immigration

Opinion: How Many More Tory Defectors Can Reform Absorb?

Ash Sarkar

Reform claims to break with the broken Westminster model while lining its ranks with former ministers - something that might undermine Nigel Farage’s disruptor-in-chief charade, argues Ash Sarkar.

Shabana Mahmood arrives at Downing Street for a weekly cabinet meeting, 4 November 2025, London. Thomas Krych/ZUMA Press Wire

Opinion: Labour’s Denmark-Inspired Asylum Plan Is Landing With the Far Right

Steven Methven

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood’s asylum plan is designed to prevent right-leaning voters from deserting Labour but so far, it’s pleased Tommy Robinson, writes Steven Methven.

Feature: How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them

Rivkah Brown

Out of work, unable to get an NHS appointment and furiously angry at migrants and the government – has Keir Starmer ever spoken to the people he’s trying to win from Nigel Farage? Rivkah Brown did, outside Labour conference in Liverpool.

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Report: From Royal Cancer Conspiracies to ‘Nut Zero’: 5 Wild Moments From Reform Party Conference

Simon Childs

Last year, Reform banned Novara Media from its conference. This year, it welcomed us with open arms. Here’s what Simon Childs discovered when he ventured to a conference hall near Birmingham airport.

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Feature: ‘I Live in Constant Fear’: Delivery Couriers Fight for Survival Amid Labour’s Immigration Blitz

Polly Smythe

Food delivery couriers are facing increased attacks from the rightwing press, far-right thugs and now, the Labour government. Polly Smythe reports.

Anti-immigration demonstrators display Union Jack and England flags as they gather outside a hotel in Altrincham, 8 August 2025. Phil Noble/Reuters

Opinion: Britain’s Elites Care Much More About Migrant Hotels Than the Public Does

Phil McDuff

The race rioters who burned out a car at the end of my street in Middlesbrough last summer were outnumbered the very next day by locals who came out to sweep up the glass, writes Phil McDuff.

Report: Far Right Agitators Inflame Tensions at Migrant Hotel Protest in London

In the wake of anti-immigration protests across several UK cities, Rivkah Brown reports from a protest outside a hotel housing migrants in London.

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Report: Reform Voters Prefer Corbyn to Starmer on Almost Every Metric, New Polling Shows

Rivkah Brown

Reform voters think the new party co-founder is more intelligent, trustworthy, hard-working and principled than the prime minister, suggesting Starmer’s attempts to woo the right aren’t working. Rivkah Brown reports.

Anti-immigration protestors taunt asylum seekers inside Bell Hotel in Epping, behind a cordon of police. Lab Ky Mo/SOPA Images/Reuters Connect

Report: Far-Right Agitators Are Gearing up for Another Summer of Hate

Simon Childs

Anti-immigration activists are holding protests in Norfolk, London and Essex as rightwing media fans the flames, prompting fears of a replay of last summer's racist riots. Simon Childs reports.

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Interview: The Britain You Know Was Created by European Immigrants

Juliet Jacques

From Penguin Press to the Royal Festival Hall, British modernism was co-created by artists and intellectuals fleeing fascism in the 1930s. Juliet Jacques speaks to Owen Hatherley, author of a new collective biography of some of the movement's most important figures.

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Analysis: A Scandal-Rocked Trump Ally Just Won the Polish Presidency. Believe It Could Happen in Britain

Ana Oppenheim & Ewa Pospieszyńska

Centrist Rafał Trzaskowski thought he had it in the bag. He found out the hard way that rightwing knock-offs are no substitute for an actual programme, write Ana Oppenheim and Ewa Pospieszynska - much like a certain Keir Starmer is also finding out.

Analysis: Philosemites, Anti-Vaxxers and Waterboarding Enthusiasts – Trump’s Cabinet Picks So Far

Rivkah Brown

With a month to go before he enters office, the president-elect has set about naming his cabinet picks, a potpourri of the most egregious elements of his programme. Here are 10 of them.

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Opinion: We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’

Rivkah Brown

The far-right riots have exposed the racist core of Britain’s immigration panic. Angela Rayner has shown the right instinct by seizing this moment to chip away at the hostile environment, writes Rivkah Brown.

Analysis: How the Hell Did Police Think There Would Be 100 Riots?

Simon Childs

Wednesday’s far-right no-show followed irresponsible and ill-informed speculation by the police, writes Simon Childs. Where exactly are they getting their intelligence?

Opinion: Labour is Still Letting The Far Right Set The Agenda

Moya Lothian-McLean

Despite predictions of a massive majority, Labour’s top officials are ceding to far right talking points in their crusade to become ‘electable’, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.

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Analysis: Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

While some of Labour’s plans give cause for cautious optimism, its glaring lack of ambition risks giving Farage and his cronies even more fertile ground on which to fight future elections, writes Zoe Gardner.

Report: ‘I’m Not Angry, I’m Disappointed’: What Voters in Reform’s Top Town Really Think

Craig Gent

If Reform voters are angry, it should make Barnsley, which includes two of the party’s most marginal seats, Britain’s angriest town. North of England editor Craig Gent went there to find out what’s really going on.

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Feature: Paris Is Banishing Its Homeless Before the Olympics. A Group of Child Migrants Isn’t Having It

Christophe Domec

A new law is sending unhoused people from the French capital to ten temporary accommodation centres around the country, a move the government maintains has nothing to do with the Olympics. A group of child migrants is fighting back. Christophe Domec reports.

Tag: immigration

Opinion: How Many More Tory Defectors Can Reform Absorb?

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: Labour’s Denmark-Inspired Asylum Plan Is Landing With the Far Right

Steven Methven

Report: From Royal Cancer Conspiracies to ‘Nut Zero’: 5 Wild Moments From Reform Party Conference

Simon Childs

Feature: ‘I Live in Constant Fear’: Delivery Couriers Fight for Survival Amid Labour’s Immigration Blitz

Polly Smythe

Opinion: Britain’s Elites Care Much More About Migrant Hotels Than the Public Does

Phil McDuff

Report: Far Right Agitators Inflame Tensions at Migrant Hotel Protest in London

Report: Reform Voters Prefer Corbyn to Starmer on Almost Every Metric, New Polling Shows

Rivkah Brown

Report: Far-Right Agitators Are Gearing up for Another Summer of Hate

Simon Childs

Interview: The Britain You Know Was Created by European Immigrants

Juliet Jacques

Analysis: A Scandal-Rocked Trump Ally Just Won the Polish Presidency. Believe It Could Happen in Britain

Ana Oppenheim & Ewa Pospieszyńska

Analysis: Philosemites, Anti-Vaxxers and Waterboarding Enthusiasts – Trump’s Cabinet Picks So Far

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: How the Hell Did Police Think There Would Be 100 Riots?

Simon Childs

Opinion: Labour is Still Letting The Far Right Set The Agenda

Moya Lothian-McLean

Analysis: Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

Report: ‘I’m Not Angry, I’m Disappointed’: What Voters in Reform’s Top Town Really Think

Craig Gent

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Tag: immigration

Opinion: How Many More Tory Defectors Can Reform Absorb?

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: Labour’s Denmark-Inspired Asylum Plan Is Landing With the Far Right

Steven Methven

Feature: How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them

Rivkah Brown

Report: From Royal Cancer Conspiracies to ‘Nut Zero’: 5 Wild Moments From Reform Party Conference

Simon Childs

Feature: ‘I Live in Constant Fear’: Delivery Couriers Fight for Survival Amid Labour’s Immigration Blitz

Polly Smythe

Opinion: Britain’s Elites Care Much More About Migrant Hotels Than the Public Does

Phil McDuff

Report: Far Right Agitators Inflame Tensions at Migrant Hotel Protest in London

Report: Reform Voters Prefer Corbyn to Starmer on Almost Every Metric, New Polling Shows

Rivkah Brown

Report: Far-Right Agitators Are Gearing up for Another Summer of Hate

Simon Childs

Interview: The Britain You Know Was Created by European Immigrants

Juliet Jacques

Analysis: A Scandal-Rocked Trump Ally Just Won the Polish Presidency. Believe It Could Happen in Britain

Ana Oppenheim & Ewa Pospieszyńska

Analysis: Philosemites, Anti-Vaxxers and Waterboarding Enthusiasts – Trump’s Cabinet Picks So Far

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: How the Hell Did Police Think There Would Be 100 Riots?

Simon Childs

Opinion: Labour is Still Letting The Far Right Set The Agenda

Moya Lothian-McLean

Analysis: Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

Report: ‘I’m Not Angry, I’m Disappointed’: What Voters in Reform’s Top Town Really Think

Craig Gent

Feature: Paris Is Banishing Its Homeless Before the Olympics. A Group of Child Migrants Isn’t Having It

Christophe Domec

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