Matilda Martin

1 day ago | politicshome.com | Matilda Martin |Tom Scotson |Sienna Rodgers

Female Labour MPs "Dismayed" By Blue Labour's Anti-DEI Stance Pro-DEI sign at a May Day event in Lower Manhattan, 2025 (Christopher Penler / Alamy Stock Photo) The Women's Parliamentary Labour Party WhatsApp group this week saw female Labour MPs express frustration with the influence of Blue Labour given its position on diversity, equity and inclusion, PoliticsHome understands.

3 days ago | politicshome.com | Matilda Martin |Tom Scotson |Sienna Rodgers

Jeremy Corbyn's Gaza Bill Set To Highlight Divisions In Labour Jeremy Corbyn hopes to force a vote in the House of Commons today over his call for an inquiry into UK involvement in the Israel-Hamas war – a move expected to deepen tensions within Labour, as some of Keir Starmer's MPs intend to back the demand.

1 week ago | politicshome.com | Matilda Martin |Justine Smith

Campaigners fear another missed opportunity to mend a broken care system It was presented as landmark legislation, but as the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill enters the Lords Justine Smith finds campaigners scrambling to prevent what they fear is doomed to become another missed opportunity to mend a broken system From his birth until his second birthday, Bruno spent most of his waking moments in terror.

1 week ago | politicshome.com | Matilda Martin

Growing Numbers Of International Students Are Looking At British Universities As Alternatives To Trump's US, Data Suggests Trump has launched a string of attacks on US universities since taking office (Alamy) Young people worldwide are increasingly eyeing UK universities as an alternative to studying in the United States, new data suggests.

1 week ago | politicshome.com | Matilda Martin

Universities Face Over £1bn In Funding Cuts, Sector Warns Labour government policies have led to losses of more than £1bn from the higher education sector since it came to power in July, new analysis suggests. The analysis, carried out by higher education body Universities UK and shared with PoliticsHome, estimates that the net impact of policy developments on institutions in 2025-26 is a £1.398bn reduction in funding.