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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

Latest Posts

Number of children eligible for free school meals rises to nearly 2 million

Basit Mahmood
9 June, 2022

Data reveals that over the last three years, the number of children eligible for Free School Meals has increased by a shocking 49%.

UK economy will fall behind all major economies except Russia, OECD warns

Basit Mahmood
9 June, 2022

The UK will be the worst performing economy of any nation in the developed world apart from Russia in 2023

Radical Roundup

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, June 2022

Basit Mahmood
8 June, 2022

The news you didn’t see this week…

Jeremy Corbyn speaking at a rally

Former YouGov staffer retracts claim he was ‘banned’ from releasing 2017 general election polling

Chris Jarvis
8 June, 2022

UPDATE: Chris Curtis has since issued a clarification on the claims he made regarding YouGov’s polling during the 2017 general election.

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson taken to task over failing the NHS

Basit Mahmood
8 June, 2022

“24 hours in A&E used to be a TV programme,” he said. “Now it’s the Government’s policy”.

Diane Abbott: Boris Johnson’s crisis also means we have to step up the struggle against racism

Diane Abbott
8 June, 2022

‘When the government finds itself in difficulties as a result of its own policies, it resorts to xenophobic and outright racist measures’

Northern Ireland

Doubts raised over legality of the government’s Northern Ireland Protocol bill

Basit Mahmood
8 June, 2022

Just days after his integrity was questioned by his own MPs in a vote of no-confidence, Johnson is now bringing forward legislation that may well break international law.

A placard at a climate change protest with text reading "There is no planet B"

Amelia Womack: What eight little eggs tell us about the climate crisis

Amelia Womack
7 June, 2022

The tiny cogs in the machine that is our ecosystem are rusting, falling out of sync, or failing to keep turning.

Bob Seeley

Tory MP says he voted for Boris Johnson in no-confidence vote after securing review into funding for local council

Basit Mahmood
7 June, 2022

“I talked again with ministers about why a fair funding package has not yet been forthcoming for the Isle of Wight Council.”

Boris Johnson scratching his head

Tories tell Boris Johnson ‘get out’ after worse result than Theresa May

Basit Mahmood
7 June, 2022

‘Deep inside, he should recognise that, and turn his mind to getting out in a way that spares party and country such agonies’

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