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Zack Polanski loses Westminster seat
Green leader Zack Polanski loses Holborn by-election to Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali.
POLITICO · 1m

Labour wins Holborn seat as Polanski vows to stay
Green Party leader Zack Polanski lost the north London by-election to Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali but says he will remain as party leader despite mounting pressure.
The Independent · 3m

Holborn by-election greens lose
Greens lose Holborn seat as Polanski faces leadership pressure.
LADbible · 1m
Labour beats Greens in London by-election
Andy Burnham's Labour wins Holborn seat over Green Party challenge.
The Straits Times · 1m
Green activist handles party discipline after admitting 'naive' stance on Hamas
Green activist Halima Brewer, who called herself 'naive' for opposing Hamas, now leads party discipline amid antisemitism accusations.
Dailymail · 3m
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Green Party votes Zionism is racism
Britain's Green Party classifies Zionism as an ethnonationalist form of racism, sparking fierce backlash from Jewish groups and Israel.
Daily Maverick · 1m
Britain scraps jury trial plans after backlash
Britain drops jury trial restrictions following lawyer and politician criticism.
The Straits Times · 1m

Badenoch eyes Burnham as softer Tory target
At the Conservative conference, Kemi Badenoch's team sees an opening to attack the prime minister's economic record and challenge rivals across the country.
POLITICO · 1m

Court backlog will keep rising, justice secretary admits
Alex Norris scraps plans to limit jury trials after pressure from MPs and lawyers, but warns the backlog will worsen until new laws pass.
The Independent · 2m
Burnham kills Starmer's jury trial cuts
Justice secretary Alex Norris reverses controversial plans to strip jury trials, bowing to outcry from lawyers and MPs.
The Independent · 2m

Would Labour win an early election?
Andy Burnham's polling boost fuels speculation of an early general election, but experts warn the numbers may not stack up.
The Independent · 2m

Burnham meets Trump on weaker ground
The UK prime minister faces a president hobbled by domestic troubles and an Iran war, but Trump remains dangerously unpredictable.
the Guardian · 2m

Victoria Starmer models at London fashion week
The wife of the former prime minister appears in an Edeline Lee show at a north London school.
the Guardian · 1m

Labour may scrap pension triple lock for free social care
Labour plans to replace pension triple lock with free social care funding if elected
MoneyWeek · 1m

Green leader's bid to skip conference for byelection fails
Zack Polanski wanted to postpone the party's annual gathering to focus on winning a London seat, but the executive committee voted no.
the Guardian · 1m

UK aid cuts hit poorest countries hardest
Britain's poorest aid recipients lost £118m while richer countries gained, as the Starmer government redirects funds to defence.
the Guardian · 1m
Green leader's multilingual campaign stirs UK election row
Zack Polanski's videos in Urdu and French spark debate over language use in British politics.
Dailymail · 3m

Greens surge in cities, threatening Labour strongholds
New polling shows the Green party closing the gap with Labour in urban areas, potentially winning 40 seats at the next election.
the Guardian · 2m