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EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters support waiving visa requirements for Ukrainian refugees, poll finds

8 March, 2022

The poll, carried out by Savanta ComRes, found that 60% of voters would support the UK not requiring a visa for Ukrainian refugees to resettle in the UK, whereas just 15% would oppose such a move.

Nigel Farage’s first anti-Net Zero campaign event cancelled by venue

John Lubbock

8 March, 2022

Bolton Wanderers FC said the event “is not something the club or business want to be associated with”.

Labour suspends John Bercow after report finds him guilty of bullying

Basit Mahmood

8 March, 2022

The 89-page report said that Bercow’s conduct was “so serious that he should never be allowed a pass to the Parliamentary estate; and that if he were still a MP it would have recommended expelling him from the House”.

How Tower Hamlets council stepped up to support residents and businesses during the pandemic

Motin Uz-Zaman

8 March, 2022

‘During this crisis local government has stepped up as we know headline GDP figures don’t always reflect the reality on our high streets’

Government continues to bury its head in the sand over Islamophobia

Basit Mahmood

8 March, 2022

Kemi Badenoch refused to even use the word Islamophobia in her answers

International Women’s Day: Why we must stand in solidarity with the women of Ukraine

Amelia Womack

8 March, 2022

Rape in war is an act of violence that can be as destructive as bullets and bombs, yet goes unreported, is under prosecuted, and where the root causes remain unchallenged.