Jon Trickett MP: Labour’s fiscal rules are fuelling stagnation and political disaffection
A posture designed to calm nerves in opposition has solidified into a constraint that now shapes every major policy choice
Nigel Farage’s support for Trump is putting off voters
“He might just be [Trump’s] whipping boy. That kind of concerns me”
5 Reform UK disasters this week
From Farage’s late registrations of financial interests to Reform endorsing Trump’s expansionist fantasties in Greenland, the party hasn’t had a good week
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Holyrood candidates pledge to resist Tories’ post-Brexit border regime
Campaigners fear the ‘hostile environment’ will soon be extended to thousands of EU nationals.
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England’s local elections: What you need to know
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Plans to make misogyny a crime miss the point
The strategy fails to address the root cause of misogyny – male violence against women.