Helen Pidd and Peter Walker on the local elections and why the Green party has surged in the pollsThe Green party in Hackney, London, is feeling optimistic about the local elections. Today in Focus host Helen Pidd meets the...
Read MorePippa Crerar is joined by the election analyst Prof Rob Ford to look at the upcoming local and devolved elections. Will Reform dominate across England? Can the Greens remove Labour’s longstanding hold over London? And will...
Read MoreIn the 1980s, Labour-controlled London built 52,000 council homes. During the Tony Blair decade, just 280. It’s brought this local-election catastrophe on itselfOver the week to come, journalists will repeat three things...
Read MoreAward-winning chef and husband ordered to stop offering lifts home from rurally located HansomIt was when people were bringing a change of shoes to walk home that a couple running an acclaimed restaurant in North Yorkshire...
Read MoreHope Not Hate campaign identifies election hopefuls calling for a ‘white Britain’ and complaining of ‘kowtowing to the black community’A Reform UK candidate who called for a “white Britain”...
Read MoreAll signs point to a record-low performance for Labour in May in what will be a moment of high jeopardy for Keir StarmerLabour is on track for its worst local election performance, data analysed by the Guardian shows, in a blow...
Read MoreHousing secretary also targets Reform as May elections loom, saying Farage more interested in Trump than own constituencyThe Greens have welcomed activists kicked out of Labour for antisemitic views and people should be...
Read MoreThe much-travelled politician, who has also been a member of Ukip, will stand for election to Thurrock councilAt first he was a Tory councillor, before switching to Labour. Then came a stint in Ukip, followed by a return to the...
Read MoreExclusive: Health secretary warns of dangers of protest vote as he pitches NHS as key battleground in May electionsVoters in May’s local and devolved elections risk putting the NHS in jeopardy if they vote for populist...
Read MoreConservatives disowned Derek Bullock in 2023 after he allegedly used racial slur to call for people of Pakistani heritage to be shotA Reform UK candidate for next month’s council elections was twice disciplined by the...
Read MoreCampaigning in Newcastle before next month’s local elections shows the rise of the far right, the climate and cost of living are concerning voters as much as the Middle EastMohammed Suleman, a self-described...
Read MoreAt campaign launch, PM acknowledges concern over events in Ukraine and Iran as well as over rising cost of livingUK politics live – latest updatesThe 7 May elections are taking place against a backdrop of “war on two...
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