Lucas Cumiskey
Investigative Reporter at Hyphenonline
Investigative reporter, @onlinehyphen @lucascumiskey.bsky.social Story tips: [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
hyphenonline.com | Lucas Cumiskey
A major survey of Muslim Labour politicians has warned that the “historic ties” between Muslims and the party are at “breaking point”, with more than half of those surveyed saying Keir Starmer’s government has represented their communities badly. The Labour Muslim Network (LMN), which calls itself the voice of British Muslims in the party, asked all 477 Muslim Labour MPs, councillors and elected mayors about their views and experiences.
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3 weeks ago |
hyphenonline.com | Lucas Cumiskey
Data obtained exclusively by Hyphen has revealed that 155,000 more Muslim children are affected by the “cruel and immoral” two-child benefit cap than was previously thought. Labour MPs and the party’s Muslim network have heaped pressure on ministers to axe the controversial policy in light of our findings. Hyphen commissioned the Office for National Statistics to crunch data about the policy’s impact on different faith groups.
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1 month ago |
hyphenonline.com | Lucas Cumiskey
The Green party’s housing lead has grilled the government in parliament over findings from a Hyphen investigation that laid bare the dearth of social rent homes approved during Labour’s first six months in power. Ellie Chowns took housing minister Matthew Pennycook to task during a House of Commons committee stage on the government’s landmark planning and infrastructure bill on Tuesday.
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1 month ago |
hyphenonline.com | Lucas Cumiskey
Data from 119 councils shows that half of them didn’t greenlight a single council house between July and December 2024 — as 1.3m households languish on waiting listsMore than half of England’s councils did not approve the building of any homes for social rent during Labour’s first six months in government, figures obtained by Hyphen suggest, as families in overcrowded housing tell of being stuck in limbo on decades-long waiting lists.
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2 months ago |
hyphenonline.com | Lucas Cumiskey
A Tory candidate in next week’s local elections once shared a platform with Enoch Powell and was turfed out of the party after handing out an anti-immigration pamphlet referring to “civil war” in Bradford, Hyphen can reveal. Anthony Murphy, a candidate for the Duchy ward in the newly formed Harrogate town council, hopes to be elected councillor on 1 May.
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RT @journoramzy: 🔴 NEW from @lucas_cumiskey: the first survey by @LabourMuslims of hundreds of Muslim Labour MPs, councillors and mayors ha…
RT @ApsanaBegumMP: New research by @onlinehyphen via @ONS has found that Muslim children are disproportionately likely to be affected by th…
👀🌹@ApsanaBegumMP told @onlinehyphen she's “seen little meaningful engagement [from the govt] with the Muslim community on the impact of [the two-child benefit cap] policy or on child poverty more broadly” https://t.co/1QhmpXsqGA
