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Labour launches campaign in crunch London by-election against Zack Polanski’s Green Party

If elected, Sagal Abdi-Wali would become the first British-Somali woman to serve as an MP in the UK

Evening Standard · Sep 12

Every Labour MP who has demanded Starmer quit as number reaches 96

Former health secretary Wes Streeting has become the most high-profile resignation so far

The Independent UK · May 12

How the spy trial row has exposed Britain’s China problem

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox explains why successive UK governments have dithered over deciding whether Beijing is a friend or foe

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2025

Prince Andrew and the British establishment’s ‘target-rich environment’ for spies

A ruling by the UK’s Special Immigration Appeals Commission has revealed that a Chinese businessman with links to King Charles’ younger brother, Prince Andrew, has been banned from Britain. The commission was upholding a decision originally taken in 2023 by the then home secretary, Suella Braverman, to exclude a man…

The Conversation · Dec 20, 2024

Lawyer accused of being Chinese spy in UK loses legal challenge

MI5 acted lawfully when it issued ‘interference alert’ about Christine Lee in January 2022, tribunal rules

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024

Lawyer accused of being Chinese spy and previously linked to London MP loses legal challenge against MI5

MI5 warned MPs in 2022 it believed Christine Lee had engaged in ‘political interference and activities’ for a branch of the Chinese Communist Party

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2024

No hiding place for Labour’s farming minister as Whitehall teems with tweed and gumboots

Farage cosplayed Mr Toad, Victoria Atkins troubled all fashion sense, but Steve Reed won the turnip for his flailing defence of inheritance tax changes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2024

'Absurd': Stephen Flynn schools Labour MP on devolution basics after interruption

YOU would hope Labour MPs, especially ones who have been at Westminster for a fair while, would have a grasp on the devolution settlement. You…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 17, 2024

The Tory gravy train’s left town – but it’s got all my best gags on board

The Conservatives were a joke that just kept giving but where do the next four years of funny come from?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2024

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in... Brent West?

Evening Standard analysis of all the key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2024