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  • Labour lacks strategy to tackle Farage as Reform UK sets sights on Senedd seats
    by Eleni Courea Political correspondent on 8th November 2024 at 4:19 pm

    Conditions are ripe for Reform to do well in 2026 Welsh elections and even beat Tories to second placeUK politics live – latest updatesWithin hours of their landslide victory this summer, Labour MPs had already begun discussing how to counter the threat from Reform UK. Nigel Farage’s party had won five parliamentary constituencies and 14.3% of the vote. Keir Starmer’s strategists see this resurgence of Faragism as arguably their biggest electoral challenge.That threat has been made more […]

  • Farage says Reform UK now ahead of Tories in Wales – UK politics live
    by Andrew Sparrow on 8th November 2024 at 4:01 pm

    Party leader prepares to address conference and cites polling showing Reform UK has 21% support in WalesKeir Starmer has hosted veterans and charities at Downing Street with defence secretary John Healey in the lead-up to Remembrance Day, PA Media reports. PA says:The informal reception was held after Starmer pledged £3.5m in support for veterans facing homelessness.Peter Kent, 99, the oldest veteran at the event, said he was pleased by the increase in funding and described Starmer as a […]

  • ‘I won’t be dancing in the streets’: views on Tories’ first black leader
    by Chris Osuh, Aamna Mohdin and Peter Walker on 8th November 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Kemi Badenoch’s election is evidence of strong meritocracy, say some activists and public figures, while others question her ideologyKemi Badenoch’s election as Conservative party leader may have been somewhat eclipsed by the US election, but it nonetheless represents a political milestone. Her positioning as a “culture warrior” is, to some, proof not of a changing Conservative party but one with a new face for old instincts.Here, the Guardian asks black and minority ethnic campaigners, […]

  • Ofsted head says English schools should not turn away ‘difficult’ pupils
    by Richard Adams Education editor on 8th November 2024 at 3:36 pm

    Sir Martyn Oliver tells school leaders new report-card style inspection reports will focus on inclusionSchools should not turn away “difficult” pupils over fears they will harm their results, and face being evaluated on how inclusive they are towards local children, Ofsted’s chief inspector of schools has said.Sir Martyn Oliver, the head of Ofsted, told England’s school leaders that there will be a focus on inclusion in the report-card style inspection reports to be introduced next […]