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Isabella Kemp’s departure means party has lost nine of 57 councillors elected in May, including four after video leak

Bengali signs at Whitechapel Station have ignited online debate over multiculturalism, identity, and representation in modern London amid rising tensions over cultural integration.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Rachel Reeves has asked each of us to ‘do our bit’ as she prepares to break her party’s manifesto pledge and raise income tax – but it is now clear that she has made the bad situation she inherited worse

The Reform leader’s speech was full of contradictions and damaging cuts. But if he makes it to No 10, Labour will be to blame, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

It’s hard to think about politics today without immediately picturing the face of a party’s leader, charismatic or otherwise. Whether delivering a rousing conference speech, squirming through a TV interview, or being caught by a “hot mic”, figures like Nigel Farage, Jeremy Corbyn, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have dominated…

Claim that elections were cancelled because ministers were ‘terrified of Reform’ given rare rebuke by regulator

Penny Mordaunt speaks to The Independent about her new book – and her hopes of a return to Westminster

Leader’s speech offered most detailed explanation yet on party’s priorities on tax cuts, benefits, wages and pensions

Party leader says proposal had been an ‘aspiration’ and accuses Tories and Labour of ‘wrecking the public finances’