Topic: UK Elections
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Wajid Akhter: people are now the Muslim Council of Britain’s priority
The organisation’s general secretary is on a mission to empower and enfranchise UK Muslims at grassroots level
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Green victory in Gorton and Denton proves working-class and Muslim voters have options
Labour’s loss of one its safest seats will send a chilling message to Starmer’s government
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Labour’s elections U-turn could cost it more than the £100,000 legal bill
Dozens of councils now have just weeks to prepare for local elections. One of the party’s MPs called the backtrack ‘a total own goal’
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Labour and Greens vie for Gorton and Denton’s large Muslim vote
The Greens are deploying Urdu and Punjabi speakers while Labour calls in its national big guns. We asked local Muslims if any of it has cut through
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Starmer has clung on. But a reckoning could be weeks away
Labour MPs have closed ranks around the prime minister, while the lack of an obvious successor has bought him some time before the Gorton by-election
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Who is Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader who called for Starmer to quit?
One of Britain’s most prominent Muslim politicians, Sarwar had previously been close to the prime minister Keir Starmer
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Plaid Cymru leader: We’ll protect communities if Reform UK wins in England
Speaking to Hyphen, Rhun ap Iorwerth appealed for Welsh Muslims to join ‘coalition’ against ‘negative politics’ of Nigel Farage’s party
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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
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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
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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
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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
