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Majority of Brits would vote to rejoin the EU in referendum re-run

A majority of British people would vote to rejoin the European Union if a fresh referendum vote were held. A new poll by YouGov for The Times has found that in the event of another referendum, 52% of ...
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Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali defeats Zack Polanski in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election

Labour has won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, holding on to the seat and seeing off the Greens. Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali won the by-election with 12,292 votes, while Green Party leader Zack P ...
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Reform defends councillor calling immigrants ‘third world animals’ in social media post

Opposition politicians have called Tracy Clayton’s comments “profoundly offensive, dehumanising, and unacceptable” ...
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Andy Burnham has the highest approval rating of any party leader post conference

Labour leader Andy Burnham has the highest approval rating of any party leader, according to the latest poll which was carried out post Labour, Lib Dem and Reform party conferences. The poll, carried ...
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Reform council’s decision to cancel Black History Month called ‘the worst dog whistle politics’

Steve Rotherham, the Labour mayor for the Liverpool City Region, has dubbed a Reform council’s decision to boycott Black History Month as “the worst dog whistle politics”. Black History Month is ...
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Surprise Surprise: Reform’s own internal investigation clears party officials over trying to solicit dodgy donations

Did any of us really expect Reform's own internal investigation to reach any other conclusion? Surprise Surprise, Nigel Farage's party has cleared its own officals over allegations they tried to ...
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Labour now projected to have a majority for first time since October 2024

The Labour Party is now predicted to have a majority should an election be called, in what is the first time a projection has given such a scenario since October 2024. The projection, made by PollChec ...
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Reform spells own party name wrong in Holborn and St Pancras by-election letter to voters

Reform UK has spelt its own party name wrong in a letter sent to voters ahead of the Holborn and St Pancras by-election today. As reported by the Metro, the party has been told “they can’t even spell ...
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“Our country needs a bold change of direction” – Zack Polanski reacts to Keir Starmer’s departure

The Green Party of England and Wales leader Zack Polanski has said that the country needs a “bold change of direction” following Keir Starmer’s announcement that he is standing down as prime minister.
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‘It’s all about housing’: What are voters talking about on the campaign trail in Holborn and St Pancras?

Green Party activists claim that there is a "real palpable sense of upset" about the Labour candidate's record on housing ...
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More than a dozen Labour MPs report Green Party to Police and EHRC over its ‘Zionism is racism’ policy

More than a dozen Labour MPs have reported the Green Party to Sussex Police and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over its "Zionism is racism" policy, and are calling for police to inves ...
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Wales Green Party deputy leader resigns over Zionism is racism motion

One of the two deputy leaders of the Wales Green Party – Philip Davies – has resigned from his post and from the party following the passing of the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion at the Green Party of ...