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Why is it that the politics of hope offered up by the left is dismissed as naive, while the policies of the centre and right are portrayed as all that is possible? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Sir Keir Starmer labelled Nigel Farage “utterly spineless” after the Reform UK leader failed to condemn a councillor from his party who called children in care “evil”.

PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted

They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The party’s political opponents at City Hall took aim at the two members for not turning up

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The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

The Reform leader told business owners he understood the challenges they face.

JCB chair Lord Bamford hands equal amount to Tories and Reform to support parties he says ‘believe in small business’