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Gorton defeat shows Starmer leading Labour into electoral ‘Valley of Death’

Labour was pushed into third place in Gorton and Denton, behind both the victorious Green Party and Reform UK.

Evening Standard

Gorton and Denton by-election defeat a ‘nightmare scenario’ for Starmer’s Labour government

Labour was pushed into third place in Gorton and Denton despite winning a healthy majority in 2024

The Independent UK

‘We are the forgotten little town’: will disenchantment in Denton leave it ripe for Reform?

With Gorton split between Labour and Greens, division creates opportunity for Farage’s party in other side of constituency facing byelection

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‘A pollster’s nightmare’: stakes are high in three-way fight for Gorton and Denton

Labour faces a battle to hold on to its 13,000 majority, with the Greens the bookies’ favourite and Reform hoping to gain from split vote on left

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s about ego’: Matt Goodwin’s journey from far-right expert to firebrand Reform candidate

Anti-immigration activist is contesting poll in borough where he previously researched far-right extremism

The Guardian - UK

Can Andy Burnham calm the anger in a Manchester seat Labour fears losing?

After Andrew Gwynne’s exit, voters in Gorton and Denton are fractured – and increasingly willing to look elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons

The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenship

The Guardian - UK

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Abbott-Exact Sciences Deal Set to Shake Up Diagnostic Market with Cancer-Fighting Acquisition

Rumours fly that Abbott is very close to sealing the deal to acquire cancer treatment champion Exact Sciences.

International Business Times UK

Can Nigel Farage emulate success enjoyed by Italy’s far-right Giorgia Meloni?

Reform’s leader may hope to tread a similar path to Italy’s prime minister, but she is an experienced parliamentarian open to collaboration and compromise

The Guardian - UK

Three Reform councillors expelled over ‘dishonest’ behaviour at flagship council

‘These individuals have shown a pattern of dishonest and deceptive behaviour which the party will not tolerate from its elected officials’, a Reform spokesperson said

The Independent UK

Three Reform councillors expelled for ‘dishonest and deceptive’ behaviour

Reform UK took control of Kent County Council after winning 57 of the 81 seats at the local elections in May.

Evening Standard

Reform UK expels two Kent councillors accused of ‘undermining’ its interests

Robert Ford, subject of an ‘unofficial complaint’, and Bill Barrett, suspended after leaked meeting, removed via email

The Guardian - UK

Two Reform UK councillors kicked out of party

Kent County Councillors Bill Barrett and Robert Ford have been kicked out by email from Reform HQ which said they had ‘undermined’ party interests

The Independent UK

Two Reform UK councillors removed from party after suspension

Kent County Councillors Bill Barrett and Robert Ford have been kicked out by email from Reform HQ which said they had ‘undermined’ party interests.

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The Guardian - UK

‘We have to book bigger rooms’: Green membership surge causes novel problems

Party rides high with new leader Zack Polanski winning media plaudits and supporter numbers doubling to 140,000

The Guardian - UK

Chancellor hoping shift in tone on Brexit will ring true for key groups of voters

Rachel Reeves’ criticism of Brexit impact on economy is aimed at leave voters who have changed their minds and younger voters, says analysts

International Business Times

Britain's Storied Conservative Party Faces Uncertain Future

They were an electoral powerhouse, the party of political titans Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Benjamin Disraeli.

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The Guardian - UK

No fear or favours: how Corbyn and Sultana’s party could blow up British politics

With a huge profile and no one to appease, ‘Your Party’ starts on a better footing than new parties of the past

The Guardian - UK

‘Island of strangers’ speech echoes of past discordant voices over immigration

Keir Starmer’s latest salvo over curbing migration to the UK has resurrected unsavoury ghosts from the past

Euronews

Are we seeing the end of the UK's political duopoly?

Labour and the Conservatives have had a stranglehold on political power for decades — but as Reform UK's victory in last week's election shows, this now appears to changing.

The Guardian - UK

Two-party politics is dying in Britain. Voters want more than just Labour and Tories

Badenoch is braced for heavy losses on 1 May, but as Labour stumbles and Greens and Lib Dems surge, the contest is wide open, says Robert Ford

The Guardian - UK

Cuts to welfare. Cuts to international aid. Has Labour lurched too far to the right?

People on benefits are worried and some MPs are talking of ‘cruelty’. Is Keir Starmer’s plan to cut public spending a betrayal of his party’s values?

International Business Times

New Syria PM Says All Religious Groups' Rights 'Guaranteed'

Syria's new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will "guarantee" the rights of all religious groups and called on the millions who fled the war to return home.

International Business Times

Assad Exit Puts US At Perilous Crossroads In Syria

For more than a decade, the United States has sought to keep out of Syria's political debacle, seeing no viable partner.

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