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Green Party members back 'Zionism is racism' motion. The vote has caused divisions among figures at the top of the party at its conference in Brighton.

As it happened: Israel condemns Green party passing ‘Zionism is racism’ as a ‘stain on history of UK’. Party formally adopts policy which equates Zionism with racism, as all Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism On Friday the Times revealed that Katie Lam , the communities secretary, told a meeting in private earlier this year that the state pension system needs a fundamental overhaul. Speaking in June, when she was a frontbencher but not yet in the shadow cabinet, Lam was asked at a meeting with activists if she thought the pensions triple lock was.

The Guardian view on trapped leaseholders: Labour must keep its promise to set them free | Editorial. The government pledged to end an unfair system. Ministers must give homeowners power over costs, rather than another place to complain “To the millions of leaseholders across the country, you have my word. The days of you being squeezed for every penny are coming to an end,” Andy Burnham told the Labour party conference . Only a few hours earlier, his housing secretary, Angela Rayner, had announced that the government would legislate for a new independent regulator and launch a consultation to cap.

The Guardian view on nurseries: some things are going right for under-fives | Editorial. England’s strong results in an early learning study are a Sure Start legacy that ministers must build on Recognition of the importance of babyhood and early childhood continues to grow. It is widely understood by many ordinary people, as well as experts, that what happens to us when we are very small, and our brains are at their most malleable , has lasting effects. As the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) put it in a study of early years education , “the first five.

I'm a classic old school Conservative, says Kemi Badenoch. The Tory leader seeks to echo Margaret Thatcher as she sets out her guiding political principles.

Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism. Motion calling for single Palestinian state, which is opposed by most Green MPs and expected to be challenged, passes by 1,022 votes to 813 UK politics live – latest updates The Greens in England and Wales have formally adopted a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state. The move is expected to be challenged by some party members under equality laws, with one leading KC saying such a case would have a good chance of succeeding. Continue reading...