25 m. ago DAN HODGES: Labour and the Tories are on their final warning over the three words that explain Reform's explosive success

A few years ago, Keir Starmer declared his mission was to transform Labour into the 'political wing of the British people'.

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5 h. ago DAN HODGES: Labour and the Tories are on their final warning over the three words that explain Reform's exposive success

A few years ago, Keir Starmer declared his mission was to transform Labour into the 'political wing of the British people'.

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6 h. ago Financial markets have become a bulwark against populist excesses | Phillip Inman

Custodians of global wealth have reacted with anger at attempts by people like Trump and Truss to revolutionise the economyYou say you want a revolution, sang the Beatles back in 1968. And that seems to be the interpretation of electoral results across the industrialised world.From the seismic shifts in recent US and German elections to the rise of Reform and the Green party in the UK, electorates are signalling that they reject the status quo. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Are you worried about the rise of Reform? Take our poll and have your say

Reform UK has stunned us all with more than 600 local election wins, flipping Tory strongholds and claiming its fifth MP. With a booming Gen-Z following and rising poll numbers, the insurgent party is now threatening to upend two-party politics for good. Are you worried?

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30 h. ago Voices: John Rentoul answers your questions on Reform’s rise – and how Labour and the Tories can respond to Farage

In a live Q&A, The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul fielded readers’ questions on the rise of Reform, Farage’s prospects, and how Labour and the Tories can respond to the new political threat

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31 h. ago Reform’s rise shows Labour must get serious about immigration

With a more volatile electorate, all parties need to adapt to face down populism

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36 h. ago Stephen Flynn says Scots should choose independence over Reform UK as 'Britain is broken'

SNP, Green and Alba party members view the rise of Reform as an opportunity to advance the case for Scottish independence.

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60 h. ago Fresh blow for Starmer as Labour grandee hits out at government on immigration

Alan Johnson warned a crackdown on overseas students could shutter Britain’s world class universities as voters head to the polls for local elections

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8 d. ago Businesses ‘crying out’ for Scottish visas to boost workforce, says SNP MP

Stephen Gethins argued the UK’s current ‘one-size fits all’ approach to immigration is not working.

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1 week ago The SNP's failure is the root cause of Reform's rise in Scotland

Writing in the Daily Record, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says the SNP refusing to accept responsibility for its failings only helps Nigel Farage.

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1 week ago Anas Sarwar says SNP failure is a 'recruiting sergeant' for the rise of Reform in Scotland

The Scottish Labour attached the SNP Government on the eve of a Government summit on the far Right

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2 w. ago Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay rejects John Swinney's Reform rise summit

Russell Findlay and John Swinney have engaged in a war of words over the ‘far right’ summit planned for Wednesday

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage to campaign for Reform UK in crunch Hamilton by

The right wing leader will make an appearance as opinion polls show Reform on the rise.

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3 w. ago More than 40 Labour MPs call for ministers to bring in 'digital ID' for ALL Brits to get a grip on illegal immigration and boost the economy

More than 40 MPs have signed a letter calling for speedier cross-government work on a modern equivalent of ID cards, a system proposed by Tony Blair when he was PM.

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3 w. ago Introduction of digital IDs will help control illegal immigration, say Labour MPs

Dozens of Labour MPs have said electronic identification could be also be used to target illegal working

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3 w. ago More than 40 Labour MPs call for ministers to bring in 'digital ID' for ALL Brits to get a grip on illegal  immigration and boost the economy

More than 40 MPs have signed a letter calling for speedier cross-government work on a modern equivalent of ID cards, a system proposed by Tony Blair when he was PM.

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3 w. ago The white working class is nothing like what politicians think – or claim – it is | Kenan Malik

A new book, Underdogs, demolishes the myth that it is homogeneous in its hostility to immigration‘Many of those who act as the champions of the white person against immigrants,” Labour MP David Winnick told the House of Commons in 1968, “have not in the past gone out of their way to defend the interests of the white working class.”It was the first time anyone had referred to the “white working class” in parliament to describe a segment of the British population. Half a century on, that segment has become the focus of one of the most contentious and polarising of debates. For many on the right, the white working class constitutes a distinct group, both their distinctiveness and their problems, stemming largely from their whiteness. Many on the left have, Joel Budd notes, “fallen silent on the subject”, nervous of racialising issues of class. Continue reading...

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