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Reform UK candidate says women should stay at home and look after the kids instead of going to work

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

So much for Farage’s ‘beefed up’ vetting of candidates, clearly people with disgraceful and bigoted views are still being let through.

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Green MP calls on Keir Starmer to resign over Peter Mandelson scandal in fiery PMQs speech

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

‘Does the prime minister not recognise that the best thing he can do to restore trust […] is to take true responsibility and resign?’

Ellie Chowns calls on Keir Starmer to resign as PM at PMQs

Farage told to act over Reform local election candidates with racist, sexist and homophobic views

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

Reform continues to allow candidates with “grotesque” views to stand for the party

Nigel Farage gets heckled at London local election launch

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Keir Starmer calls Channel crossings ‘Farage boats’ in dig at his role in Brexit

Olivia Barber
1 October, 2025

‘These are Farage boats […] that are coming across the channel’

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Labour to lift two-child benefit cap in November budget

Basit Mahmood
1 October, 2025

It comes amid growing pressure from MPs, party members and child poverty campaigners to lift the cap.

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5 key takeaways from Keir Starmer’s speech

Basit Mahmood
30 September, 2025

Keir Starmer today delivered what was probably the best speech of his premiership, issuing a rallying cry for the country to unite against the likes of Nigel Farage

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Privatisation hurts patients, staff and the NHS – Labour must end it

Tony O'Sullivan
30 September, 2025

For as long as the Government fails to deliver on its NHS promises, Labour’s days are numbered. 

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Owen Jones kicked out of Labour conference as party revokes his pass

Chris Jarvis
30 September, 2025

He’s branded the decision ‘pathetic’ and ‘Trumpian’

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Nottingham newspaper launches legal challenge against Reform council’s media ban

Olivia Barber
30 September, 2025

The letter says the ban was “irrational” and without legal basis

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Tommy Robinson issued with ‘cease and desist’ letter over use of anti-apartheid anthem at far-right rally

Olivia Barber
30 September, 2025

Singer-songwriter who has spent most of his life fighting against homophobia and racism says it is ‘absurd’ the far-right is using his song

Farage giving evidence at the US House Judiciary Committee
News

Reform ‘proudly embracing’ US-style anti-abortion politics, campaigners warn

Olivia Barber
30 September, 2025

‘The fact that anti-abortion MPs and ex-MPs are flocking to Reform is deeply worrying’

Keir Starmer and Bridget Philipson

Labour brings back maintenance grants for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Basit Mahmood
30 September, 2025

The means-tested grants will be aimed at “those who need them most” and would be funded by a new international student levy, as outlined in a recent immigration white paper.

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Andy Burnham denies leadership ambitions: ‘I’ve just launched a debate’

Basit Mahmood
29 September, 2025

Burnham told those gathered that he was not motivated by personal ambition but rather the concerns of councillors and party members.

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