James O’Brien: Connect the dots and a sinister picture begins to emerge

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

We spoke to the Labour Party chair and Women’s Minister Bridget Phillipson and began by asking for her reaction to the allegations concerning Reform.

Nigel Farage has been caught being dodgy. Again. The frog-faced politico and occasional MP for Clacton was caught on camera apparently enjoying undeclared donations from foreign investors, which is…

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economi...

Critics said I was attacking motorists. It’s more important for me that the city’s children are no longer breathing dangerous levels of pollution, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Treaty came into effect at midnight, eliminating border controls on land frontier with British overseas territory

Ed Davey voices concern about the Musk family foundation taking the far-right activist on a visit to Moscow The UK must do more to defend its democracy after it emerged that Elon Musk’s family foundation had taken the far-right activist Tommy Robinson to Russia, Ed Davey has said. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was brought to Russia by the Musks, the billionaire tech mogul’s father told the Guardian. Continue reading...

Lib Dems tell Reform UK leader ‘the game is up’ as political rivals vow to boycott ‘stunt’ Clacton byelection * Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns On the Today programme Nick Robinson, the presenter, asked Zia Yusuf if he accepted that “voters have a right to know if their politicians are given millions of pounds by very wealthy individuals who are lobbying for policies which will make them even more rich?” Yusuf said he did not accept the premise of the question. If somebody, anyone rich or not, is giving money to a politician in order to lobby for a cause – which, by the way, happens; sadly, as someone who has only been in politics a couple of years, I’ve seen it in Westminster, all too much – then, yes. But this is not what has happened. The reason why they are choosing not to field a candidate is very simple; having screamed for a byelection at the top of their lungs for weeks now, having been given one, they are running scared. Continue reading...

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