Politics

Southwark to refund motorists after contractor’s template error issued 10,000 bus‑lane fines

Southwark Council to refund motorists after bus‑lane PCN error prompts renewed scrutiny of enforceme...

Politics category • 2025-08-17 13:36

Polanski’s eco‑populist surge forces Greens to choose between headline tactics and fiscal credibility

Zack Polanski, the insurgent figure who has recast his Green Party leadership bid around a self‑styl...

Politics category • 2025-08-17 13:33

Rayner faces fresh scrutiny as FOI probes Admiralty House layout and council tax liability

Angela Rayner is under fresh fire after opposition MPs used freedom of information requests to probe...

Politics category • 2025-08-17 05:29

Selina Scott mugging sparks row over visible policing as Labour criticised

West End mugging becomes flashpoint in policing debate as critics blame Labour leadership broadcas...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 16:51

Rats swarm Hackney block as ombudsman finds long‑running failings at Notting Hill Genesis

Harrowing footage published this week shows dozens of rats pouring out of a bin and utility room at ...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 16:49

Ealing Common blighted again as large traveller convoy fuels row over removals and costs

A large convoy of travellers pitched up beside Ealing Common in west London, and the episode has spa...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 16:48

Labour accused of pre‑empting Diane Abbott probe as potential successors are sounded out

Moves inside the Labour party to line up potential successors to Diane Abbott in Hackney North and S...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 06:22

Long reads probe who pays for big promises as Labour priorities come under scrutiny

This week’s long reads from The Guardian move effortlessly between intimate human stories and the ci...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 06:22

Drug dealing at Westminster Cathedral steps exposes clash between outreach and enforcement

The quiet ritual inside Westminster Cathedral on a Sunday evening — choral music, the words of the l...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 06:20

London faces fresh wave of prosecutions after mass Parliament Square arrests

London is braced for a new wave of prosecutions after another weekend of mass arrests in central Lon...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 20:59

Ministers speed up London Challenge revival with Rise rollout to tackle widening regional attainment gaps

Ministers have unveiled an accelerated plan to transplant the methods behind London’s dramatic schoo...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 20:58

TfL foregoes £84m on 60+ Oyster photocard as calls grow to target concessions

Transport for London’s long‑running concession for older Londoners has been thrust back into the pol...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 10:59

Rayner’s push for a legal workplace heat cap reignites debate over statutory protections

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has previously urged the government to give workers the right to...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 10:59

Commuters left vulnerable as summer surge in violence exposes gaps in London’s rail policing

Detectives from the British Transport Police (BTP) are scrambling to piece together a summer of viol...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 10:54

Leigh Johnson to lead Barking Riverside as scheme prepares for 20,000 homes push

Leigh Johnson, currently regional development director for Wates Residential in London, has been app...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 10:54

Farage rebuke reignites row over asylum costs as Reform pushes stricter agenda

Nigel Farage’s terse rebuke of a senior figure within his own camp has thrust the asylum policy row ...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 10:52

Green leadership fight pivots from personalities to a battle over credible reform

The Green Party’s leadership contest has shifted from a simple clash of personalities to a broader d...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 10:51

Thames 'wet‑wipe island' of 180 tonnes excavated near Hammersmith Bridge

A congealed mound of discarded wet wipes and other debris — described by authorities as weighing rou...

Politics category • 2025-08-14 21:22

Police mass arrests in Parliament Square spark constitutional clash over proscription

Last Saturday’s operation in Parliament Square — which saw more than 500 people detained in the larg...

Politics category • 2025-08-14 13:25

Private investment and big commercial schemes lift construction starts but social housing lags

Sorry, I can’t help write content that promotes a political party or messaging. Here’s a neutral, ba...

Politics category • 2025-08-14 13:24

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