Rachael Burford

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<p>Darren Rodwell, leader of Barking and Dagenham Council</p>
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London Labour MP candidate 'due to be dropped' after allegations

Darren Rodwell had been selected to fight the Labour safe seat of Barking

4 Jun 2024
<p>James Cleverly</p>
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Home Secretary: Visa caps will 'balance' benefit of foreign labour

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer dismissed the plan for a cap on visas

4 Jun 2024
<p>Rishi Sunak campaigning in Henley</p>
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Double election blow for Sunak with devastating poll and Farage return

The YouGov survey showed the Conservatives seeing their number of seats in the capital collapsing from 21 to just four

4 Jun 2024
<p>Barking and Dagenham council leader Darren Rodwell is a Labour general election candidate</p>
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Labour candidate 'investigated' after alleged sexual harassment

Darren Rodwell has been selected to fight the Labour safe seat of Barking in east London in the upcoming election on July 4

3 Jun 2024
<p>The Tories say that Labour’s Equality Act has not kept pace with evolving interpretations (Martin Keene/PA)</p>
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Tories vow to make ‘biological sex’ protected characteristic

Rishi Sunak said: ‘The safety of women and girls is too important to allow the current confusion around definitions of sex and gender to persist’

3 Jun 2024
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Home Secretary speaks out about Hackney horror shooting

James Cleverly told the Standard he was receiving consistent ‘updates’ on the case

31 May 2024
<p>Tory Party Chairman Richard Holden</p>
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Conservative chairman denies Tories are struggling to fill seats

Richard Holden said he “doesn’t know” where he will be standing at the general election

30 May 2024
<p>Diane Abbott (Yui Mok/PA)</p>
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Abbott backed by Rayner and union bosses in growing row for Starmer

Party is racing to fill a national list of would-be MPs by June 7 after Rishi Sunak called a snap election

30 May 2024
<p>Diane Abbott speaking in Hackney on Wednesday evening</p>
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Diane Abbott tells rally 'I am going to be your MP' as row deepens

Sir Keir Starmer says no decision has yet been made on whether the Labour veteran may stand for the party again

30 May 2024
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Labour deselects east London candidate over social media posts

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of ‘culling’ left wing Labour members

30 May 2024
<p>Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn</p>
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Corbyn launches campaign to become independent MP in north London

The former Labour leader was officially kicked out of the party he used to lead last week

29 May 2024
<p>L-R: Beckenham and Penge Labour candidate Liam Conlon, shadow environment secretary Steve Reed and Feargal Sharkey </p>
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Water firm sewage polluters 'will face criminal charges' under Labour

Labour has pledged to put water firms under special measures and prosecute bosses if they continue to oversee the illegal dumping of ‘toxic filth’

29 May 2024
<p>Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer</p>
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ITV announces first live election debate between Sunak and Starmer

The Prime Minister and Labour leader will clash in an hour-long debate at 9pm on Tuesday

29 May 2024
<p>Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney </p>
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Eight in ten burglaries go unsolved in London, data reveals

Richmond was the worst hit borough with no suspect charged in almost nine out of ten burglaries

28 May 2024
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Farage fuels row on Sunak’s migration plan

Reform UK politician says Government’s proposals to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda won’t work and UK must leave the European Court of Human Rights

28 May 2024
<p>Home Secretary James Cleverly </p>
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Watered down student visa 'crackdown' announced by Home Office

Rishi Sunak was said to be considering severely restricting, or even scrapping, the graduate visa route

24 May 2024
<p>Jeremy Corbyn was first elected a Labour MP more than 40 years ago</p>
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Jeremy Corbyn kicked out of Labour after standing in Islington North

Jeremy Corbyn has launched his July 4 general election campaign in Islington

24 May 2024
<p>Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer campaigning on Thursday 

</p>
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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer trade blows as campaigns kick off

First day clashes over the economy and migrants as leaders hit campaign trail

23 May 2024
<p>Nigel Farage said he would be focusing on helping Donald Trump win the upcoming US election on November 5 </p>
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Nigel Farage rules out running for Reform in boost for Tories

Party’s honorary president says he had ‘thought long and hard’ about whether to stand in the poll on July 4 and it was ‘not the right time’

23 May 2024
<p>King Charles and Queen Camilla wave from the Buckingham Palace balcony following their coronations on May 6, 2023</p>
Politics

King may wake up in Labour seat which includes Buckingham Palace

The Cities of London and Westminster seat has been held by the Tories since it was created in 1950

23 May 2024