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Is Labour trying to split the Muslim vote in Dewsbury and Batley?
Independent candidate Iqbal Mohamed hopes to send Labour packing in this northern seat. But Starmer’s party has selected its own Muslim, pro-Gaza candidate — and some are sceptical
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High rents and insecure accommodation: how London’s housing market is disenfranchising voters
Campaign groups warn that many living in unlicensed rental properties are reluctant to register to vote for fear of rent increases or losing their home
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Mapped: the 21 UK seats where Labour could lose Muslim voters over Gaza
A number of pro-Palestine candidates could tap into voter unease over the party’s stance on the conflict with Israel, eroding Muslim support
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Has Labour thrown away Britain’s most marginal seat?
A few months ago, Burnley seemed like a shoo-in for Keir Starmer’s party. But Labour’s position on Gaza cost it control of the local council — and now it has a fight on its hands
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Anas Sarwar’s time has finally come
The Scottish Labour leader is the ideal national figurehead for Keir Starmer’s party — and the UK general election could provide a pathway to become first minister
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‘Why are we a country of billionaires and food banks?’: Jeremy Corbyn talks Labour, Gaza and Islington North
Former Labour leader slams “cynical calculation” by party HQ that disaffected voters will still back Starmer as they have nowhere else to go
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Independent candidate Leanne Mohamad — Gaza has been an awakening for a new wave of politics
Standing against shadow health minister Wes Streeting in the Ilford North constituency, the British-Palestinian activist wants to make democracy about people, not parties
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‘The UK claims to be a democracy’: How the government’s attack on protest is driving voters away
Labour has no plan to roll back the Tories’ anti-protest laws. For some, it’s proof that the ballot box won’t win change on its own
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Labour manifesto pledges to recognise Palestine as part of a ‘peace process’
The document calls for an immediate ceasefire and an eventual two-state solution, but makes no time commitments for realisation of the promises
