way for the government to tackle the rise of Reform UK was by delivering change.

Nigel Farage being interviewed about Trump's state banquet
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Brits reject Reform’s portrayal of country as ‘lawless’ and ‘full of racial tensions’, new poll finds

Olivia Barber
29 September, 2025

‘This poll proves we as a nation are not falling for that fake propaganda’

Zia Yusuf challenged over false claim Keir Starmer called voters racist
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Olivia Barber
29 September, 2025

‘He was talking very clearly about the policy, he said, being immoral and racist’

A photo of a ballot box
News

Anti-corruption charity urges Labour to restore Electoral Commission’s independence

Olivia Barber
29 September, 2025

The charity has warned that ministerial powers over the elections watchdog could be abused by a future authoritarian government

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham warns against ‘underestimating the peril’ the Labour party is in

Basit Mahmood
29 September, 2025

‘I am speaking out for the thousands of councillors who are at this conference who are worried about going to the doorsteps next May.’

Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler MP interview: ‘Labour must go further and faster in calling out racism of Reform UK’

Basit Mahmood
28 September, 2025

‘I think It’s taken too long to kick back against the racism, if you take what President Trump said for instance we should’ve come out straight away..’

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Bridget Phillipson tells Labour conference scrapping two-child benefit cap is ‘on the table’ and accepts evidence of harmful impact

Basit Mahmood
28 September, 2025

Phillipson told a fringe meeting that child poverty is a ‘moral scar’

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