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Party that pledged to cut waste and save money faces criticism after pushing through vote to employ advisers

Prime Minister Keir Starmer thinks that racism is returning to British society. He has accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of sowing “toxic division” with its “racist rhetoric”.

The coalition's immigration lead wants cooler heads to prevail in the migration intake debate after weeks of inflammatory comments from Liberal colleagues.

DAVID Lammy appeared to go back on claims he made that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage “flirted with Hitler Youth” as a schoolboy

Labour deputy leader candidate criticises ‘scaremongering’ on autism and says party must be firmer in tackling Reform

The Manchester Central MP made her pitch just days before party delegates and activists gather in Liverpool for their annual conference.

Conservative pin-up Andrew Hastie has ruled out a tilt at the Liberal leadership, saying he's focused on policy despite his rhetoric putting some MPs offside.

Letters: Readers respond to Jonathan Liew’s article about the effects of the toxic debate on immigration and the rise of the far right

Tom McTague is one of the best contemporary writers on the intersection of domestic politics with wider events and the role of character and quirk in shaping what follows. In Between the Waves: The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution 1945-2016, the writer turned New Statesman editor undertakes a…