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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Our climate emergency cannot be hidden behind targets
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Making government accountable to the people
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Unions and policymakers call for Universal Credit overhaul
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn suggests he could scrap hated ‘streamlined’ benefits system if voted into power.
Migrant workers are striking for their rights, and they need your support
Outsourced workers are fighting for equal rights in rolling actions across London, says Petros Elia.
Corbyn has called time on Britain’s ‘broken’ model for developing medicines
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There’s a grimly familiar story behind Thomas Cook’s collapse
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