Politics

Exclusive: Reform UK councillor threatens legal action to shut down debate over Lancashire care home closures

Emails seen by The Lead show the councillor, through Lancashire County Council staff, issuing legal threats after his role in private care was…

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Luke Beardsworth

Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: progressive politics can still triumph

The mayoralty of New York proves the left can win when it focuses on delivering for people.

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The Lead Editors

Nigel Farage’s big tent is full of holes: We deconstruct the Reform leader's latest speech

Reform UK wants you to believe it’s on the side of working people. In reality, it serves one master.

Nov 4 •

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Bots, AI memes and Reform councillors: How foreign Facebook pages are hijacking UK patriotism

Fake British “patriot” pages run from abroad are fooling thousands – including elected councillors.

Nov 1 •

Katherine Denkinson

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Courage is needed to ensure grooming gangs inquiry stays the course

There are good intentions from Labour, but Jess Phillips must rise to meet this challenge as weaponisation ramps up.

Oct 23 •

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Child poverty is a failure of the state and the economy it claims to safeguard

The government insists we cannot afford to lift children out of poverty, while those same children pay the price for political caution.

Oct 14 •

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13 Labour MPs have joined our call for Council Tax Reform

It's about time. And there's stirrings in the North of England.

Oct 14 •

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Special report: hope, despair, and the deadly journey to Britain

Sarah Collins meets refugees waiting to cross the channel at Loon Plage in northern France

Oct 7 •

Can Corbyn and Sultana's Your Party move on from its troubled beginnings?

Splits, rows and even legal threats have dogged the first few months of what was supposed to be a new start for the left in Britain. Left-wing veteran…

Oct 4 •

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The Lead Untangles: The Reform leader’s Russian influence scandal

Not unreported, but certainly not given much spotlight, what do the Russian bribes taken by a former Reform UK leader tell us?

Oct 3 •

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At Labour conference, Reform was the real story

The government's second conference in power showed unity against the far right, but anxiety over delivery and messaging remains.

Oct 2 •

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The Lead Digest: The Caerphilly by-election and the myth of the 'woke' right

Our round-up by The Lead's team of what we've been reading, listening to, scrolling and watching each week

Oct 2 •

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