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Andy Burnham has the highest approval rating of any party leader post conference

Labour leader Andy Burnham has the highest approval rating of any party leader, according to the latest poll which was carried out post Labour, Lib Dem and Reform party conferences. The poll, carried ...
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Reform council’s decision to cancel Black History Month called ‘the worst dog whistle politics’

Steve Rotherham, the Labour mayor for the Liverpool City Region, has dubbed a Reform council’s decision to boycott Black History Month as “the worst dog whistle politics”. Black History Month is ...
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Surprise Surprise: Reform’s own internal investigation clears party officials over trying to solicit dodgy donations

Did any of us really expect Reform's own internal investigation to reach any other conclusion? Surprise Surprise, Nigel Farage's party has cleared its own officals over allegations they tried to ...
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Reform spells own party name wrong in Holborn and St Pancras by-election letter to voters

Reform UK has spelt its own party name wrong in a letter sent to voters ahead of the Holborn and St Pancras by-election today. As reported by the Metro, the party has been told “they can’t even spell ...
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Reform defends councillor calling immigrants ‘third world animals’ in social media post

Opposition politicians have called Tracy Clayton’s comments “profoundly offensive, dehumanising, and unacceptable” ...
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Labour now projected to have a majority for first time since October 2024

The Labour Party is now predicted to have a majority should an election be called, in what is the first time a projection has given such a scenario since October 2024. The projection, made by PollChec ...
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‘It’s all about housing’: What are voters talking about on the campaign trail in Holborn and St Pancras?

Green Party activists claim that there is a "real palpable sense of upset" about the Labour candidate's record on housing ...
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Kemi Badenoch rules out forming coalition with Reform UK

Kemi Badenoch has said she would rather have another general election than do a deal with Reform UK in the event of a hung parliament at the next election. In an interview with Anna Foster on BBC ...
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Richard Tice says the country doesn’t have time for Suella Braverman’s debate on Englishness

The Reform deputy leader, Richard Tice, has said the country doesn’t have time for Suella Braverman’s debate on Englishness. Tice also refused to say whether he questions Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s ...
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Labour reaches its highest level of support since January 2025, new poll shows

The Labour Party has reached its highest level of support in the polls since January 2025, while Reform continues to plummet, in a boost to Andy Burnham. The poll, carried out by YouGov, put Labour on ...
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Wales Green Party deputy leader resigns over Zionism is racism motion

One of the two deputy leaders of the Wales Green Party – Philip Davies – has resigned from his post and from the party following the passing of the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion at the Green Party of ...
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More than a dozen Labour MPs report Green Party to Police and EHRC over its ‘Zionism is racism’ policy

More than a dozen Labour MPs have reported the Green Party to Sussex Police and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over its "Zionism is racism" policy, and are calling for police to inves ...