Author: James Carter

Ghana has been tasked with leading a United Nations resolution push on 25 March that would formally classify the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity, as a Labour backbencher voices support for the African Union’s campaign for colonial reparations from Western nations including Britain. The African Union, representing all 55 African nations, agreed at its recent summit to bring the resolution before the UN. Caribbean nations have joined forces with African countries in pursuing the campaign, with some estimates placing the amount owed in the trillions of dollars. Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa stated at the summit…

The government has withdrawn plans to postpone local elections in 30 authorities after receiving legal advice warning the cancellation could be deemed unlawful, forcing ministers to reverse course following Nigel Farage’s High Court legal action. Local Government Secretary Steve Reed confirmed the U-turn in a 353-word letter to council leaders, stating: “The Government can confirm that all local elections in May 2026 will now go ahead.” The Ministry of Housing & Local Government had approved postponing polls in 30 local authorities, citing drastic council restructuring plans as justification. However, the department received legal advice that proved fatal to the cancellation…

Cross-party condemnation has erupted after revelations that a Labour think tank paid £36,000 to a US lobbying firm to investigate Sunday Times journalists, with one Labour MP describing the behaviour as “shameful” whilst the Prime Minister orders a Cabinet Office probe. Josh Simons, who now serves as an MP and Cabinet Office Minister, led Labour Together at the time the organization commissioned APCO Worldwide to examine the “backgrounds and motivations” of reporters Gabriel Pogrund and Harry Yorke. The journalists had been investigating the think tank’s donations when the dossier was compiled. Labour MP Stella Creasy stated: “Genuinely shocked to read…

Rupert Lowe’s Friday night launch of Restore Britain as a fully-fledged political party may have just delivered a devastating blow to Nigel Farage’s ambitions of reaching Downing Street, potentially fracturing the right-wing vote at the worst possible moment for Reform UK. The Great Yarmouth MP’s announcement, which racked up 2.4 million views on X within hours, represents far more than just another political vanity project. This is a calculated challenge to Reform UK’s dominance of the populist right, and the early signs suggest it could genuinely split the vote in critical marginal constituencies where Reform was banking on victory. The…

Evri customers in Oxford faced two-week delays for parcels after the courier giant’s e-cargo bike delivery partner unexpectedly ceased trading, leaving packages stranded at depots across the city. Pedal and Post, which had been operating for 14 years, shut down without notice after losing a significant client earlier this year. The firm handled deliveries within Oxford’s Clean Air Zone on behalf of Evri before its sudden collapse forced the courier to rapidly restructure operations. The company’s chief executive Christopher Benton confirmed around 60 workers, including both employees and self-employed contractors, lost their positions as a result of the closure. The…

Green Party leader Zack Polanski and by-election candidate Hannah Spencer have faced mockery online after an emotional podcast episode saw both politicians crying whilst discussing the candidate’s four greyhounds during the campaign for the Gorton and Denton seat. Social media users reacted with scepticism after Polanski promoted a clip from his Bold Politics podcast showing the tearful exchange, with one sarcastically writing: “These are exactly the sort of people you want to take on tough international negotiations.” Another critic stated: “I love dogs. I’ve cried when I’ve lost them, cats too. But the person we put in charge to be…

Sir Keir Starmer’s former communications chief has announced he will not take the Labour whip after issuing an apology for his past association with a councillor convicted of possessing indecent images of children. Lord Matthew Doyle stated he would not join Labour peers in the House of Lords following scrutiny of his connection to Sean Morton, who admitted having indecent images of children in 2017. Doyle had campaigned for Morton when he ran as an Independent candidate in May that year. The former Downing Street communications director acknowledged his failure to cease supporting Morton before a judicial conclusion represented a…

Andy Burnham has called for an end to “constant anonymous briefings” within Labour as he backed Sir Keir Starmer following a failed attempt to force the Prime Minister from office through blocking the Greater Manchester mayor from a by-election candidacy. Burnham stated he had spoken to Starmer to create “a sense of a stronger team again” within the party after being prevented from running in the Gorton and Denton by-election, a move widely interpreted as an effort to trigger a leadership crisis. “We need to sort of dial down all of this constant briefing. It’s seemingly a bit endless some…

Kemi Badenoch has questioned why documents Sir Keir Starmer promised to release about Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador have not been published, accusing the government of attempting to hide information ahead of Prime Minister’s Questions. The Conservative leader stated she would press the Prime Minister at Wednesday’s PMQs to explain the delay in releasing files showing how Mandelson was selected for the role despite his connections to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. “Tomorrow at Prime Minister’s Questions, the Prime Minister will need to explain why the documents he promised to release last week have not turned up yet,” Badenoch said during…

Nigel Farage has outlined plans to eliminate working from home arrangements as Reform UK positions itself on a “general election war footing” ahead of crucial May elections. The Reform leader addressed approximately 2,000 supporters at a Birmingham rally on Sunday, where he announced preparations to unveil his shadow cabinet this week whilst declaring his party ready to win the next general election, which he hinted could arrive sooner than expected. Farage’s attack on remote working represented a central pillar of his call for an “attitudinal change to hard work” across Britain. He dismissed claims that employees are more productive working…