Topic: England
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Labour needs to pay attention to a new kind of marginal seat
The 2024 general election has opened the door for smaller parties to wield serious influence. Keir Starmer’s government will ignore that at its peril
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‘It’s not normal to go and climb a mountain’
Or is it? Seventy-five years after Britain passed an act to create national parks and enshrine public access to open countryside, a new generation of adventurers is discovering the joys of touching grass
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The impact of Muslim voters at the 2024 election was even bigger than you think
Labour lost more than 300,000 votes in areas with the highest Muslim populations, leaving it with fewer supporters overall than it had in 2019
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First-time Muslim candidates make up most diverse parliament in history
Labour’s Sadik Al-Hassan took the Tory stronghold of North Somerset in a historic first, while a number of independents won on a pro-Palestine stance
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New independent MP Iqbal Mohamed: ‘We have taken democracy back’
Pro-Palestine candidate fought off Labour’s Heather Iqbal, with young Muslim voters seen as key to his victory
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Muslim voters credited for election of five independent pro-Palestinian MPs
Candidates running on a ceasefire ticket won more than 300,000 votes, forcing Keir Starmer’s party into second place in seats across the UK
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Starmer promises ‘sunlight of hope’ but daunting challenges lie ahead
Nothing can take away from the scale of the new prime minister’s victory, but Labour now has to begin to deliver on its pledges to the British public
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In a Birmingham healthcare desert, locals are still unsure which way to vote
Residents of the multicultural Lozells district complain of inaccessible GPs and a lack of culturally appropriate support
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Kamel Hawwash Q&A: ‘Political parties have a machine, I don’t’
The academic, engineer and outgoing chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, on standing for parliament in Birmingham and how Gaza has changed the political landscape
