Politics Home Article | Lib Dems Change Gender Quota Rules Against Wish Of Voting Members

Ed Davey at the Liberal Democrats’ party conference (Credit: Contributor: Milo Chandler) 3 min read10 min The Liberal Democrats have changed the rules around their federal elections to exclude trans people from gender diversity quotas, despite members refusing to back the measure at their conference last month. The Lib Dems’ constitution … Read more

Politics Home | David Lammy Becomes Key Ally For Labour MPs Who Want To Stop Chasing Reform Votes

David Lammy (Alamy) 3 min read19 min Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is now being seen as a key ally for Labour MPs who want their party leadership to spend less time chasing Reform votes, PoliticsHome can reveal. Lammy, who replaced Angela Rayner as Deputy Prime Minister in the September reshuffle, argued at … Read more

Politics Home Article | Tories Launch New Campaigning Unit

3 min read21 min The Conservatives have set up a new unit in a bid to sharpen their doorstep strategy. Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake is running the campaigning unit out of the party’s Westminster headquarters on Matthew Parker Street, PoliticsHome understands. A source familiar with the work said it will ensure MPs and activists are equipped with talking points adapted … Read more

Politics Home Article | Rise In SEND Requests As Parents Fear Upcoming Reforms

5 min read11 min Exclusive: Fears over upcoming reforms to the special education needs (SEND) system have led more parents to request formal support for their children, according to reports from councils. In May, Dame Christine Lenehan, the government’s strategic advisor on SEND, told education reporters the upcoming schools white paper would “probably” … Read more

The House | Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Warns Of “Political Showdown” With UK Government Over Online Safety Act

Jimmy Wales (Photography by Tom Pilston) 11 min read11 min Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales warns that a ‘political showdown’ with the Labour government he backed at the last election may now be necessary to protect a free and open internet Jimmy Wales is a Labour supporter. He married into the party … Read more

Politics Home | The Attorney General Is A Defendant In A Torture Claim From A Libyan Military Commander That He Drafted

8 min read18 min Exclusive: Lord Hermer is a defendant in a civil suit he drafted and represented until weeks before the 2024 election, which implicates the previous Labour government in complicity in torture. The Attorney General for England and Wales is a defendant in a major civil lawsuit from a Libyan civil … Read more