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The government's draconian Immigration Bill sailed through the Commons with a huge majority on Tuesday night despite a stark warning that it will bring apartheid-style pass laws to Britain.
Just seven Labour MPs voted against the Bill, along with three Lib Dems, three Plaid Cymru MPs, three SNP, Respect MP George Galloway, Green MP Caroline Lucas and two Irish SDLP MPs.
The Bill obtained a second reading by 303 votes to 18 after the vast majority of Labour MPs abstained in line with shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper's wish to "amend and reform" it at committee stage.
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
Plaid Cymru’s spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in the second article of a two-part series, argues that Labour’s contempt for voters and backward-facing approach have led to widespread mistrust in Wales
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP