Serena Barker-Singh

political correspondent @skynews [email protected]

[David Rhodes @davidgrayrhodes]

And here's more-- as we're excited to welcome @cathynewman here to @SkyNews !
https://t.co/uOKHSeSaXp

[Connor Gillies @ConnorGillies]

💥EXCL: Sky News gains rare access inside a Reform UK meeting with members as polls suggest they could become Scotland’s second largest party.

🗣️‘Put them in camps & deport them' says one MSP hopeful.
🗣️Claims of Sharia law…
🗣️@JohnSwinney responds.

🔗 https://t.co/1BDcEWsBDz

[Kit Bradshaw @kitbradshaw]

PM: "I can't tell you how much I disagree with her."

Sir Keir Starmer hits back at @Katie_Lam_MP's suggestion that "multiculturalism has not succeeded in this country". The Weald of Kent MP made the comments this week on @itvpeston.

@itvmeridian

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Why is defining Islamophobia so controversial?

Sky's @serenabarksing explains why British Muslims say without a specific definition of Islamophobia, crimes can often go underreported.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

A long-awaited definition of Islamophobia is expected within weeks - and a former faith minister is urging the government to adopt it in full.

Full story from Sky's @serenabarksing ⬇️ https://t.co/jUpiN5tLqS

[Sky News @SkyNews]

As hate crimes against Muslims rise, govt urged to adopt new definition of Islamophobia in full

Full story from Sky's political correspondent @serenabarksing ⬇️
https://t.co/jUpiN5tLqS

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

This is a significant development. Up until now, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have been widely billed as the party’s co-leaders

Exclusive: Your Party will only have one leader under draft guidance

🖊️ @meganekenyon https://t.co/9Ui8ojXiMu

[PoliticsJOE @PoliticsJOE_UK]

"You don't stop fascism by ignoring it or copying it, you stop it by fighting it at the ballot box, and where necessary, you fight the fascists in the streets."

Zarah Sultana at Your Party's launch in Liverpool.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Can Jeremy Corbyn's and Zarah Sultana's party get it together?

@serenabarksing investigates.

▶️ Watch in full: https://t.co/4F8T9TLQjq

[Max Kendix @MaxKendix]

Exc: Eight Reform UK councils have indicated that they will raise council tax next year after struggling to find sweeping cuts in public spending

https://t.co/8pS52XPmP6

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Highest ever polling for the greens in a Westminster poll.

Fair to say @ZackPolanski had a decent first month as leader.

The Labour brand is at a nadir, and the greens are seizing the opportunity.

[Serena Barker-Singh @serenabarksing]

A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesperson said:

"Ministers are grateful to the Working Group for their work over the last six months to provide their important advice, now submitted to the department.

"With anti-Muslim hate incidents at a record high, the group's advice is timely and crucial to tackling hatred and extremism wherever it may occur.

"And as we have made clear, this is about protecting people, not religions. We will always defend freedom of speech including fiercely protecting the right to criticise, express dislike of, or insult religions and the beliefs and practices of those who follow them. This will remain at the front of our minds when we review the definition.”

[Serena Barker-Singh @serenabarksing]

EXC: The gov have now received the Islamophobia Definition working group’s recommendations - and are now considering whether to adopt them

[Serena Barker-Singh @serenabarksing]

The group set up to provide a working definition of Anti-Muslim hatred/Islamophobia was chaired by former Tory MP Dominic Grieve

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

"It's hard to avoid that conclusion given how often his words and actions drift into racism."

Is Nigel Farage racist?

Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson says he is.

@jonsopel | @lewis_goodall

[Serena Barker-Singh @serenabarksing]

@PronouncedAlva @AndrewMarr9 @TomMcTague Congrats!!

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Starmer uncharacteristically punchy on #bbclaurak
:: Reform's deportation policy is 'racist'
:: Critics should stop 'navel gazing' and 'give me space'
:: The Left have 'got it wrong' on immigration for years
:: I'm going nowhere and will be judged 'at the end of five years'

[BBC Press Office @bbcpress]

The BBC, in association with Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters, has launched a short film calling on the Israeli authorities to allow international journalists access to Gaza.

Read more: https://t.co/RZJAL6I6zL

[Lizzy Buchan @LizzyBuchan]

NEW: John McDonnell and Apsana Begum have had the Labour whip reinstated after being suspended for rebelling over the two-child limit last year

Interesting timing as speculation mounts that the party position has shifted

[Ben Bloch @realBenBloch]

🚨 The elections watchdog is NOT reopening its investigation into Labour Together and Morgan McSweeney after Conservative calls for it this week.

They found “no evidence of any other potential offences”.

An Electoral Commission spokesperson said:

“We investigated the late reporting of donations by Labour Together and published our findings in 2021. We determined multiple offences including those relating to the late reporting of donations with a cumulative value of £739,492, as well as the failure to appoint a responsible person. The fine was significant and reflects the seriousness of the offences determined, for which no reasonable excuse was put forward.

"Earlier this week the Conservative Party wrote to us with concerns that other offences had been committed. We have thoroughly reviewed this information and found no evidence of any other potential offences. We are confident that the initial determination and sanction were appropriate.

“We are therefore not reopening the investigation.”