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Robert Jenrick launches scathing broadside against ‘Kensington Kemi’

Reform UK economics spokesperson seeks to associate Tory leader with metropolitan elite as party relations sour furtherRobert Jenrick has launched an extended attack on Kemi Badenoch, calling her part...

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Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC

Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Jeremy Hunt’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenueBusiness live – latest updatesTax cuts for big banks have deprived the UK government of £6b...

Chair of Jewish Greens calls for Zack Polanski to resign after byelection loss

Vivien Lichtenstein urges party leader to quit over ‘Zionism is racism’ policy – but could face no-confidence motion herselfThe chair of the Jewish Greens has called for Zack Polanski to step down as...

Did the Zionism row lose it for Zack Polanski? – podcast

Zack Polanski has lost the Holborn and St Pancras byelection to Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali. Despite the Greens increasing their vote share from 2024, Polanski had the cloud of the ‘Zionism is racism’ ro...

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'Deeply personal moment': Watch Sagal Abdi-Wali's by-election victory speech

Labour beat the Green Party with 45% of the vote in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.

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Labour chair of housing committee calls for urgent funds for affordable homes in England

Exclusive: Abena Oppong-Asare urges chancellor to unlock billions of pounds, as housing associations say they could build 41,000 homes in 10 yearsThe Labour chair of the Commons housing committee is u...

Bragging rights for Burnham, blues for Farage: conference season winners and losers

While the Labour and Conservative leaders will be delighted with their showing, Nigel Farage, Ed Davey and Zack Polanski have less reason for cheerAndy Burnham Continue reading...

'We didn't get it over the line': Green party's Zack Polanski on byelection loss – video

Labour has seen off the Greens to win the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in a result that will reassure Andy Burnham and dent Zack Polanski’s position as a decisive power player on the left of Brit...

I would not have voted for Zionism motion, Polanski says

A motion declaring Zionism a form of racism was passed by Green Party members on Sunday.

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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will reassure Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for left of British politicsLabour has seen off the Greens to win the Holborn and St Pancras byelection...

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Palantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts

Former Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdownsTom Watson, the former Labour deputy leader who recently joined Palantir, has warned against...

Holborn and St Pancras byelection loss will disappoint Greens – but there may also be relief

It may sound odd to think Zack Polanski would be happy with second place, but after his most challenging week in politics, it could have been worseLabour’s Abdi-Wali fends off Polanski and GreensParli...

Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error

Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ dataKemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document overestimated the co...

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NHS England mental health services review: what has it found and what does it recommend?

Prof Peter Fonagy’s 607-page report is categoric that mental distress has increased substantially and ‘cannot be explained by greater awareness alone’Full report | NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as...

Polls close in Holborn and St Pancras byelection as Labour hopes to retain seat

Contest seen as test of Andy Burnham’s ability to unite Labour voters amid threat from Green party’s Zack PolanskiPolls have closed in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, a contest seen as a test o...

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Infantino given re-election boost as Montagliani seeks final Concacaf term

Gianni Infantino's chances of being re-elected as Fifa president appear to have been given a major boost as Victor Montagliani wants to remain as Concacaf chief.

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What would make your life easier? Martin Lewis asks public for ‘small ideas’ to improve UK

Finance expert launches Small Ideas Initiative to gather ‘practical, low-cost’ ideas to put before cross-party panelEvery day, people run into what the finance expert Martin Lewis calls “the life-poth...

Israel’s downgrading of UK consulate aims to tighten its hold on Jerusalem

Consulate targeted in sanctions spat has unusual diplomatic status that clashes with Israel’s ambitions to fully annex the cityIsrael’s attempt to close the British consulate general in Jerusalem was...