Reform UK candidate says women should stay at home and look after the kids instead of going to work
So much for Farage’s ‘beefed up’ vetting of candidates, clearly people with disgraceful and bigoted views are still being let through.
Green MP calls on Keir Starmer to resign over Peter Mandelson scandal in fiery PMQs speech
‘Does the prime minister not recognise that the best thing he can do to restore trust […] is to take true responsibility and resign?’
Farage told to act over Reform local election candidates with racist, sexist and homophobic views
Reform continues to allow candidates with “grotesque” views to stand for the party
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“In almost every sector, we are failing” says government’s top climate adviser
The former Tory environment minister is not impressed with the government.
Greens announce leadership candidates
There’s contests for leader, deputy leader and other positions on the party’s executive.
Exclusive: Four candidates for next Green spot in House of Lords
The Greens will let members vote on who goes to the Lords.
Government’s ‘New Deal’ fund is less than was spent upgrading one London tube station
The amounts are pitiful.
This 25 year old black activist is changing how protests are monitored in the UK
LFF speaks to Ife Thompson, the barrister who founded Black Protest Legal Support amid the Black Lives Matter movement.
This small change in Labour’s internal elections could make waves
Tuesday’s NEC decision was a victory for Starmer, but more importantly a victory for members, writes Cathleen Clarke.
Our right to trial by jury is under threat
The backlog in our justice system is caused by cuts, not by Covid, write Alex Kane and Emily Bolton from APPEAL.
Not a single Tory MP voted to protect migrants on Tuesday
Campaigners say the ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ policy is illegal and puts thousands at risk of destitution. Credit: Jessica Taylor / UK Parliament.
Faiza Shaheen: Johnson’s ‘build, build, build’ speech was a damp squib
It was mainly jingoistic rhetoric and uncosted ambitions.