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Immigration

Elon Musk delivering a Nazi salute
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Musk’s tirade against Spain’s prime minister backfires

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 February, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

“No wonder Musk hates Sánchez.”

ICE agents carrying out an enforcement operation
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‘A British ICE’ – Far-right fantasy or creeping reality?

Olivia Barber
9 February, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

The UK already has its own version of ICE. Reform UK and the far-right dream of taking that sinister approach even further

BBC Question Time audience member slams Reform's immigration policies
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BBC Question Time audience applauds young woman’s scathing criticism of Reform’s immigration policy

Olivia Barber
6 February, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

“I think your party especially isn’t giving me much to be proud of”

News

As Western leaders crack down on immigration, Spain moves to legalise 500,000 undocumented migrants

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 January, 2026

Pedro Sánchez has repeatedly rejected the claim that migrants are a burden on public services.

A photo of an NHS protest with the Left Foot Forward logo in the top right corner
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Letters to the editor: What progressives can learn from 2025

LFF Reporter
23 December, 2025

We asked progressives from across the political spectrum about what lessons they think we need to learn and how to fight back in the year ahead.

Anas Sarwar tears into Reform's Michael Offord on Question Time
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Anas Sarwar tears into Reform UK’s Malcolm Offord on Question Time

Olivia Barber
12 December, 2025

“All you really are is a poisonous, odious man hiding behind the badge of Reform looking to divide our communities”

Shabana Mahmood
News

EXCLUSIVE: Labour MPs condemn the government’s immigration proposals as ‘desperate political posturing’

Olivia Barber
21 November, 2025

‘If the Government thinks this week’s hard-line immigration shift will help halt the nosedive in its support, they’re wrong.’

Shabana Mahmood unveils hardline plans for asylum system
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Government’s asylum proposals ‘cross a dangerous line’, warn campaigners and MPs

Olivia Barber
18 November, 2025

“This is headline chasing, not problem solving – a Government bowing to anti-immigrant, anti-rights politics.”

A BBC Question Time audience member lays into GB News' Matt Goodwin
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Audience members tear apart Matt Goodwin’s anti-migrant narrative on Question Time

Olivia Barber
31 October, 2025

“I think it’s quite poor that today you’ve used immigrants as a scapegoat for every single issue we’ve discussed.”

Right-Wing Watch

The new immigration hot potato: How the ECHR was hijacked by the right

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 October, 2025

We should have learned from Brexit, which weakened Britain in every sense. Now the same voices want to abandon the ECHR. We know where that road will lead.

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