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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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The Guardian Politics20 Apr 2026

After being doorstepped by a Green canvasser, I know what voters must do to keep out Reform | Zoe Williams

The 7 May elections in Great Britain promise to be a rout for Labour and the Tories. If you need to vote tactically to stop Nigel Farage’s party, make sure you trust your neighbours If there’s one thing I love more than being canvassed at local election time, it’s being canvassed when I’m at someone else’s house. I promise those people the earth. Sure, my friend whose house it is will definitely vote Lib Dem, I tell them; I once saw him make a chicken salad to take on a protest march. When a Gre

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The Guardian Politics20 Apr 2026

‘Dancing is resistance’: Zack Polanski and the Greens bring the party to the ravers

In run-up to May local elections, the Green party is reaching people who may not normally attend a political speech It was a Sunday evening at one of Leeds’ biggest nightclubs, hot and humid, like walking into a jungle. Dancers pulsated shoulder to shoulder along with the music, riding the optimism of a good night out to come. But the 2,000-plus crowd gathered at Beaver Works were not only there to enjoy house music and abandon themselves to whatever the evening held, they were there to support

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The Guardian Politics20 Apr 2026

Greens ‘have welcomed’ people expelled by Labour for antisemitism, Steve Reed claims

Housing secretary also targets Reform as May elections loom, saying Farage more interested in Trump than own constituency The Greens have welcomed activists kicked out of Labour for antisemitic views and people should be “very careful” who they vote for next month, one of Keir Starmer’s most senior ministers has said in a notable stepping-up of attacks on Zack Polanski’s party. In a double-pronged attack on the two parties expected to make big gains in the elections on 7 May, Steve Reed also acc

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Guido Fawkes20 Apr 2026

Lord Ashcroft to Publish Biography of Zack Polanski

Lord Ashcroft is turning his guns on Zack Polanski with a new (and first announced) biography of the Green Party leader. Get ready for excoriation… In this era of multi-party politics it’s only fair to run the rule over every party leader, so having just completed my new book on @Nigel_Farage I’m pleased to announce…

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The Guardian Politics20 Apr 2026

England left with ‘toilet deserts’ as public facilities decline by 14% in a decade

Report says lack of provision is harmful to health and damaging for high streets The number of public toilets in England has fallen by 14% in a decade, harming public health and creating vast swathes of lavatory “deserts” and unpleasant environments, a report says. The analysis by the Royal Society for Public Health found a “significant shortfall” in provision, with 15,481 people for each public toilet in England. That contrasts sharply with Scotland, where there are 8,500 people for each toilet

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The Guardian Politics20 Apr 2026

Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock

As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will say Ed Miliband will double down on Labour’s commitment to net zero in the face of the Middle East conflict this week, insisting that as fossil fuel prices soar “the era of clean energy security must come of age”. The energy secretary is set to announce a package of new policies in a speech on Tuesday in response to an expected energy crisis prompted by Donald Trump’s war with Iran. Continue re

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Express Politics19 Apr 2026

Brussels pushing holiday prices higher with green jet fuel meddling

The aviation sector is pleading with the European Union to reverse a decision which threatens to make it even harder to maintain stocks of jet fuel

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The Guardian Politics18 Apr 2026

Green MP: Labour caricatures working-class people over greyhound racing

Hannah Spencer says minister ‘continuously offends people by saying working-class people don’t care about dogs’ Labour is “offensively caricaturing” working-class people by saying they do not want a greyhound racing ban in England, the Green party MP Hannah Spencer has said. The sport has traditionally been associated with working-class culture and has historically been popular in so-called red wall areas, which Labour insiders suggest is part of the reason why there are no plans for England to

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Express Politics17 Apr 2026

Labour is presiding over a growing divide between urban and rural communities

Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins warns the fuel duty hike will hit the countryside hardest.

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Guido Fawkes17 Apr 2026

Greens Accuse BBC of ‘Heightening Hostile Environment’ for Migrants

While Labour implodes, the Greens are busy accusing the BBC of all places of contributing to a “hostile environment” for asylum seekers. A useful reminder that things can always get worse on the left… Following the BBC’s investigation showing asylum lawyers are advising their clients to pretend to be gay to support their claims, the…

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The Guardian Politics17 Apr 2026

Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’?

Some fear a fragmented field of hopefuls from Labour, the Conservatives, Greens, Reform and Independents could leave city ungovernable Paul Tilsley was 23 when he was first elected for the Liberal party in Birmingham’s 1968 council elections. At the time, the UK had an unpopular Labour government facing an economic crisis, tensions around immigration and US pressure to back military action abroad. Such a backdrop may seem familiar, but this May, the all-out local elections in Birmingham could no

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