Topic: England

We’ve not heard the last of Labour’s anti-austerity rebels

Dozens of Keir Starmer’s MPs abstained on a vote to scrap winter fuel payments for pensioners, exposing a rift in the party

Shehab Khan
‘It is not right to show luxuries when there’s a war being played out in front of our eyes’

British-Palestinian designer Fadi Kazem Sarandah has pulled out of London Fashion Week and won't show his collection until there is a ceasefire in Gaza

Niloufar Haidari
Saher Shah’s new play Vitamin D breaks down the stigma of divorce

For many women, the decision to end a marriage is made even harder by the negative attitudes of family, friends and the wider community

Saman Javed

Dialled In festival: ‘A space where brown bodies can come together and express their creativity’

Born of frustration with the lack of opportunity in the music industry, the event returns this weekend for an all-day celebration of music and culture from South Asia and the diaspora
In Brutal Presence: the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster

A poignant selection of images from a long-term photographic project on social housing and the effects of gentrification on community life
7 Paralympians you should know about

From sitting volleyball players to powerlifters, here are just a few of the athletes competing in Paris
Three quarters of social housing blocks with unsafe cladding yet to be fixed

Slow progress since Grenfell fire disproportionately affects Muslims, who are more likely to live in social housing
Labour sides with Tories in court over anti-protest laws

Home secretary Yvette Cooper to continue Conservatives’ challenge to High Court ruling that backed Liberty
A night of Balkan Pride

With glitter tattoos and turbo-folk, members of the diaspora’s LGBTQI+ community have created an inclusive annual celebration in east London