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Labour

Peter Kyle speaking at the CBI conference earlier this week
News

Labour accused of ‘selling out’ over U-turn on day one unfair dismissal rights

Olivia Barber
28 November, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

The concession comes after weeks of the legislation bouncing back and forth between the Lords and House of Commons

Ex-Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Nathan Gill has been sentenced to more than ten years in prison
News

Nigel Farage faces calls to investigate any further pro-Russia links in Reform following Nathan Gill sentencing

Olivia Barber
21 November, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

Labour says Farage must “give the public a cast iron guarantee that any remaining pro-Russian links have been removed from his Party”.

A picture of the Thames Water logo
Opinion

When the River Turns Brown: Why I Left Labour for the Greens

Martin Abrams
21 November, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

Councillor Martin Abrams left Labour for the Green Party over a key issue: the ‘catastrophic failure’ of Thames Water

Shabana Mahmood
News

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

Olivia Barber
21 November, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

‘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
News

Labour’s Indefinite Leave to Remain plans “immoral” and “dangerous” for patients, says nursing union

Olivia Barber
20 November, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

“Our international colleagues deserve clarity over their futures, not to be used as political footballs by politicians”

Shabana Mahmood unveils hardline plans for asylum system
News

Government’s asylum proposals ‘cross a dangerous line’, warn campaigners and MPs

Olivia Barber
18 November, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

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

Job Centre
News

Universal credit sanctions under scrutiny in new report

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
16 November, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

In 2024, the median court fine was £283, while the average sanction for a claimant aged 25 or over amounted to £524.

Keir Starmer
News

EXCLUSIVE: Government must ‘stop the infighting’ to beat Reform, Labour figures warn amid leadership challenge briefings

Olivia Barber
13 November, 2025 (4 weeks ago)

“The government should be focusing on delivering policy, not fighting among themselves.”

Matt Goodwin, Richard Tice and Lois Perry at the Students4Reform launch
News

Reform hires hard-right figure with ‘unpleasant views on race’ as head of its student organisation

Olivia Barber
13 November, 2025 (4 weeks ago)

Matt Goodwin has argued that UK-born people from ethnic minority backgrounds are not automatically British

Laura Anne Jones
News

Reform Senedd member to be suspended over racial slur

Olivia Barber
13 November, 2025 (4 weeks ago)

‘The fact that Reform accepted the Member’s defection following this information coming to light tells us everything you need to know about the party’

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