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Labour faces an uphill fight to retain Gorton and Denton, which is due to go to the polls on Thursday.

Sir Keir Starmer visited Labour’s by-election campaign in Gorton and Denton with the party in a three-horse race with the Greens and Reform

As voters prepare to cast their ballots on Thursday, The Independent looks at who the options are

MP who fell out with Nigel Farage and has backing of Elon Musk launches anti-immigration party in Great Yarmouth

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s remarks that Britain has been “colonised by immigrants” detonated far beyond a single interview because they landed at the fault line of modern British politics. Linking immigration, welfare and national decline, the Monaco-based Manchester United co-owner used loaded language and shaky numbers that triggered backlash from politicians,…

Reform UK leader who received two guest passes from Iranian-born billionaire declares attendance at event on register of MPs’ interests

A Pakistani taxi driver has spoken out about what he sees as the wasteful cost of transporting refugees across the UK, according to British right-wing activist Tommy Robinson. The driver, who has lived legally in the UK for two years, spoke to Robinson during a protest in Braintree while driving…

The Prime Minister was also asked if the Gorton and Denton poll should be viewed as a referendum on his premiership.

The endorsement ‘tells you everything’ about Reform’s approach to by-election, says PM

In the second part of our series on digital politics, we look at how online provocateurs have advanced extreme political ideas – and watched them seep into the mainstream, says digital media academic Robert Topinka

Labour Party chair Anna Turley wrote to Matt Goodwin urging him to make clear whether he will welcome the activist’s backing.