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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.
Labour cannot win another election by accommodating racism, instead it should focus on finding solutions to social concerns that too often seek scapegoats, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
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