Burnham pledges £900m for homelessness amid drive to end rough sleeping Downing Street to almost double funding with further £432m in this week’s budget The Guardian - UK · Oct 25
Tory shadow minister slammed for calling Manchester Arena attack anti-terror act her ‘most hated law’ Shadow housing, communities and local government minister Katie Lam called Martyn’s law an ‘absurd set of regulations’ The Independent UK · Oct 16
Lobbying, lawyers and a media blitz: the fight to kill the Church of England’s £100m slavery compensation fund Some of Britain’s wealthiest financiers, including Sir Paul Marshall, have given a platform to critical coverage or are linked to its leading opponent The Guardian - UK · Oct 13
Zack Polanski’s Urdu video: multilingual campaigning is good for politics The Holborn and St Pancras byelection takes place on October 8, in the London constituency vacated by former prime minister Keir Starmer. Labour might be hopeful of holding the seat, but the leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski is also on the ballot paper. The Conversation · Oct 7
Kemi Badenoch positions herself as modern-day Thatcher and vows to revive Tories The Tory leader dismissed suggestions that her focus on cutting benefits and building more prisons signalled a return of the ‘nasty party’ The Independent UK · Oct 4
Kemi Badenoch says Tories will be party of ‘common sense’ as party conference begins The Tory leader dismissed suggestions that her focus on cutting benefits and building more prisons signalled a return of the ‘nasty party’ Evening Standard · Oct 4
Greens defend Zack Polanski's by-election campaign video spoken in Urdu Tory shadow communities secretary Katie Lam branded the campaign video as ‘poisonous’ Evening Standard · Sep 15
Badenoch v Burnham: new battle lines drawn as the leaders face off Badenoch, now flanked at PMQs by a mix of centrists and rightwing hawks, may be rethinking the gloves-off style used against Starmer The Guardian - UK · Sep 2
Who's in and who's out of Kemi Badenoch's new Tory frontbench? Kemi Badenoch has overseen a sweeping clear-out of senior figures from her frontbench Evening Standard · Sep 1
Conservative reshuffle: who’s who in Kemi Badenoch’s top team? From a darling of the Tory right to a moderate former army officer, we profile the key players The Guardian - UK · Aug 31
Priti Patel moved out of top job as Kemi Badenoch begins major Tory reshuffle The decision by Sir James Cleverly to leave the shadow cabinet has forced Kemi Badenoch into a reshuffle with Tom Tugendhat expected to be made shadow foreign secretary The Independent UK · Aug 30
Migrants Told 'Don't Beat Your Wife, Don't Abuse Children': Home Office's New 'Behaviour Guide' Sparks Fury The UK government's guidelines for asylum seekers have sparked criticism for their perceived patronising tone, with right-wing politicians questioning the expenditure on such materials. International Business Times UK · Aug 20
South East Water told to improve as villagers brand outage issues ‘shocking’ Customers in Kent have been warned that water levels in its drinking storage tanks remain ‘critically low’. Evening Standard · Aug 18
Angry villagers spell out ‘help us’ with plastic bottles after going days without water Customers in Kent have been warned that water levels in its drinking storage tanks remain ‘critically low’ The Independent UK · Aug 18
Evening Standard · Aug 18 ‘Simply not good enough’ says Defra as South East Water customers face outage It is the latest in a string of water supply issues.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12 Threats against female MPs having ‘chilling effect’ on women in public life, minister says Security minister Dan Jarvis has announced new security measures ahead of May’s local elections
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15 Tory defectors: who has already joined Reform UK and who may follow? Robert Jenrick is the latest former Conservative to join Nigel Farage’s ranks – but he may not be the last
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 Badenoch accused of making ‘deeply inaccurate’ claims about violence against women Tory leader says Labour should focus on migrants ‘from cultures that don’t respect women’ rather than tackling misogyny in schools
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025 UK lawyers warn of ‘race to the bottom’ after Tory MP issues deportation threat Top lawyers call for change in rhetoric that has left minority ethnic Britons fearful as politicians target migrants
Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2025 Kemi Badenoch says she is ‘rebuilding’ the Tories as she marks a year as leader Mrs Badenoch’s first anniversary since taking over as Tory leader is on Sunday, November 2.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025 Kemi Badenoch smiles from the stump as she heads towards oblivion The relaxed demeanour of the Tory leader suggests she is just relieved that things aren’t worse than they could be
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025 Tories will not deport legally settled people, Badenoch clarifies Katie Lam spoke ‘imprecisely’ in stating large number of people would ‘need to go home’, says Conservative leader
Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025 Shadow minister spoke ‘imprecisely’ about Tory settled status plans – Badenoch Katie Lam appeared to indicate that some people already granted indefinite leave to remain in Britain could have their residency taken away.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025 Just beads in a glass jar: this is how the Tories dehumanise migrants and those in need The Conservatives, like Reform, are rooting their immigration policy in the language of welfare dependency. It’s deeply harmful, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025 Tories deny they have thrown out plans to toughen up indefinite leave to remain Plans to retrospectively remove the settled status are no longer Tory policy, a spokesman suggested on Wednesday.