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‘I want to see a politician actually do something’: Labour’s wavering vote

Two focus groups commissioned by LabourList and the Good Growth Foundation brought together people who backed Labour in 2024 but are now considering switching to Reform UK or the Greens. Across both groups, participants…

Loyalist parade in Northern Ireland given go-ahead as almost 30-year ban overturned

The Orange Order parade down the Garvaghy Roadis scheduled for 8am on Sunday morning, and follows a last-minute legal back-and-forth. Northern Ireland was blighted for three decades by conflict between largely Catholic…

Labour conference 2026: What POLITICO reporters will be watching for

On the other side, possibly more muted, there are voices within Labour who have their doubts about the whole thing, and think that there will be a negative impact on Jewish communities in the U.K. A lot of people are…

Germany’s Wadephul meets Russia’s Lavrov amid tensions over ‘escalation’

The meeting of the German and the Russian ministers — the first of that kind since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — comes amid high tensions between Berlin and Moscow. Earlier this month, the German…

‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour conference

A series of global economic shocks, including the Iran conflict, has put the UK economy under intense inflationary pressure and pushed up borrowing costs, leaving the government limited room for manoeuvre. Ahead of his…

‘You can’t win’: Ireland’s football team to play Israel despite player protest

During a press conference in Debrecen, Hungary, FAI chief executive David Courell said the match had been approved by “a significant majority,” but he declined to break down the precise vote. Beside him, a downcast…

Eleven charged with murder aggravated by speech against ‘white race’ in France

French judges have sent 11 defendants to the juvenile assize court over the 2023 stabbing to death of 16-year-old Thomas Perotto, with the case involving a racial aggravating factor in the reference to “the white race…

Angela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference

Last year, Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, announced that low paid migrants on jobs below graduate level would have to be in the country for 15 years before applying for settlement. Rayner previously attacked the…

PM pledges £210m to regenerate UK's high streets

Empty spaces will be put back into use, Andy Burnham said, turning them into "community hubs, health centres, shared workspaces, cafés and the local services that people actually want to see." The scheme is part of…

Rayner criticises visa rule proposals ahead of Labour conference

In an interview with the Times ahead of Labour's annual conference, Rayner questioned Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans, saying they are unfair because they "change the goalposts". Under the proposals, most migrants…