Topic: UK Elections
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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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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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Khalil Yousuf Q&A: ‘In this constituency there are people who are doing full-time jobs and going to the food bank’
The Liberal Democrat candidate for Farnham and Bordon speaks about building trust in the party and not going into coalitions with the Conservatives
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The odds don’t look good for Sunak and a Tory revival
With his electoral strategy upended by a series of setbacks and the headline-grabbing tactics of Nigel Farage and Reform UK, the prime minister is fast running out of options
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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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Farage’s party defends Reform UK candidate who describes himself as ‘proud Islamophobe’
Charles Bunker, Reform UK's would-be MP for Hitchin, describes his views as ‘the only logical, intelligent position to take’
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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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UK General Election poll — the figures
The first poll of British Muslims during the 2024 election campaign found some surprising – and not so surprising – results. Here are the numbers
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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
