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From the Archives: Fact Checking the Fact Censors — with Dr. Judith Brown

It is an essential conversation about what legacy media outlets do and don’t want people to watch, read or hear, and how the mainstream media discourages its audience from discovering facts. Dr Judith Brown is a former…

Farage is still Labour’s main opponent, says party chair

But what I would say is that they have never reconciled with why they lost so badly in 2024.” Donor move Elsewhere in her POLITICO pub interview, Phillipson threw her weight behind moves to limit how parties can spend…

Cost of green transition could be spread among UK taxpayers, energy secretary suggests

Such a move could save customers an average of £120 a year, but could involve putting up taxes by as much as £3bn. With households facing a predicted rise in electricity bills next year of more than £400 largely because…

Mahmood signals rethink on migrants' right to remain

The home secretary has been under pressure to water down the proposals from a significant number of Labour MPs, including Housing Secretary Angela Rayner, and trade unions. In a speech to Labour's annual conference…

Budget : le gouvernement envisage un gel “réversible” des retraites

Concrètement, le gouvernement ne demanderait pas aux parlementaires de voter directement une absence de revalorisation, mais de voter un dispositif qui lui laisse le soin de fixer les chiffres. D’après le projet…

Labour conference: 6 things we learned down the POLITICO Pub

So is Labour switching back to its traditional foe? Not yet, party chair Bridget Phillipson told us. Reform, she said, remain “well-organized … are well-funded, and you know — they’re not going anywhere.” And she argued…

The Guardian view on the Drumcree parade: ghosts from the past have brought Stormont to the brink | Editorial

The 1997 parade was preceded by loyalist death threats and followed by nationalist riots, in which more than 160 people were injured. The lengthy track record of lethal violence and disorder associated with the march led…

The Guardian view on Britain’s new chancellor: his purpose must be to protect living standards | Editorial

The speech's imagery was canny: miners, shipyards and submarines give "reindustrialisation" a recognisable Labour history. He also faced the future with a clever line about British workers "harnessing AI, not being…

Northern Ireland leader accused of joining ‘mob’ to block Protestant parade

The government cannot function unless the largest parties on both sides of the divide agree to cooperate. Sinn Féin and the DUP are girding up for the next assembly elections due by May 2027. Both parties appear to agree…

Government to consider publicly owning new trains under Great British Railways

Speaking at party conference in Liverpool, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said, under a new Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Strategy, Great British Railways (GBR) will assess on a case-by-case basis whether public…