Shocked people from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria herded on to coaches as 200 tents removed and streets cleaned The convoy arrived just after sunrise: a stream of police vehicles, council truc...
Scottish Greens vote with government despite uncertainty after Humza Yousaf’s resignation The SNP government has headed off Labour’s attempt to force an early Holyrood election, as the Scot...
The government was determined to make this a good news day. It’s just a shame reality isn’t more obliging There’s something about the proximity of an election that sends MPs into a tailsp...
Scottish government wins vote by 70 votes to 58, with no abstentions after debate where Humza Yousaf defended government’s record Labour has accused Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, of ...
Guardian understands dozens of detentions have taken place across the UK this week, prompting demonstrations UK ministers have acknowledged for the first time that they are detaining asylum see...
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Only about a third of voters are expected to vote in Thursday’s polls but that could fall to as low as 13% in some places UK politics – latest updates From a shopfront in Tilbury, Essex, c...
Targeting people who need support for depression and anxiety will only make these growing problems worse Jay Watts is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and senior lecturer working in Londo...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/may/01/rishi-sunak-welfare-support-depression-anxiety
Hall’s campaign has focused on cars and crime while the opposition has exploited her tendency to ‘shoot from the hip’ Paul Icely puffs out his cheeks – and then slowly exhales. He is vi...
Incumbents promote messages of support from ex-PM despite largely avoiding linking themselves with wider Tory party UK politics – latest updates Andy Street and Ben Houchen go into Thursday�...
As someone who is unable to vote in the UK’s local elections, I hope my peers don’t waste the precious gift they’ve been given Local elections are coming this week. After receiving far-ri...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/may/01/young-people-passionate-politics-vote
Equalities minister claims female pupils didn’t want to use gender-neutral toilets and calls for people to report institutions Kemi Badenoch has claimed that girls at a school who did not hav...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/may/01/kemi-badenoch-school-single-sex-toilets-claims
Refugee Council sounds warning after children wrongly issued with notices of intent by Home office UK politics – latest updates Lone child asylum seekers are at risk of being sent to Rwanda ...
Susan Hall became member a day after an exposé about its contents – much of which is directed at Sadiq Khan Tory staff running network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with racism and abus...
Timeline for scheme comes after government accused of trying to ‘wriggle out’ of move to speed up payouts to victims UK politics – latest updates Ministers in the UK have agreed to a thr...
Brexit and Scottish independence have benefited Rishi Sunak and Humza Yousaf – now both are suffering the consequences Brexit isn’t working, and there are potholes everywhere. Those are not...
Questions emerging about whether the figures behind the city council’s bankruptcy stack up Birmingham city council accused of basing drastic cuts on ‘imagined’ data Questions are startin...
This model of devolution should be the start of a bigger conversation about power and democracy, not the end This Thursday, around 20 million voters in 10 regions in England go to the polls to ...
Climate groups and Greens co-leader say climate policies risk being sidelined or buried by SNP Next first minister will need centre-left allies, says Harvie From the collapse of its ambitious ...
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Rishi, Keir and Dave come in close behind. It must be exhausting being so uniquely blessed There’s none so blind as politicians. Listen to them talk and you’d be forgiven for thinking they ...
Polls suggest party could eat into Tory vote in Lancashire town’s Westminster byelection as well as in mayoral and local elections UK politics – latest updates Reform UK’s best hope of...
He will get zero credit for good results and blame for all the bad. And hovering overhead is Penny Mordaunt Pull yourself a pint of Night Nurse to wash down news that Conservative rebels who ar...
What ministers herald as key reform is in fact unworkable. The plans would be laughable if they weren’t so harmful There is a scene in The Simpsons in which the villainous Mr Burns enlists a ...
The hatred these Conservatives feel for their country isn’t just because of the polls: they also despise the sea change in British politics The prime minister rounds up asylum seekers on the...
The contaminated blood and Post Office scandals demand accountability and speedy redress for victims. We’re getting neither How much money should go to those given infected blood in the 1970...
Scotland’s first minister and SNP leader’s demise shows Westminster does not have the monopoly on chaos and ineptitude It must be contagious. Just when you thought Westminster might have th...
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