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East London borough named as 'least friendly' in England - where does your area rank?

A new index using government data has revealed which local authorities are the least friendly in England

Evening Standard · Aug 18

Isles of Scilly named friendliest place in England – and Barking least friendly

Rankings based on community life survey put two Devon districts in top five and Stoke and Ipswich near bottom

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18

Britons asked for views on uniting UK as Javid warns country ‘in peril’

Sir Sajid Javid was speaking at the launch of a new research project asking people for their views on what unites the country.

Evening Standard · May 18

OPINION - Angela Rayner, stop playing the working class card

Sir Keir Starmer is off to New York and all but the party nerds are drifting away from Liverpool and the Labour party conference. The good news for the PM is that hardly anyone is around for the union debate about the winter fuel payment; the bad is that he’s…

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2024

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Dagenham and Rainham?

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

Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2024

‘I perpetually think we’ll win. We always lose’: Labour’s Jon Cruddas on elections, class and life as an MP

The member for Dagenham and Rainham says he can’t wait to leave parliament. So why did he spend the past 23 years there? And what does he think he achieved?

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024

Thinking about getting married? Would £550 sweeten the deal?

More weddings would help Britain tackle its epidemic of loneliness, according to the Centre for Social Justice. And nothing says ‘romance’ like the offer of a cash bonus

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

Jon Cruddas: ‘Labour has to rediscover its moral purpose’

The Labour MP and party historian on why he worries for Keir Starmer, the decline of social democracy, and his love of Seamus Heaney

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2024

A Century of Labour by Jon Cruddas review – what does the party stand for?

The MP and former policy chief sets out the battle of ideas that has shaped Labour from Attlee to Starmer

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2024

Keir Starmer ‘lacks clear sense of purpose’ claims Labour ex-policy chief

Party historian MP Jon Cruddas questions readiness for power of leader with few ties to movement’s roots or ideology

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2023