Author: Miles Donavan

“Well, that’s what friends are for isn’t it?” Nigel Farage has suggested that the US President-elect Donald Trump and the owner of X Elon Musk will support Reform UK’s campaign at the next general election. He made the suggestion at a press conference today in which he also revealed that the former Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns has defected to Reform and will be its candidate for the Lincolnshire mayoralty in 2025. At the press conference, Farage was asked by a Financial Times reporter whether Trump and Musk would lend their support to Reform. In response, Farage said: “Are Trump and…

Proceeds from the single will go to the Carers Trust and the Bath Philharmonia. During this year’s general election campaign, the Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey made a name for himself for using bizarre stunts to draw attention to his party’s policies. Whether it was paddle boarding to illustrate Lib Dem policy on sewage pollution or bungee jumping to show the party’s stance on social care, Davey proved immune to embarrassment in his pursuit of votes. Now, the Lib Dem leader has once again shown his willingness to look a bit silly to highlight a cause by releasing a Christmas…

“I welcome the fact that the Party is taking governance and accountability seriously” Members of Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and party sources have defended rule changes designed to make regional mayors more accountable and better connected to existing party structures and party members. A party source told LFF that Labour Metro Mayors are doing great work across the country to improve people’s lives and deliver change and the proposed rule changes (put before the NEC), ‘are simply designed to modernise our processes to recognise the increased importance of these office holders as they have expanded over recent years, and…

Jenkyns will stand for Reform in the election for the mayor of Lincolnshire The former Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns has joined Reform UK, it has been announced today. Jenkyns was the MP for Morley and Outwood from 2015 to 2024, failing to get re-elected at this year’s general election. Reform’s leader Nigel Farage announced Jenkyns’ defection at a press conference this morning (November 28). At the event, it was also revealed that she will be his party’s candidate in the first election for the mayor of Lincolnshire taking place in 2025. Farage told the conference: “not only is Andrea joining…

Absolutely huge sums have been put in workers’ pockets Unite’s general secretary Sharon Graham has revealed how much her union has secured for workers in the last two years. In a post on X, Graham said that Unite has had over 1,000 disputes covering around 280,000 of its members over that period. In an illustration of the power of trade unionism, Graham went on to say that these disputes have “put £450 million back in to the pockets of workers”. Among the significant victories Unite has secured in this time have been substantial pay increases for workers at Network Rail,…

I do not believe that anyone should be forced to endure terrible suffering that could be prevented Siân Berry is the MP for Brighton Pavilion and a former co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. I have received a very large number of emails, letters and postcards about the End of Life Bill from constituents, and I have been really touched by how many people have told me about their own personal experience of loved ones facing really hard choices at the end of their lives. I believe we need to fix the current law that leaves people…

Only 7 countries have an average of 90% or more bathing sites achieving ‘excellent’ status — and they are all over 90% publicly owned. Figures released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs reveal that just 64% of England’s bathing water sites are reaching “excellent” status. Bathing water sites are areas of rivers and seas which the Environment Agency monitors for their levels of E. coli and other bacteria during summer months. The same practice takes place across Europe. Using the most recently available figures for Europe, England would come just above the three worst performing nations: Albania, Poland, and…

“Diplomacy and dialogue, not military escalation, are the only viable paths to a peaceful settlement in the region.” A group of left wing MPs have issued a call for the UK prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden to ‘secure talks with Russia and Ukraine’ to prevent ‘escalation’ in the ongoing war. In a letter to the Guardian, six MPs – including the Labour MP Diane Abbott and the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn argue that “the risk of a nuclear attack cannot be ruled out”, and that the British government should play a role in “securing an…

Mayors seeking reselection would have their ‘contribution to campaigning’ assessed by the NEC Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is set to discuss proposals on making its regional mayor’s more ‘accountable’ to the party. According to a report from LabourList, proposals put to the NEC would see Labour mayors required to write reports for their regional executive committees (RECs), and the RECs to in turn report to the NEC on mayors’ ‘contribution to campaigning’ which would be used to make decisions on their reselection. LabourList reports that under the proposals, Labour’s regional mayors could also face “disciplinary action” if they do…

“The status quo is not neutral. Every day that we fail to build enough housing, we are choosing to deepen inequality and stifle opportunity.” Christopher Worrall is a housing columnist for LFF. He is on the Executive Committee of the Labour Housing Group, Co-Host of the Priced Out Podcast, and Chair of the Local Government and Housing Member Policy Group of the Fabian Society.  Across Britain, we are living through a housing crisis of devastating proportions. Rents are rising, house prices are soaring, and young people are being locked out of home ownership while others struggle with insecure tenancies. Yet the…