Topic: Political parties

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

Shehab Khan
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

Shehab Khan
‘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

Aisha Rimi

Sadiq Khan defends Labour’s borders stance but insists he’s ‘pro-diversity’

Speaking at Ramadan Lights switch-on, mayor of London also says future Muslim leaders shouldn’t be put off by smear campaigns against him

Aisha Rimi
Labour needs to take back control from the populist right

Parroting Reform UK on immigration and obsessed with growth, support for Keir Starmer’s government is evaporating — but it doesn’t have to be that way

Taj Ali
The compassionate and inclusive heart of Islam came alive through imam Muhsin Hendricks

Imam Hendricks, who was killed on 15 February, ran a mosque intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims

Sanah Ahsan
Higher spend on Ukraine could leave Starmer with a fight on his hands at home

Donald Trump is set to slash US spending on European security, particularly in Ukraine. That leaves Britain with difficult choices

Shehab Khan
Iranian asylum seeker lay dead for up to four months while wearing ankle tag

Mehrab Omrani’s case sparks calls from cross-party MPs for government to review plan to expand use of ‘dispersal accommodation’ run by Clearsprings

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