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Keir Starmer says Iran conflict ‘not our war’ as he blasts Reform chief Nigel Farage

Basit Mahmood
Today

‘Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch for wanting to ‘dive in with both feet into the war without thinking through the consequences’.

Keir Starmer in Downing Street

Green Party sets sights on targeting trade union members disillusioned with Labour

Olivia Barber
Today

Zack Polanski is set to make keynote speeches at several trade union conferences

Zack Polanski speaking at Green Party conference

Reform’s Zia Yusuf in meltdown when asked about growing number of candidate scandals

Basit Mahmood
Today

The right-wing party has lost at least 67 candidates since May 2025,

Zia Yusuf

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A photo of a Scottish independence protest with a Saltire flagm with the word "yes" imposed on it

Scottish independence would allow us to build a society based on hope, solidarity and human rights

Maggie Chapman
15 June, 2022

“With independence we can end the cycle of cruel and unaccountable Tory governments that we can do little to remove.”

Hunt and Patel

Tory MP slammed for blaming asylum seekers for shortages of school places, GP appointments and affordable homes

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 June, 2022

Tom Hunt sparked an angry reaction for disparaging comments on opponents of the Rwanda deportation scheme, while attempting to defend the policy.

Rwanda flight

Rwanda deportation flight cancelled after last minute legal intervention

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 June, 2022

In an embarrassing upset for Johnson and Patel, the first flight due to leave for Rwanda has been grounded following successful emergency action by the ECHR.

57% of asylum seekers due to be deported to Rwanda are Kurdish

John Lubbock
14 June, 2022

As the UK prepares to deport the first asylum seekers to Rwanda, over half of those likely to be deported are revealed to be Kurdish.

Mims Davies being interviewed on Times Radio

Tory minister struggles to answer SIX TIMES whether she voted to have confidence in Boris Johnson in excruciating interview

Chris Jarvis
14 June, 2022

Even Johnson’s own Ministers appear to find it difficult confirming they backed him in the crucial vote

A photo of protesters holding a sign reading "Speak out for a just transition"

The UK needs a ‘Just Transition Bank’ – not another bank striving for ‘growth’

Natalie Bennett
14 June, 2022

‘No point in using bank funds to make the rich richer. No point in building new roads, or investing in fossil fuel when the carbon bubble looms every larger. Every point is focusing resources on projects that deliver for people and planet.’

Unite the Union flag

10 massive pay rises Unite has won for workers in the last month

Chris Jarvis
14 June, 2022

The trade union Unite has won pay rises of up to 28.5 per cent

Inside a train station

Another 6,000 rail workers balloted for strike action in fight over pay, conditions and job security

Chris Jarvis
14 June, 2022

“Network Rail staff are asking for basic fair treatment: not to be sacked from their jobs; a fair pay rise in the face of a cost-of-living-crisis; and no race to the bottom on terms and conditions.”

Nadine Dorries speaking at a lectern

4 times Nadine Dorries showed she knows nothing about Channel 4

Chris Jarvis
14 June, 2022

The non-stop gaffe machine Nadine Dorries has shown she doesn’t even have a basic grasp of her own job

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons

Keir Starmer under investigation over alleged breaches of MPs’ code of conduct

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
13 June, 2022

The Labour leader is being probed by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.

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