Section: Politics

Muslim business owners react to Rishi Sunak’s pre-election speech

While new figures show an uptick in the economy, small businesses say they are struggling to make ends meet faced with high running costs and interest rates

Saman Javed
Labour leader promises to ‘smash the gangs’ to tackle small boat crossings

Keir Starmer said he will scrap the government’s Rwanda scheme and establish a new Border Security Command if he wins power

Reuters
Humza Yousaf resigns as first minister of Scotland

SNP leader’s decision to step down follows the collapse of coalition agreement with Scottish Greens

Reuters

Voter rights groups issue warning over photo ID laws ahead of local elections

Pro-democracy organisations say citizens from ethnic minority communities, including Muslims, could be turned away from ballot stations on 2 May
‘My conscience would not allow me to carry on’: local councillors on why they left Labour

Dozens have resigned since October, citing the party’s stance on Gaza and a toxic culture under Keir Starmer. Five of those who quit tell us why
Community groups remind the world about Sudan’s forgotten war

Overshadowed by other international conflicts, an ongoing humanitarian disaster has been widely neglected by western governments and media outlets
Tax hikes and poor public services — the UK’s economic future looks bleak

Experts warn of anaemic growth and funding gaps to services. Yet neither Labour nor the Conservatives are willing to be honest about raising taxes
The German far right wants to ‘return’ migrants

Millions of Muslim migrants living in Germany have been thrown into anxious uncertainty by a proposal to ‘remigrate’ people who have failed to integrate
Pakistan’s crackdown on Imran Khan’s party reaches Britain

As the country’s powerful military intensifies its campaign to dismantle PTI, British Pakistanis share how they have been affected