Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Ex-Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen says she faced ‘racism, Islamophobia and bullying’ from inside party

‘I’ve not experienced this level of relentless hostility in my life - even from the Conservatives,’ said Faiza Shaheen after she was blocked from standing

The Independent UK

Labour, Black voters and the damage of the Diane Abbott row

The strength of feeling in Hackney has been echoed elsewhere, with dozens of prominent Black Britons signing an open letter – seen by The Independent – warning the furore risked alienating Black voters, Race Correspondent Nadine White writes. But is the party already seeing damage on the doorstep?

The Independent UK

Jon Stewart weighs in on Labour blocking academic from standing in UK election

US chatshow host describes as ‘dumb’ decision not to endorse Faiza Shaheen as candidate for London seat over tweets she liked

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Keir Starmer put on the back foot over treatment of Diane Abbott

Labour spent the day in a muddle of its own making over whether or not the north London MP would be standing again

The Guardian - UK

‘Purge’ of Labour leftwingers must end, Keir Starmer told

Labour leader accused of ‘cull’ and picking close allies to contest safe seats as others are blocked from standing for party in UK election

The Guardian - UK

SNP deletes TikTok election campaign video featuring sexually explicit song

Pretty Girls Walk by Big Boss Vette was used by the party as it promoted its policies on the platform

The Guardian - UK

Sir Ed Davey's best 2024 general election campaign moments: from paddleboarding to baking

Nobody seems to be having more fun during the election campaign than the exuberant Lib Dems leader

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Leading Black figures criticise Labour’s ‘disgraceful’ treatment of Diane Abbott

Open letter says party’s inability to make a decision on Abbott’s future is example of systemic racism

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott row fails to harm Labour’s support in weekly tracker poll

Exclusive: The latest weekly tracker poll from Techne UK saw support for the Tories rise by two points but Labour remain unchanged

The Independent UK

Conservative Mark Logan defects to Labour in fresh blow to Rishi Sunak

Former Bolton North East MP says Tory party is ‘now unrecognisable’ and likens this general election to 1997

The Guardian - UK

Which leftwingers won’t be Labour candidates in the general election?

Diane Abbott’s doubtful position has thrown a spotlight on the fate of other leftwing figures

The Guardian - UK

There are three ways for Labour to head off looming disaster over Diane Abbott – but there’s not much time

The party seems unaware of the anger from those who fear that a pioneer and others like her have been targeted, says campaigner and peer Simon Woolley

The Guardian - UK

Fiscal tussle: who will win the battle to put up taxes the least?

The Conservatives and Labour are embroiled in a fight to woo voters with promises to keep rates of tax low

The Guardian - UK

Alastair Campbell is my hero, says Scottish Labour MP hopeful

A SCOTTISH Labour MP hopeful has been slammed after describing the Iraq War spin doctor Alastair Campbell as his “hero”.

The National (Scotland)

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The National (Scotland)

'They didn't try': Greens hit back as SNP say climate target 'never achievable'

SCOTTISH Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has said she “does not accept” the Scottish Government’s climate target was not achievable as she…

The Guardian - UK

Greens keep it short and sweet to avoid the don’t-want-to-knows

The more people find out about the Green party’s policies, the more they tend to switch off. So today’s campaign launch was over in 15 minutes

The Guardian - UK

Tice and Farage, the happy couple wedded to migration incoherence

Our Nige at least manages to sound slightly plausible while talking utter rubbish

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s treatment of Diane Abbott shows the party at its most cruel

Letters: Readers respond to Labour’s investigation following the Hackney MP’s suspension from the party in April 2023, and the long delay in coming to a resolution

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

A brief history of socialism, from the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt to the 2024 Keir Starmer

Letters: Austen Lynch recalls the work of John Ball, and Jol Miskin thinks the best we can now hope for is social democracy

The Guardian - UK

As a teenager, I beg you: don’t risk a Tory win in this election

Letter: Seventeen-year-old Joseph Walker urges against voting for anti-Starmer campaigns, saying the country can’t risk more years of Conservative government

The National (Scotland)

Blocked candidate to take legal action over 'campaign of racism from Labour'

LABOUR will be challenged in the courts over allegations an MP hopeful was blocked after a “systematic campaign of racism, Islamophobia and…

The Independent UK

Tory fury as Sunak allies 'parachuted' into winnable seats

Exclusive: Both the Tories and Labour leaderships stand accused of ‘rigging’ safe seat selections for their friends and allies

The Guardian - UK

Greens and Plaid Cymru pledge to push Labour on climate, housing and poverty

Election campaigns kick off with policies on single market, climate crisis, NHS and clean seas

The Guardian - UK

Starmer v Sunak: who are the men vying to be PM in the UK general election?

The Conservative and Labour leaders come from starkly different backgrounds but both are fighting for the political middle ground

Evening Standard

Who are the current and former Labour MPs who lost the party whip?

Labour veteran Diane Abbott has had her party whip returned, but several opposition MPs never got it back — here’s who and why

1 … 560 561 562 563

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Scottish Government

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.