Tom Scotson

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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.

2 days ago | politicshome.com | Tom Scotson |Sienna Rodgers |Zoe Crowther

Over 100 Green Councillors Sign Letter Backing Zack Polanski's Leadership Bid Zack Polanski gave a speech in February against racism and the far-right (Alamy) Over 100 Green Party councillors have signed a letter in support of Zack Polanski’s leadership bid, in a sign that the party could be heading towards choosing a non-MP as leader.

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The Assisted Dying Bill: Rushed And Lacking Scrutiny, Or Unfairly Criticised? Kim Leadbeater at a press conference on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, April 2025 (Credit: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo) Has the assisted dying bill been rushed as critics say? Would the unusually complex Private Members’ Bill have been any better-off as a government bill?

2 days ago | politicshome.com | Tom Scotson

Recipes for disaster: Ed Balls' eight sausage rolls Politicians making a meal of it. This week: eight sausage rolls for Ed Balls “Can we get, um, eight sausage rolls, please?” Ed Balls’ visit to a branch of Greggs in Redditch was supposed to be a political masterstroke. David Cameron’s government was going through what, at the time, seemed like a major crisis.

3 days ago | politicshome.com | Zoe Crowther |Tom Scotson

The Ayoub Khan Interview: "A Lot" Of MPs Are In Talks About Joining The Pro-Gaza Independents Ayoub Khan, one of five pro-Gaza MPs in the ‘Independent Alliance’ group, talks to Tom Scotson about Israel and Palestine, same-sex marriage, and forming a new party Ayoub Khan, one of the independents swept to power last year on a wave of anger over Gaza, sits on Parliament’s Terrace, sipping a coffee.