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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

MPs demand Reform suspend candidate over claims he celebrated rape of Sikh women

Sandwell Labour MPs write to borough Reform leader after alleged posts by Stuart Prior Labour MPs have called for a Reform UK election candidate in Essex to be suspended after he allegedly celebrated the rape of two Sikh women in the Midlands. A joint investigation by The Mirror and the anti-racism campaign group Hope Not Hate alleged Stuart Prior, who is standing for Reform in Rayleigh West (for Essex county council) as well as Sweyne Park and Grange (for Rochford district council), had made a

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BBC Politics5 May 2026

No obligation to declare £5m gift, Farage says

The Reform UK leader says the gift was "purely private" and "wasn't political in any sense at all".

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BBC Politics5 May 2026

No obligation to declare £5m gift, Farage says

The Reform UK leader says the gift was "purely private" and "wasn't political in any sense at all".

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

MoD has no system to detect civilian harm caused by military, study shows

Revelation comes after report commissioned by department released in response to charity’s FoI request The Ministry of Defence has no system for examining whether UK military action has killed or injured civilians in war, a study commissioned by the department has revealed. The MoD also “does not maintain a central register of civilian harm incidents or allegations” and, despite mass casualties caused by other countries, has concluded there is no need to do so because its existing mitigation is

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Express Politics5 May 2026

Zia Yusuf tears apart Labour as fresh migrant scandal erupts: 'It's a systemic breakdown!'

Zia Yusuf writes for the Daily Express as we publish new bombshell figures revealing the crisis in the UK immigration system.

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

Stop plotting to oust Keir Starmer, ex-deputy Labour leader urges MPs

Tom Watson, who had role in attempted coup against Tony Blair in 2006, said move would go down extremely badly with voters Labour MPs have been urged to stop plotting to remove Keir Starmer by Tom Watson, who as a junior minister spearheaded the last attempted coup against a Labour prime minister, faced by Tony Blair in 2006. Watson’s warning came as Steve Reed, the housing and communities secretary, and a key Starmer loyalist, said Labour would risk “annihilation” if it decided to try to change

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

Farage’s partner refuses to confirm how she paid for house in his constituency

French publication Le Monde says Laure Ferrari ‘dodged’ question when quizzed over property purchase in Clacton Nigel Farage’s partner, Laure Ferrari, has refused to confirm how she paid for a house in the Reform leader and MP’s constituency of Clacton, adding “there’s more than one way to pay for a house”. In an interview with French publication Le Monde, Ferrari was questioned over revelations in the Guardian that she had purchased a house in her name in Clacton after Farage had claimed to be

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BBC Politics5 May 2026

Hate crime prosecutions to be fast-tracked after antisemitic attacks

The director of public prosecutions has told prosecutors in England and Wales to bring charges more quickly.

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

The Greens need to learn the right lessons from the destruction of Corbynism | Andy Beckett

Zack Polanski must be more nimble in fending off attacks than the former Labour leader or he risks suffering the same fate For more than a decade, Britain’s acrimonious politics has included a fundamental but often misunderstood battle. Sometimes it is fought out in the open and sometimes more in the shadows. Its protagonists extend far beyond Westminster, into the media, big business, the civil service, activist movements and important but neglected parts of the electorate. And despite how long

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

Farage deploys the rottweiler to distract from awkward £5m gift story | John Crace

Zia Yusuf’s mad idea of building detention centres for illegal immigrants exclusively in areas that vote Green works a treat It’s a classic from the Donald Trump playbook: everything’s been going a bit tits up, so you create a distraction. Get everyone looking in the wrong direction. Last week was the worst in months for Reform. First the party was pegged back in the opinion polls, then the Guardian revealed Nigel Farage had been given a £5m handout by Christopher Harborne, a Thai-based crypto d

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BBC Politics5 May 2026

Hate crime prosecutions to be fast-tracked after antisemitic attacks

The director of public prosecutions has told prosecutors in England and Wales to bring charges more quickly.

Crime