The Latest Breaking News from Akhmed Yakoob

Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains

Many members of minority communities fear results in Birmingham and elsewhere could lead to rise in hostile rhetoric

The Guardian - UK · May 11

Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’?

Some fear a fragmented field of hopefuls from Labour, the Conservatives, Greens, Reform and independents could leave city ungovernable

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17

Money laundering accused would-be politician to face trial in 2027

Akhmed Yakoob stood in Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s Birmingham Ladywood constituency in the last general election and came second.

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

Fears Rochdale could ‘boil over’ as outsiders stir division over Manchester airport video

Family of a man seen being kicked by police call for ‘time to heal’ as far-right groups and others try to exploit the fallout

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024

Yorkshire cricket racism whistleblower Azeem Rafiq accuses police of ‘brutality’ in Manchester Airport footage

Exclusive: “It’s 2024 - we are years on from Stephen Lawrence’s murder and the MacPherson report highlighting institutional racism within policing,” Azeem Rafiq told The Independent. “Yet, where are we? Not enough has changed.”

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024

Don’t use video of officer kicking man at Manchester Airport for political purposes, says mayor

Mayor Andy Burnham says ‘situation not clear cut’ as lawyer says man has cyst on brain

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2024

Teenager kicked in face by Manchester police is ‘traumatised’, solicitor says

Akhmed Yakoob claims Muhammed Fahir, 19, is victim of police brutality after video shows arrest at airport

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024

Manchester Airport video men have made assault complaint to police, lawyer says

A lawyer representing the men said they had to make their own way to hospital to be checked for head injuries

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024

Independent Muslim who beat Labour in Leicester says victory was not ‘sectarian’

Shockat Adam says he is not a single-issue MP, but will fight on NHS and housing as well as Gaza

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024

Birmingham election candidate apologises for ‘deeply disturbing’ remarks about women

Independent candidate Akhmed Yakoob pledges to ‘fight misogyny’ after outcry over podcast comments

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024