Topic: Labour
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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
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What I learned from observing Ramadan while working in parliament
The holy month makes Muslims in Westminster more visible. For MPs, it can be particularly hard — but it’s not without its rewards
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Trump’s tariffs could blow Rachel Reeves’s planning out of the water
As the chancellor delivers her spring statement, Britain has been trying to reassure industry without angering the US
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Labour has delivered a cruel and needless hammer blow to disabled people
Devastating cuts to benefits won’t help anyone back to work and will push thousands into deeper poverty
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Starmer says welfare cuts are necessary. MPs say it’s austerity 2.0
Some disabled people could lose up to £10,000 a year thanks to new rules on Pip and incapacity benefit payments. Some backbenchers are furious
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Labour’s welfare proposals are causing deep divisions within the party
Keir Starmer’s government was elected on the promise of transforming people’s lives, but some of its MPs believe more austerity is no change at all
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I visited a prison — it’s clear something has to change
Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has rejected a proposal intended to address racial imbalances in sentencing. But she’s running out of options
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‘If not me, then who?’ Meet the women reshaping local politics
Women of colour have long been underrepresented in public office across the UK, but that is gradually changing
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A workforce timebomb despite rising numbers — Labour’s migration conundrum
Asylum claims have hit a 46-year high, but health and higher education are suffering as successive governments try to cut UK immigration figures
