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Reform wants to cut council diversity roles. The problem is there are already barely any

Exclusive: Party talks up sums that can be saved by cutting DEI jobs, but there are only a handful of such roles across the 10 councils it runs

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025

Inside the 'pivotal' Scottish Greens leadership contest

THE Scottish Greens are at a “pivotal moment” as the party gears up for its first leadership election without Patrick Harvie in almost two…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 13, 2025

Starmer’s migrants return deal a ‘publicity stunt’ that won’t win back voters, top pollsters warn

Exclusive: The warning comes as new survey of Labour members seen by The Independent reveals concerns about Keir Starmer’s wider migration policy

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2025

Signs of new life: is the British left making a comeback?

Talk of a new party led by Jeremy Corbyn is just the latest example of a growing clamour for leftwing alliances

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2025

Rupert Lowe cleared of breaching MPs’ rules over grooming gang inquiry donations

Parliament’s standards commissioner found Mr Lowe had not breached the rules governing donations to MPs over a crowdfunder for his grooming inquiry.

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025

Reform celebrate more by-election wins taking seats from Labour and Tories

Nigel Farage’s party swept to victory in polls in key general election target areas

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025

Tory defectors ‘were never Conservatives to begin with’, Badenoch claims

Sir Jake Berry is the latest in a string of Tory defectors to have joined Reform UK.

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

What would it take for a new British leftwing party to succeed?

Last week, the MP for Coventry South, Zarah Sultana, made an audacious decision. Having already lost the Labour party whip for opposing the two-child benefit cap, Sultana announced she would co-lead a new leftwing party with Jeremy Corbyn, who was expelled from Labour in 2024.

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2025

Digested week: Reeves’s tears and standing room only for Macron’s Westminster speech

Crying in the Commons is not unusual – unless the chancellor is doing it – as attention turns to Trump’s state visit

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025

Vote system change for electing London mayor 'good news for Labour but makes victory harder for Tories and Reform'

Will axing of first past the post encourage Sir Sadiq Khan to seek a fourth term in 2028?

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025