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Exclusive: Labour needs “progressive defectors” back to win general election

Exclusive: Labour needs “progressive defectors” back to win general election

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It’s better for a church to become a mosque than a shell

It’s better for a church to become a mosque than a shell

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“Dismay” as No 10 works with Brendan Cox after misconduct claims

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“Dismay” as No 10 works with Brendan Cox after misconduct claims

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In Olney, women limber up for the race of their lives

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There is no working class party

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5. Revealed: Labour council accuses Steve Reed of favouring Reform voters

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3. The truth about immigrants and sex crime

12.02.2026 10

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4. How posh is Keir Starmer? British voters don’t know

09.02.2026 20

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The Epstein files expose the rot of Mandelson’s Britain

03.02.2026 7

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The hidden cost of “deplaytion”

02.02.2026 10

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Is being a councillor the worst job in England?

22.01.2026 10

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London may be safer – but it is suffering “chaos creep”

13.01.2026 10

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Cambridge is returning to old-school identity politics

09.01.2026 10

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Does a £150k salary make you rich?

08.01.2026 20

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The Salt Path is a classic of the True Grift genre

15.12.2025 5

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5. I was wrong about Broken Britain

12.12.2025 20

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Britain’s inquiry culture radicalises victims

10.12.2025 10

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5. Britain’s new-build nightmare

09.12.2025 40

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The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics

28.11.2025 10

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The Kirstie Allsopp theory of housing

20.11.2025 8

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Labour has given up on integration

18.11.2025 7

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Labour could win the culture war over bookies

13.11.2025 5

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Knife crime is creeping into Middle England

04.11.2025 10

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Inside the Send class war

03.11.2025 4

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How Labour decided to house asylum seekers in army barracks

31.10.2025 8

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Exclusive: New polling signals Rachel Reeves could break tax promises

28.10.2025 7

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4. Why do some grooming gang survivors want Jess Phillips to resign?

24.10.2025 5

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1. Exclusive: Prince Andrew owes estimated £804,000 a year in rent

23.10.2025 10

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Exclusive: Racist attacks on public transport rise 67 per cent in three years

23.10.2025 4

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“I felt gaslit”: Inside the chaos of the government’s grooming gang inquiry

22.10.2025 7

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Exclusive: Starmer outspends Johnson on levelling up in first year

20.10.2025 5

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The UK’s sense of decline is terminal

09.10.2025 5

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Energy bills rise while Westminster talks immigration

04.10.2025 10

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The end of the woke policing myth

02.10.2025 7

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Will broken windowism save Labour?

26.09.2025 5

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Is there any hope for the British high street?

25.09.2025 3

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Far-right protesters cower behind motherhood

18.09.2025 5

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Nicola Sturgeon: “Where does JK Rowling get the time to obsess about me?”

14.09.2025 7

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4. Lime bikes are the scourge of Tube strike London

12.09.2025 6

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5. Reform’s wall of silence in Nottingham is a glimpse into the future

11.09.2025 6

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It’s official – Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech has backfired

05.09.2025 10

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Shockat Adam on Britain’s new left: “We’re not anti-wealth”

04.09.2025 5

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Douglas Carswell has sunk to the gutter

02.09.2025 10

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Britain cares more about data centres than housing

28.08.2025 8

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What the Bell Hotel closure reveals about the asylum housing stalemate

19.08.2025 5

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He was arrested for backing Palestine Action – here’s what he learned about Labour

18.08.2025 7

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Why are Britain’s park barbecues going private?

12.08.2025 10

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Why ‘grifter’ has become the go-to political insult of 2025

09.08.2025 9

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How anti-migrant politics came for Deliveroo

05.08.2025 10

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