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The Guardian Politics22 Apr 2026

Jennie Formby, Labour’s former general secretary, says she has joined Greens

Exclusive: Formby, an ally of Jeremy Corbyn who quit role in 2020, says Labour is now ‘in hock to corporate sponsors’ UK politics live – latest updates A former Labour general secretary has defected to the Green party, in the latest sign that allies of Jeremy Corbyn are moving in large numbers to Zack Polanski’s party. Jennie Formby, who managed the Labour party from 2018 to 2020, told the Guardian she had signed up as a Green party member and intended to campaign for it before May’s local ele

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Guido Fawkes22 Apr 2026

Zack Polanski Suggests There Is Only a “Perception” That Jewish Communities Are More Unsafe

Speaking to journalist Hagar Shezaf, Green leader Zack Polanski suggested that there was only a “perception of unsafety” for Jewish people as opposed to any actual increase in danger for Jewish communities: “I am concerned about the rising anti-semitic attacks. Um, we saw arson attacks on ambulances for instance, and we know that increasingly Jewish…

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Express Politics22 Apr 2026

‘Critical moment’ for huge £1.2bn upgrade to UK’s busiest railway station

Campaigners are continuing to resist the plans after they were given the green light by the City of London

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Express Politics22 Apr 2026

Bombshell poll shows Reform and Greens to annihilate Labour in London

Devastating prediction by YouGov that Sir Keir Starmer's party could lose six councils in the capital

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Guido Fawkes22 Apr 2026

YOUGOV MRP: Labour Set for Worst London Result in 50 Years as Greens and Reform Surge

For Lambeth – Morgan McSweeney and Steve Reed’s original hunting ground against the hard left – to go Green would rock what ideological basis exists for the Starmer project. Revolutions are infinite… YouGov MRP • First London Council Poll 7 Projected Largest Party — 32 London Boroughs 2022 Actual 21 Labour 5 Conservative 6 Other…

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The Guardian Politics22 Apr 2026

The security report the UK government doesn’t want you to see – podcast

Fiona Harvey tells Nosheen Iqbal why the climate crisis is a threat to national security “Last October, I and other journalists got quite excited because we thought that we were going to be attending a great event at the Natural History Museum,” the Guardian’s environment editor Fiona Harvey tells Nosheen Iqbal. “We had been told that there was a major report being launched at this event. And this report was going to come not just from where you’d expect – from the government’s environment depar

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The Guardian Politics21 Apr 2026

Airlines demand UK relax noise rules and cut flight tax as fuel shortage looms

Ministers also asked to alter compensation rights and suspend emissions trading scheme amid Middle East war Airlines are lobbying the UK government to relax environmental and noise rules, modify passenger rights and cut taxes on flying, as they prepare for higher costs and a possible shortage of jet fuel because of the war in the Middle East. A list of policy requests submitted to ministers and the aviation regulator includes suspending the emissions trading scheme and relaxing limits on night f

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Guido Fawkes21 Apr 2026

Miliband’s Gas Price ‘Delinking’ Stunt Will Raise Electricity Prices

Ed Miliband and Rachel Reeves’ vaunted decision to “delink” gas and electricity prices is likely to raise prices. All for one marketing stunt… Policy changes announced today ostensibly aim to reduce the frequency at which electricity is sold at gas-linked wholesale prices. The government is doing two things to achieve this: Offer renewable generators option…

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Express Politics21 Apr 2026

POLL: Who would be the worst person to replace Keir Starmer?

A catastrophic new poll put Labour on just 16%, behind Reform, the Conservatives and the Greens.

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Express Politics21 Apr 2026

Green wave in May elections MAPPED: Does your area come under Zack Polanski's party?

Data analysis shows Left-wing party could hammer Labour in crunch polls

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Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Peter Franklin: It’s time to take Green voters seriously

If the Left-of-centre vote collapses from Labour to the Greens and the Tory-Reform psychodrama continues to divide the Right, then we be losing more of our heartlands, not winning them back. The post Peter Franklin: It’s time to take Green voters seriously appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics21 Apr 2026

Labour’s great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS | Polly Toynbee

Ed Miliband has a rare chance to do for the climate what Nye Bevan did for health: create something future generations will be proud of It looks unlikely that Labour will emerge as the largest party at the next general election (though it’s by no means impossible). If just one term is Labour’s destiny, what legacy will it leave behind? There is already in the making one great success that can’t be reversed, the transition to homegrown clean energy. This is a true “taking back control” escape fro

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