Topic: Green

Labour’s local election losses have some MPs questioning its rightward shift

Reform UK, the Greens and the Liberal Democrats have taken more than 1,000 seats from Labour. But what lessons will the party learn?

Shehab Khan
Parliamentary staff add to pressure over ‘heavy drinking culture’ on estate

Nigel Farage has accused Green MP Hannah Spencer of wanting to ban ‘an afternoon pint’. But those who work in parliament say concerns are real

Samir Jeraj
A new and messy realignment of UK politics is at play in the local elections

As voters across the country prepare to head to the polls, emerging parties and independents look set to make significant gains

Taj Ali

I can fix him: 600 candidates line up to try and make Birmingham normal again

Voters in the UK’s largest local authority are angry. But between bin strikes, tax rises and incendiary national politics, can anyone save it?
In pictures: Together Alliance anti far-right protest

Muslim leaders join more than 100 faith organisations, charities and trade unions in a show of unity against far-right parties
Hundreds of racism complaints at police forces led to no officers sacked

360 race-related complaints were made against forces that had admitted they were ‘institutionally racist’. In two years, none led to dismissals
Streeting slams ‘attempts to delegitimise’ Muslim voters over byelection loss

Health secretary’s comments follow Reform-led backlash against Green victory in Gorton and Denton, but also put him at odds with Keir Starmer
Starmer has angered Trump — but Labour MPs, for once, are on his side

The thin-skinned US president could punish the UK for refusing to let him use British military bases. But standing up to Trump has proved popular at home
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