Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donations The Guardian - UK · Mar 5
Zack Polanski's Greens could rock Labour in London as 'Zohran Mamdani beat old Democrats' in New York The Green Party could 'easily' win hundreds of seats in London at the May local elections, says local government expert Professor Tony Travers Evening Standard · Mar 5
Wes Streeting hits out at Reform UK over Matt Goodwin comments: ‘Return to age-old racism’ IN FULL The Independent UK · Mar 4
Home secretary to urge Labour left to back hardline immigration crackdown Shabana Mahmood insists Labour is 'at the heart of my migration reforms' as she warns against backing the Greens and Reform - but critics accuse home secretary of ‘bullying refugees’ rather than tackling real problems The Independent UK · Mar 4
Streeting accuses Reform of ‘return to age-old racism’ after by-election candidate’s comments about being British Exclusive: Wes Streeting appears to distance himself from claims – made by both Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer – that the Gorton and Denton by-election was fought on ‘sectarian’ lines The Independent UK · Mar 4
How to understand the post-Gorton and Denton national poll that puts the Greens ahead of Labour Polling by YouGov suggests a surge in support for the Green party across the country following the Gorton and Denton byelection. According to the poll, Zack Polanski’s party now has a national vote share of 21%, leapfrogging the Labour party. The Greens now sit within the margin of error behind… The Conversation · Mar 4
60% of Welsh voters unaware of how new system will work in May elections Voters remain unsure about which policy decisions sit with Cardiff Bay and which with Westminster The Guardian - UK · Mar 4
Former Labour councillors join Reform UK Sir Robin Wales, the former Labour mayor of Newham, and Clive Furness, who also served on the council, have joined Reform UK. Evening Standard · Mar 4
Farage unveils two Labour defectors as he makes a push for London votes Nigel Farage admits his party lacks ‘experience on the front line’ as he welcomes a controversial former mayor and ex-council leader The Independent UK · Mar 4
Longest-serving London Labour mayor Sir Robin Wales joins Reform UK Sir Robin Wales accuses the Labour Government of ‘losing its moral compass’ as he joins Reform UK Evening Standard · Mar 4
Fifth of Reform members think non-white British citizens should leave UK, poll finds IN FULL The Independent UK · Mar 4
Labour 'risks losing 600 seats' in London local elections in worse nightmare than Gorton disaster Sir Keir Starmer’s party is facing tough battles against the Greens, Reform UK, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems Evening Standard · Mar 4
Want to stop Farage with your vote? At the moment you can’t – and Starmer must fix that The PM’s in-tray is overflowing. But he can’t afford to neglect the real issue that is distorting our politics and the way we live, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Mar 4
One in five Reform members want non-white British citizens to be removed from UK, poll finds Reform members are generally ‘more pessimistic, angry and extreme than the British public’, according to the study’s author The Independent UK · Mar 4
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3 Most Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds Nigel Farage’s recent efforts to woo centre-ground voters may cause tension in party’s right flank, says Hope Not Hate
The Conversation · Mar 3 Late deciders, higher turnout: what the Gorton and Denton byelection taught us about voters Hannah Spencer’s win in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary byelection was a momentous victory for the Green party. The party’s first-ever byelection win overturned a large Labour majority and put the general election winners into third place, behind Reform UK.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3 Reeves’s spring statement? The economy is great, don’t worry about the Middle East With no spending or fiscal commitments to offer, the chancellor kept it short, sweet and just a little tin-eared
The Independent UK · Mar 3 Two Reform councillors leave party as one hits out at ‘misogynistic undertones’ Joanne Blythe raised concerns about ‘what I perceive to be misogynistic undertones in the treatment I have received’
The Independent UK · Mar 3 Rachel Reeves highlights missing Nigel Farage as she brands Reform UK a ‘Tory tribute act’ IN FULL
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3 Labour to scrap government power over elections watchdog amid fears of abuse MPs and campaigners had warned law imposed by Tories could be used by future leaders to ‘undermine democracy’
Evening Standard · Mar 3 Zack Polanski's Greens surge in London - could they even be in first place ahead of Labour? New poll comes ahead of the May local elections when Labour is expected to suffer heavy losses in the capital
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3 Welsh ‘revolution’ required to hit target of 1m speakers by 2050, says report Welsh language commissioner calls for ‘transformative’ intervention, amid Reform UK threats to undo new powers
The Independent UK · Mar 2 Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing review – Jonathan Ross’s experiment is a dismal exercise in culture-war needling 2/5 They say opposites attract... or maybe they’re just chained together. Channel 4’s new reality series fails to find the fun in mismatched contestants tethered to each other for money
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2 Farage emulating ‘his hero Trump’ in deriding byelection results, says new Green MP Reform leader says without evidence that his party’s candidate came first among UK-born voters, as Hannah Spencer takes seat in parliament