Laura Pascal News Today

With all the other by-elections going on, you probably haven’t been keeping a close eye on recent events in Hackney, east London, where the Conservatives have just pulled off an astonishing victory by winning the hotly contested Cazenove ward with 53 per cent of the vote.

Labour MP Kate Osborne has spoken out against being sent vile homophobic abuse and blamed government rhetoric for emboldening such speech. 

Anti-trans Labour candidate Laura Pascal has suffered a humiliating loss to Conservative rival in local London election.

Laura Pascal was only reinstated as a Labour candidate just hours before polls opened on Thursday after previously being suspended amid claims of transphobia.

A reinstated Labour by-election candidate who was suspended over allegations of transphobia is now describing herself as “gender critical”.

The ruthlessness with which Keir Starmer has pursued his prime ministerial ambitions has been impressive.

A Labour candidate has been suspended from the party less than a week before a Hackney Council by-election after accusations of transphobia.

A Labour Party candidate for a closely-contested council by-election has been suspended following allegations of transphobia.

A Labour candidate has been suspended from the party less than a week before a Hackney Council by-election after accusations of transphobia.

A by-election called in Cazenove ward after the election of the new Hackney Mayor is set to be held in less than a week.