Topic: Political parties

‘My conscience would not allow me to carry on’: local councillors on why they left Labour

Dozens have resigned since October, citing the party’s stance on Gaza and a toxic culture under Keir Starmer. Five of those who quit tell us why

Naomi Larsson Piñeda
While politicians play around with words like ‘extremism’, Muslim women feel the real consequences

Michael Gove and other Conservative MPs are locked in petty squabbles over terms such as ‘Islamophobia’ and ‘anti-Muslim hate’, making these words meaningless in the face of our lived experience

Tasnim Nazeer
Tax hikes and poor public services — the UK’s economic future looks bleak

Experts warn of anaemic growth and funding gaps to services. Yet neither Labour nor the Conservatives are willing to be honest about raising taxes

Shehab Khan

A series of gaffes and more trouble ahead for Rishi Sunak

Recent gaffes and two important byelections could be disastrous for the prime minister — but Labour isn’t guaranteed success either

Shehab Khan
The German far right wants to ‘return’ migrants

Millions of Muslim migrants living in Germany have been thrown into anxious uncertainty by a proposal to ‘remigrate’ people who have failed to integrate

Charlie Metcalfe
Muslim support for Labour is plummeting — can independent challengers fill the void?

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is poised for electoral victory, but its position on Gaza has alienated many voters

Taj Ali
Pakistan’s crackdown on Imran Khan’s party reaches Britain

As the country’s powerful military intensifies its campaign to dismantle PTI, British Pakistanis share how they have been affected

Saman Javed
The issue of immigration will be a battleground in the next UK election

Both parties have pledged to crack down on illegal arrivals. Minority groups are understandably concerned about what any new policy says about how welcoming our country is

Shehab Khan
Portugal’s new anti-Islam Chega party is soaring in the polls, so why aren’t Muslim leaders worried?

The well-integrated Muslim community is confident that racist policies thriving elsewhere in Europe will not appeal to Portuguese voters

Heather Galloway