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2 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Adam Payne |Sienna Rodgers |Harriet Symonds
Reform Hopes The World Of Business Will Flock To Its Party Conference
Reform UK is planning a major business presence at its Autumn conference as part of the party's wider bid to show it is a professionalised political force.
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2 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Tom Scotson
UK, France, Canada Vow To Take "Concrete Actions" If Israel Does Not Stop Gaza War
The UK, France and Canada have jointly promised to take "further concrete actions" if Israel does not stop its renewed military operations in Gaza and fails to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid reaching the strip.
In a wide-ranging statement on Monday, all three governments said the situation in Gaza was "intolerable".
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4 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Sophie Church |Harriet Symonds
Tory MP Lincoln Jopp: I Am Up For The Fight With Nigel Farage
Lincoln Jopp is the latest Conservative MP to arrive at Westminster via the Scots Guards. The former soldier believes his bruised party has two years to make itself a serious electoral force again, and warns Nigel Farage that he is "up for the fight".
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1 month ago | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Tom Scotson
Andy Burnham Leads Calls For Government To Tackle Dementia In Football
Andy Burnham outside of Downing Street (Alamy)
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is leading calls for government and football authorities to do more to address the sport’s “shocking” dementia crisis.
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1 month ago | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Nadine Batchelor-Hunt
10 min read
As West Midlands Combined Authority mayor Richard Parker approaches the end of his first year in office, he talks to Nadine Batchelor-Hunt about predecessor Andy Street, bin strikes, and his desire for a ‘pragmatic’ relationship with Westminster. Photography by Tom Pilston
Birmingham has an undeserved reputation for being unattractive, but it has its fair share of what might be politely termed “functional” architecture.
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1 month ago | 
politicshome.com | Nadine Batchelor-Hunt |Tom Scotson |Harriet Symonds
5 min read
Reform UK has sent shockwaves through British politics after making significant gains at the local and mayoral elections, turning two-party politics on its head.
Voter anger over the cuts to winter fuel allowance and concern over immigration appear to have played into Reform’s hands. “The winter allowance was huge. We did full leaflets and letters on that alone,” said a Reform source.
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1 month ago | 
politicshome.com | Zoe Crowther |Harriet Symonds
3 min read
Keir Starmer would do “more harm than good” if he visited Runcorn and Helsby before the by-election on Thursday, say Labour MPs who have campaigned there.
The Prime Minister has not visited the Cheshire constituency since the by-election was triggered by the resignation of former Labour MP Mike Amesbury.
PMs have sometimes stayed away from by-election campaigns in recent years, though there have been some exceptions.
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1 month ago | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Tom Scotson
6 min read
Muslim voters have been part of Labour's voter coalition for decades. However, with war in Gaza raging and high levels of disillusionment in Muslim communities, many turned to independent candidates at last year's general election. Some Labour figures fear this phenomenon isn't going away anytime soon.
Much of the focus heading into next week's local elections is on Reform UK, with Nigel Farage's party expected to win hundreds of council seats from the Tories and Labour.
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1 month ago | 
politicshome.com | Matilda Martin |Harriet Symonds
9 min read
Nigel Huddleston, tasked with rebuilding the Tories’ election-winning machine, tells Harriet Symonds about how he plans to get them back in the game.
The new party chairman has the unenviable task of rebuilding what was once a formidable election-winning machine from the wreckage of last year’s drubbing.
Huddleston, a close ally of Kemi Badenoch, has to staunch the flow of party members to Reform UK while restructuring Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ).
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1 month ago | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Zoe Crowther
3 min read
Russia has sanctioned 15 British MPs and six members of the House of Lords, accusing them of making "hostile statements and unfounded accusations".
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on Wednesday, the Kremlin accused the UK of carrying out an "ongoing confrontational course, which includes efforts to demonize our country".
