The party seems unaware of the anger from those who fear that a pioneer and others like her have been targeted, says campaigner and peer Simon Woolley

The Labour leader has been plunged into a controversy over the London MP’s candidacy

Diane Abbott’s doubtful position has thrown a spotlight on the fate of other leftwing figures

Former Bolton North East MP says Tory party is ‘now unrecognisable’ and likens this general election to 1997

Open letter says party’s inability to make a decision on Abbott’s future is example of systemic racism

Our Nige at least manages to sound slightly plausible while talking utter rubbish

Marin Mrčela also calls on EU to join Group of States Against Corruption to show it is serious about tackling misconduct

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Midlothian to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The business groups’ big ideas, from payroll savings schemes to making big tech compensate for fraud on its platforms

The Conservative and Labour leaders come from starkly different backgrounds but both are fighting for the political middle ground

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

If MPs are scared of voicing an alternative view, then debate within the party will dry up – and a Starmer government will suffer, says former MP Chris Mullin

Jeremy Hunt clashes with BBC presenter over linking increased mortgage rates to Liz Truss mini-budget

 

The government’s safety of Rwanda bill finally passed into law in April. But, with the announcement last week of a general election, the Conservative ‘dream’ of deportation flights taking off might never happen. So what has the bill ac ...

After a stop in Devon, where his audience appeared uniformly bored, you had to wonder, where are the rest of the cabinet?

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the confusion around Diane Abbott’s return to Labour. Plus, the Conservative and Lib Dem campaigns so far

Presenter was taken off air after comments about government language around small boats, but says real issue was Daily Mail’s ‘distortion’ of his words

After being cleared of wrongdoing, the Labour deputy leader is a menacing presence for the Tories

If this is how the party deals with its own MP, how will it treat our communities once it’s in power, asks Maurice Mcleod, a Labour councillor and anti-racism activist