3 h. ago GB News star diagnosed with 'rare and aggressive' stage four cancer in devastating update

Former UKIP London Assembly member Peter Whittle, who has not appeared on GB News since earlier this year, took to social media to reveal the heartbreaking health news

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12 h. ago GB News star shares tragic stage four cancer diagnosis in heartbreaking update

Former UKIP London Assembly Peter Whittle, who has not appeared on GB News since May, took to social media to share the devastating news

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12 h. ago GB News star shares 'rare and highly aggressive' cancer diagnosis

The former UKIP London Assembly member, who last appeared on GB News in May, shared the devastating news on social media

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18 h. ago Reform UK now has an official grouping on the London Assembly for the first time since the party was founded

Reform UK now has an official grouping on the London Assembly for the first time since the party was founded  Southwark News

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60 h. ago Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last monthThe Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month.It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Assemble draws on folkloric rituals for Fibredog shelter in London

Assemble draws on folkloric rituals for Fibredog shelter in London  Dezeen

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4 d. ago 6 Nobody's Child party looks to snap up in time for the festive season

With the festive season approaching, Nobody's Child is giving our fashion writer Eve Rowlands some serious party outfit inspiration

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes

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5 d. ago I saw desperation at the Tory conference – but all traditional parties may be in this position soon | Andy Beckett

The feeling of crisis in Manchester also afflicts Labour and the Lib Dems. It leaves voters facing a dangerously unstable political orderMuch of democratic politics is about getting people’s attention. That’s a particular problem for struggling, less-than-compelling leaders. The further your party falls in the polls, the larger the temptation to launch dramatic, supposedly transformational policies. It’s like speaking more and more loudly to someone who has stopped listening.Thus this week’s Conservative conference in Manchester, with the party at historic lows in the polls, featured a frenzy of policy announcements, on once-successful Tory themes such as tax cuts, law and order, welfare and immigration, that were often made to half-empty rooms. Expanses of blue carpet had been installed in the huge, barn-like convention centre – as if to reassure delegates that the party still had an identity – yet much of the time they were eerily deserted. The Conservatives, famed and feared for ...

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6 d. ago LIZZY BUCHAN: Empty seats at Tory conference underline grim reality for troubled party

'Kemi Badenoch has probably bought herself some time with the Tory party - at least until the looming nightmare of the local elections in May. But was anyone else listening?'

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7 d. ago A British Ice and more stop and search: Badenoch’s Tories set out new policies

Shadow ministers have announced far-reaching and often radical proposals – here is a roundup of some of themKemi Badenoch warned her shadow cabinet in January not to expect any detailed policies until 2027. “We’re not creating policies for 2028 in 2025,” a Tory spokesperson said at the time.This week that changed. At the Conservative party’s annual conference in Manchester, shadow ministers have lined up to announce detailed, far-reaching and often radical new policies. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet pictured together for first time in TWO MONTHS as they head to NYC party

The billionaire cosmetics mogul and the 'it' boy of Hollywood were headed to the after party for the premiere of Chalamet's new film Marty Supreme at The New York Film Festival.

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8 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: The sight of Maggie's old outfits at Tory conference is creepy. It's time for the party to end its obsession with her if it is to have any chance of a revival

Before the Conservatives win any election they will need to chime with 21st-century Britain and its voters. To use a German word, they will need to find the zeitgeist, writes Quentin Letts.

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9 d. ago Revealed: London now has a staggering 106,000 private hire drivers as politicians demand licence cap to protect black cabs

London Assembly transport committee calls for cap on private hire licences in the capital

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1 week ago Tory London Assembly member Keith Prince defects to Reform UK

Tory London Assembly member Keith Prince defects to Reform UK  BBC

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1 week ago Top London Tory defects to Reform and 'charismatic' Nigel Farage in blow to Kemi Badenoch on eve of party conference

London Assembly member Keith Prince says Reform ‘has a vision’ - while the Conservative party ‘is not the party I joined 49 years ago’

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1 week ago Ignore the naysayers, Lady Starmer... Your Labour conference wardrobe was quietly clever

Keir Starmer may have had a tricky time at party conference in Liverpool but Lady Starmer has breezed through it looking like a Prime Minister's wife for serious times that require hard choices.

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2 w. ago Even Cabinet ministers fear Starmer is too BORING to revive Labour's electoral hopes after Sadiq Khan warns PM must ramp up 'storytelling'

The Prime Minister is under fire over his stolid leadership at a time when the party is trailing Reform and Sir Keir himself faces a crisis of popularity.

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2 w. ago Boden's 'dreamiest' Christmas party dresses are all reduced for a limited time

Boden is offering Christmas party dresses to suit any age, shape and style

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2 w. ago Leasehold reform needed urgently, says London Assembly committee chair

Leasehold reform needed urgently, says London Assembly committee chair  Waltham Forest Echo

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