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Grace Fletcher-Hackwood‘s column will be back tomorrow. Somehow we think the Tory conference in her back yard might feature…

Grace Fletcher Hackwood is a Labour councillor for Fallowfield ward in Manchester.<br /> <br /> (Photo by DC Sterne)

Starmer the class warrior? PM pivots focus towards ‘class divide’

After the government suffered its most difficult day in office in Monday, with the Prime Minister’s position looking…

Daniel Green

11th February, 2026, 2:40 pm

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The Fire Brigades Union is launching a consultative ballot on industrial action in Oxfordshire – which the union…

Daniel Green

11th February, 2026, 1:00 pm

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Keir Starmer’s former director of communications Lord Doyle has had the Labour whip suspended over his links to…

Daniel Green

11th February, 2026, 11:51 am