Topic: Conservatives

Muslim families could be treated with suspicion under schools bill, Lords told

Conservative peer Nathanael Ming-Yan Wei warns of ‘mass information gathering’ under children’s wellbeing and schools bill as Prevent link surfaces

Anita Mureithi
India trade deal has left Labour MPs even more anxious about Reform

Trade deals are the reality of post-Brexit Britain. That hasn’t stopped Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch tearing into the UK’s agreement with India

Shehab Khan
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

Shehab Khan

Government loses appeal over controversial anti-protest law

Labour had fought to keep Suella Braverman’s legislation allowing police to crack down on ‘more than minor’ disruption

Anita Mureithi and Aisha Rimi
Revealed: Yorkshire Tory council hopeful once shared stage with Enoch Powell

Anthony Murphy was kicked out of the Conservative party in 1989 after handing out anti-immigration leaflets warning of a ‘civil war’ in Bradford

Lucas Cumiskey
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

Shehab Khan
‘Essential to the community’: Slough fights back against library closures

The town, home to one of Britain’s biggest Muslim populations, went bankrupt in 2021. But councillors and families say cutting libraries is a step too far

Saman Javed
Revealed: Muslim civil service group cleared after Gaza-Israel lobbying probe

Call for apology as MP and trade union allege Tory government suspended Civil Service Muslim Network ‘based on political pressure rather than facts’

Lucas Cumiskey
Labour MPs warn that Starmer’s government won’t outflank Reform UK by getting tougher on immigration

Both Labour and the Conservative opposition are increasingly aware of the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s party

Shehab Khan