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People take part in a rally against the Elections Bill in Parliament Square, London
THE elections watchdog warned today that plans to reduce its independence could allow ministers to shape how electoral law applies to their own party and their political opponents.
In a strongly worded letter, the Electoral Commission reiterated calls for the Tory proposals to be abandoned.
Its commissioners wrote to Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove to stress that the provision in the Elections Bill would allow governments to influence the watchdog’s “operational functions and decision-making.”
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
From Gaza complicity to welfare cuts chaos, Starmer’s baggage accumulates, and voters will indeed find ‘somewhere else’ to go — to the Greens, nationalists, Lib Dems, Reform UK or a new, working-class left party, writes NICK WRIGHT