Plaid Cymru on course to be the largest party in the Senedd, according to new poll
The Greens and Reform UK are also set to make big gains, while Labour is expected to lose more than 30 seats
Ipswich Town Football Club faces backlash over ‘shameful and embarrassing’ Nigel Farage visit
The Reform leader’s visit was described as ‘PR suicide for a family club’
Reform drops points in latest poll, as Labour gains
After reaching highs of around 30% last year, a number of polls have shown Reform now dropping in the polls, as Farage’s appeal begins to fall.
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‘Despite decades of racial equality laws, there are still disturbing racial patterns of employment.’
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Britain’s student debt revolt gains pace once more, with the announcement that the largest debt amassed by a student in England is almost £190,000.
‘An avoidable tragedy’: UK’s tough immigration approach rebuked as 31 migrants drown crossing Channel
“The government has repeatedly prioritised, cruel, unworkable and dangerous border measures like pushbacks in the Channel, which will only lead to more deaths,” says Minnie Rahman of JCWI.
‘Frankly a disgrace’: Food bank use remains “well above pre-pandemic level”
Dependence on food banks is still “well above” what it was before the pandemic, with emergency parcels feeding children on the rise, says Britain’s leading food bank charity.
Mike Buckley: Next 12 months are vital for Alok Sharma and UK’s impact on the climate crisis
‘Keir Starmer should hold Sharma to account and ask him to update both Parliament and the public on progress made between this COP and the next.’
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, November 2021
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We desperately need to replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber
‘Replacement of the Lords with an elected second chamber is an essential step towards restoring democracy in this country’.
Nadine Dorries ridiculed for claiming incorrectly that Channel 4 receives ‘public money’
It’s quite worrying that the minister who will decide Channel 4’s future doesn’t even know how it’s funded.
Our recovery from the pandemic must tackle the poverty and inequalities laid bare by Covid
‘Plaid Cymru has consistently called on the Welsh Government to take action on the scandalous levels of child poverty in Wales – the highest level of all the UK nations’