London Labour MP who threatened to smash a reporter’s face with bat made trade envoy Edmonton MP Kate Osamor who was previously forced to apologise over tirade made trade envoy Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025
Labour MP who threatened to smash reporter’s face with bat made trade envoy by Starmer Kate Osamor has been named the UK’s representative to East Africa, four years after she was ordered to apologise to the House of Commons The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025
General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in…Edmonton and Winchmore Hill? Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024
Should Labour be embracing the likes of Natalie Elphicke? Letters: Readers respond to the news of the staunch rightwing Tory MP defecting to the Labour party The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024
London MP Kate Osamor has Labour whip restored following investigation into comments on Gaza war The move piles pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to do the same for veteran MP Diane Abbott Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
Kate Osamor has Labour whip restored after investigation into Gaza genocide comments Exclusive: MP apologised for saying on eve of Holocaust Memorial Day that Gaza should be remembered as a genocide The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
Suspended London Labour MP Kate Osamor to get whip back 'imminently' Kate Osamor issued an apology for ‘any offence caused’ by a message she wrote on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2024
Losing the whip: who are the 18 UK MPs sitting as independents? There are now more independents suspended by their parties than Lib Dems in the House of Commons The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024
Labour’s cynical handling of the Azhar Ali affair will come back to haunt it in government The Rochdale fiasco offers profound lessons about the leadership’s way of doing business – and its use of factionalism, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2024
Azhar Ali row: how Keir Starmer has handled other members’ behaviour Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott and Sam Tarry are among those who have tested the Labour leader The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024
Starmer urged to discipline Rochdale candidate over Israel-Gaza remarks Calls for Labour leader to remove whip from Azhar Ali if he becomes MP, after his suggestion Israel ‘allowed’ 7 October attack The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024
Does Starmer care that his Gaza stance is angering and repelling Muslim voters? I see no sign that he does Labour may yet try to woo back voters alienated by its failure to speak out over mass slaughter – but it’s unlikely to succeed, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2024
Labour promises 'proper and fair' investigation after London MP Kate Osamor suspended for Gaza genocide post Edmonton MP Kate Osamor issued an apology for “any offence caused” by the message she wrote on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2024
Labour MP Suspended For Remarks On Gaza In Holocaust Message Kate Osamor is not the first MP who has had to apologise for calling out the war in Gaza. International Business Times UK · Jan 29, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2024 Labour suspends Kate Osamor over Gaza comments in Holocaust message Party investigating MP for Edmonton after she said Gaza should be remembered as genocide on memorial day
The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023 UK risks scandal over ‘bias’ in AI tools in use across public sector Systems operating across government departments and police forces raise concerns about accountability and discrimination
The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023 Home Office accused of ‘blocking’ MPs from helping asylum seeker constituents Exclusive: The Home Office is ‘putting more barriers’ in the way of vulnerable people seeking help, a Labour MP claimed
The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023 Fishnets and Tinder: Women MPs reveal toxic sexism in Westminster As research highlights the shocking ‘exclusionary’ culture in parliament, female MPs tell Maya Oppenheim their stories
The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022 Enfield block residents forced to take showers in freezing cold outdoors after gas leak Many flats in Cheshire House on the Shires estate have had no heating or hot water for two weeks
Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2022 London MP calls for LFB firefighters to wear cameras on home visits after shocking racism report Report into London Fire Brigade found its culture is ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’
The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022 Windrush compensation scheme ‘not fit for purpose’ as only 1% of appeals successful Exclusive: Just 42 of the 3,479 appeals last year were successful, new figures show
The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2022 Diane Abbott urges Starmer to act over racism in Labour party MP says she received no apologies after racist and sexist remarks made about her were revealed in Forde report