Topic: Elections

Will Starmer survive 2026? Here’s what could seal his fate

After a bruising 2025 for Labour, eyes are on possible successors to the PM in the shape of Wes Streeting, Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner

Shehab Khan
Farage’s opponents are desperate for racism claims to stick. Will they matter?

Reform UK’s leader faces dozens of allegations that he racially abused classmates at Dulwich College, which he denies. Yet he keeps chalking up wins

Shehab Khan
Votes at 16 will enfranchise 156,000 young Muslims — 10% of new voters

Analysis of 2021 census data also finds young Muslim voters could have biggest impact in urban areas such as Birmingham, Bradford and east London

Samir Jeraj

German voters show us what happens when anti-migrant rhetoric is banned

The far right made gains across Germany’s largest state on Sunday, except in Cologne where most politicians had agreed not to campaign ‘at the expense of immigrants’
Why the upcoming Norwegian election matters

When Norway votes in a new government on 8 September, the country’s growing Muslim minority fear the far right will make significant gains
Has Labour repaired its relationship with British Muslims?

A year after Labour’s “historic break” from Muslim voters, the available data makes bleak reading for party strategists. But some see cause for optimism
Relationship between Labour and Muslims ‘at breaking point’ — internal survey

Labour Muslim Network surveyed hundreds of MPs, councillors and mayors and found most were highly critical of party’s handling of Islamophobia and Gaza
Reform’s election surge has left some Labour MPs desperate to push rightwards

Reform UK victories in Runcorn and Lincolnshire have given Labour and the Tories a huge headache
Will Farage’s fighting talk translate into election success?

Buoyed by support from the Sun, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is eyeing hundreds of local council seats in next month’s polls