Lee Anderson’s suspension over Sadiq Khan comments sparks wider debate over Tory Islamophobia

Slashing benefits will push even more people into poverty. Neither Labour nor Conservative voters want it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Exclusive: activists endorse Anderson’s comments and decry ‘threat of Islam’ in leaked messages

 

Anderson has been stripped of the Tory whip following his comments about Sadiq Khan

While the PM makes empty promises to the north, he lacks the courage to cancel the white elephant London-Birmingham line, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

British Prime Minister Rishi sunak says a Conservative lawmaker was wrong to say the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists

Rishi sunak denied he is ignoring the concerns of Lincolnshire locals regarding the use of RAF Scampton as accommodation for asylum seekers. The prime minister was repeatedly challenged on the issue during a BBC Radio Lincolnshire interview on Monday ...

Rishi sunak condemned Lee Anderson's comments on Sadiq Khan after the MP had the whip suspended. The prime minister said the Conservative former deputy chairman's remarks that sparked an Islamophobia row “weren’t acceptable, they were wrong ...

Labour’s Anneliese Dodds says she has written to Tory party seven times in three years urging action on Islamophobia

PM says prejudice unacceptable but refuses to address anti-Muslim concerns after comments about London mayor

Prime Minister has said it is incumbent on parliamentarians not to inflame debate after Anderson made offensive comments about Sadiq Khan

 

Prime minister is giving interviews to local stations in Yorkshire where he is chairing his cabinet meeting this morning

Conservatives call anti-Muslim rant by party’s former deputy chair Lee Anderson ‘dangerous’

The Home Secretary is due to meet with Silicon Valley bosses to urge greater action to protect democracy, The Times reported.

‘If you can’t call Islamophobia Islamphobia, then how are we going to fix it?’ says Sayeeda Warsi

Labour has called on Rishi sunak to confirm that no ‘deal or undertakings’ have been offered that would see him sit as a Tory MP again

The online giant’s vast storage unit on the M1 is a logistical miracle – it’s a pity the lax-on-tax PM has spoiled the view

Rishi sunak says interest from frozen funds should be sent to fund Ukrainian defences