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Concerns raised over ‘family voting’ in Gorton and Denton by-election

A row is brewing over warnings of people forcing their family members to vote in a certain way.

Evening Standard

Polls close in Gorton and Denton by-election that could decide Starmer’s future

Votes are being counted in the crucial contest.

Evening Standard

UK Green Party accused of sectarianism after releasing videos in Urdu and Bangla featuring PM Modi and Gaza

TOI Correspondent from London: Green Party of England and Wales is accused of encouraging sectarian voting and dividing Indian and Pakistani communities in the UK after it released campaign videos for a by-election on Thursday in Urdu and Bangla and promised the next ones in Arabic and Pashto.

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Asylum seekers in hotels at lowest level in 18 months

Labour has pledged to no longer be using asylum hotels by the end of this Parliament – which would be 2029, if not earlier.

Evening Standard

Gorton by-election: Pound dips as City get jitters on threat to Starmer if Labour loses to Reform or Greens

Zack Polanski’s Green Party, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and Labour have been battling it out in the hotly-fought contest

Evening Standard

Polls close in Gorton and Denton byelection after three-way battle between Greens, Labour and Reform

Counting begins in south-east Manchester after one of the most unpredictable byelections in recent years

The Guardian - UK

How is Reform’s charmless candidate still a contender in Gorton and Denton? Ask Labour

This byelection should have been a stroll for Keir Starmer’s party. Instead, all hope of defeating Matt Goodwin now seems to lie with the Greens, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Reform UK suspend Gorton and Denton by-election campaigner after racist and sexist posts

Adam Mitula’s suspension comes just days before crucial by-election

The Independent UK

Labour overtake Reform in election betting odds

Bookies have put Labour ahead in the betting odds after 18 months of trailing Reform UK

Evening Standard

I have seen the scale of the mountain Labour has to climb in Gorton and Denton – but also the way it can do it

In focus groups, people are clear they want to stop Farage at all costs. Labour must now reach out to the progressives it has disappointed, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Prue Leith on why she feels more sympathetic to Nigel Farage and Reform

The 86-year-old chef’s son Danny Kruger is an MP for Reform UK

Evening Standard

Ethics watchdog to investigate minister Josh Simons over think tank allegations

Labour Together is accused of paying PR firm Apco Worldwide £36,000 to look into the background of journalists in 2023.

Evening Standard

Starmer takes aim at rivals in battle for Labour to retain Gorton and Denton

The Prime Minister hit out at both the Green Party and Reform UK ahead of Thursday’s by-election.

Evening Standard

Starmer's Gorton by-election visit fuels Labour hopes as Reform's fall after Farage heads to Chagos Islands

Labour, the Greens and Reform have been battling it out ahead of the by-election polling day on Thursday

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Nigel Farage accused of ‘Maga stunts’ for saying he was denied access to Chagos Islands

Reform UK leader flew to the Maldives for a day despite not having permit to visit nearby archipelago

Evening Standard

Huge number of Londoners to vote tactically to stop Nigel Farage becoming Prime Minister, polling reveals

The YouGov survey also cast doubts on whether Reform UK can win a Commons majority at the next general election

Evening Standard

'Shy Labour voters' could save Starmer from defeat by Reform or Greens in Gorton by-election says polls expert

The three parties are ramping up their campaigns ahead of polling day on February 26

The Independent UK

Police probe claims Labour bribed voters with food to support by-election candidate

Labour battling to hold Gorton and Denton against fierce challenge from the Greens and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

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Evening Standard

Zack Polanski says Labour Party is ‘over’ after taking ‘votes for granted’

The comments come ahead of the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election with the Greens and Reform UK looking to take the seat from Labour

The Guardian - UK

Labour and Reform candidates clash over women feeling threatened by far-right rhetoric

Angeliki Stogia tells Matthew Goodwin, who turned up to event with security, ‘women are scared to leave the house’

The Guardian - UK

Union chief calls for Angela Rayner to replace Keir Starmer or risk Labour defeat to Reform UK

Exclusive: TSSA general secretary wants Rayner to take charge after Gorton byelection which she expects party to lose

The Guardian - UK

Streeting still ready to challenge Starmer despite show of unity, allies say

Health secretary poised to make leadership bid after May local elections to pre-empt a potential challenge from rival Rayner, MPs close to him say

The Guardian - UK

‘A pollster’s nightmare’: stakes are high in three-way fight for Gorton and Denton

Labour faces a battle to hold on to its 13,000 majority, with the Greens the bookies’ favourite and Reform hoping to gain from split vote on left

Evening Standard

PM warns against rise in politics only interested in ‘exploiting social scars’

The speech came amid a torrid week for Sir Keir Starmer.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer has little to offer voters of either right or left in Gorton and Denton. That’s why he’s facing a perfect storm

The Greens are buoyant as Labour struggles. After shredding any semblance of a progressive agenda, fear of Reform is all the PM’s party has left, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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