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BBC Politics16 Jun 2026
Sister of Jo Cox urges 'common ground' 10 years after her murder
Spen Valley MP Kim Leadbeater reflects a decade after her sister was murdered in Birstall.
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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026
Division in UK probably worse now than in run-up to Brexit, says Kim Leadbeater
Labour MP warns of voices fanning hatred on eve of 10th anniversary of the murder of her sister, the MP Jo Cox Political hatred and division in the UK is probably worse now than during the Brexit referendum, when Jo Cox was murdered, says Kim Leadbeater, Cox’s sister who is now also a Labour MP. Speaking to the Guardian’s Today in Focus podcast Leadbeater, who was elected to the same Yorkshire seat held by Cox in a 2021 byelection, said everyone in public life had a responsibility to try and eas
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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026
Labour MPs doubt EHRC guidance on court’s biological sex ruling is workable
Exclusive: Commons motion calls for code of practice to be blocked amid concerns over impact on transgender people A number of Labour MPs are increasingly doubtful that the guidance on how organisations should implement the supreme court ruling on sex as it applies in the Equality Act is workable in the real world, with some predicting it will unleash a wave of competing legal claims. A total of 135 MPs, 69 of them from Labour, have signed a Commons motion calling for the code of practice drafte
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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026
How the murder of my sister, Jo Cox, changed Britain – podcast
It’s a decade since the MP for Batley and Spen was killed by a far-right extremist. Her sister, Kim Leadbeater, who took over her parliamentary seat, explains what lessons are still to be learned Jo Cox was the Labour MP for Batley and Spen, the place she had grown up and had known her whole life. She was firmly pro-Europe, a passionate campaigner for social justice, and the mother of two young children, aged five and three. On 16 June 2016, at the height of a toxic Brexit campaign, she was murd
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Sky News Politics15 Jun 2026
Jo Cox's sister warns against people being pushed 'towards the extremes'
The sister of murdered MP Jo Cox has warned against people being pushed "towards the extremes", as she marks the 10th anniversary of her death.
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Express Politics15 Jun 2026
Huge decision made on Palestine Action terror ban as arrests made
Pro-Palestine zealots use 'secret cells to avoid detection', says court
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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026
Court of Appeal Overturns High Court Ruling Against Home Office’s Palestine Action Terror Ban
The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling against the Home Office’s proscription of Palestine Action. A ruling from February… Palestine Action was formally proscribed by the UK last July. In February the High Court ruled that the government’s ban was “unlawful and disproportionate.” Disputed by the Court of Appeal now…
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The Guardian Politics15 Jun 2026
Ban on Palestine Action was lawful, court of appeal rules
Judges overturn decision of high court that government proscription of group under Terrorism Act was wrong The high court was wrong to rule that the ban on Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws was unlawful, the court of appeal has concluded. A five-strong panel, including the two most senior judges in England and Wales, overturned February’s decision of the lower court that the proscription of the direct action group, the first to be banned under the Terrorism Act, was wrong. Continue rea
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Guido Fawkes15 Jun 2026
Starmer Courts Labour Members on Zoom From G7 Summit
After Guido reported on Starmer’s ‘special’ Saturday webinar with Labour members, the PM is turning it into a series. Is he worried about his leadership, or something? That one only lasted for about 20 minutes. Now members have been “invited to a special online meeting with the Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister…
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Conservative Home15 Jun 2026
Rupert Matthews: Labour’s plan to centralise policing will not help defeat crime
Without doubt these new proposed amalgamations will lead to a loss of local knowledge. The post Rupert Matthews: Labour’s plan to centralise policing will not help defeat crime appeared first on Conservative Home.
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The Guardian Politics14 Jun 2026
UK forces board sanctioned Russian oil tanker in English Channel for the first time, says Keir Starmer - UK politics live
Prime minister says British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the early hours of Sunday morning Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, the UK’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, has said. Royal Marine commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency boarded a sanctioned oil tanker during a
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