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The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Labour must search its conscience if Reform wins Gorton and Denton, says Green leader

Zack Polanski says Labour deliberately splitting left vote as voters head to the polls The polls have opened in the three-way battle for Gorton and Denton in south-east Manchester in one of the most unpredictable byelections in years. The Green party leader Zack Polanski said his party was “neck and neck” with Reform UK to overturn Labour’s 13,000-vote majority, and that Labour will need to “search their conscience” if Reform UK wins.Keir Starmer’s party has targeted left-leaning voters in the G

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The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Labour’s Send reforms get this right: disabled children in mainstream schools is transformative for everyone | Frances Ryan

It doesn’t fit neatly on a Treasury spreadsheet, but there is huge value in disabled and non-disabled pupils learning together When I was 11, a woman at the hospital asked me what school I was starting in September. I still remember her surprise when I told her I would be going to the local girls grammar, as the hoist pulled my wet limbs out of the physio pool. I was a child but already familiar with those few seconds: the time between a person seeing my wheelchair and the flash across their fac

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Conservative Home26 Feb 2026

Evasive, indecisive and inconstant: Starmer shows how not to be Prime Minister

He opens for Badenoch a wide field of action as a leader who can take hard decisions and stick to them. The post Evasive, indecisive and inconstant: Starmer shows how not to be Prime Minister appeared first on Conservative Home.

BBC Politics26 Feb 2026

Gorton and Denton by-election polls open

There are 11 candidates battling to become the next MP for Gorton and Denton in Greater Manchester.

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Conservative Home26 Feb 2026

John Oxley: The NHS is there to make you better, but is it there to get you back into work?

The scheme risks further diluting the NHS's performance, introducing a new layer of bureaucracy, and undermining our democratic choices about how money is spent. Services are best when they are focused – not when they are trying to do everything. The post John Oxley: The NHS is there to make you better, but is it there to get you back into work? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics26 Feb 2026

Deputy commissioner's car untaxed for three months

Dave Evans blames a DVLA issue for his car not having tax at the start of February.

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Conservative Home26 Feb 2026

Peter Ainsworth: Young people don’t need cheaper loans. They need jobs.

If Conservatives want to address low-value courses, the solution is not to change interest rates or for politicians to anticipate the labour market. It is to change who carries the risk associated with career outcomes. The post Peter Ainsworth: Young people don’t need cheaper loans. They need jobs. appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home26 Feb 2026

Terri Bloore: Why I am standing to be Mayor of Newham

I want to rebuild financial trust and transparency through efficient management and reducing wasteful spending. Just one example of how I would do this is by selling of Newham Dockside, the Council Building that Labour spent £111 million on, yet stands practically empty. The post Terri Bloore: Why I am standing to be Mayor of Newham appeared first on Conservative Home.

The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

What a Gorton byelection win would mean for Reform, Greens and Labour

Polls put seat in three-way dead heat with Labour facing threats from Reform and Green party in once safe seat The Gorton and Denton byelection is the biggest electoral test yet for Keir Starmer before what are expected to be disastrous results for Labour in the May local elections. Polls put the race in a three-way dead heat, making it nearly impossible to call. The vote is particularly symbolic because of the threat Labour faces from Reform UK and the Green party in a once safe seat. Should La

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The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Look to Italy to see how the dangerous idea of ‘remigration’ is taking root in Europe | David Broder

To even be talking about this drastic deportation policy is a sign the far right is winning. In Italy, it’s more than just talk Meeting Tommy Robinson earlier this month, the French anti-immigration politician Éric Zemmour bluntly summed up his mission: “Politics needs to defeat demographics.” Given rising numbers of Muslims, he said, there was perhaps “10 to 20 years” left to save Europe from “disappearing”. Both men placed their hopes in one policy to reverse the “invasion”: remigration. At ro

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Express Politics26 Feb 2026

State pension £25,140 tax threshold plan update before statement - all you need to know

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is being put under pressure to double the income tax threshold for pensioners, with a parliamentary debate incoming

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

Trump administration meets with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson

Agitator whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon was hosted by senior adviser at US state department The far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been hosted by the Trump administration for a meeting at the state department in Washington. Robinson, 43, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was hosted by Joe Rittenhouse, a senior adviser at the state department. Rittenhouse wrote on X: “Honoured to have free speech warrior @TRobinsonNewEra at Department of State today. “The world and

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