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MPs are readying themselves to vote on the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in parliament today.

It will have implications on the right to protest, stop and search laws, memorials, and penalties for assaulting emergency staff.  

Josh Babarinde OBE is standing for election in his local town of Eastbourne, hoping to win election to the local council. While he aspires to find success in local politics, he’s devoted part of his time to playing a role in halting the spread of the virus by becoming a qualified COVID-19 Vaccinator. 

Another week and another update as we move closer to the May elections. There are officially eight weeks left until Thursday May 6. 

Door-to-door canvassing resumes

Monday marked the return of door-to-door canvassing as candidates look to garner support for their campaigns.

Holly Whitebread, a conservative councillor in Epping Forest, has been one campaigner taking advantage of the relaxation to rules.

The newly announced memoir focusing on the life of Diane Abbott looks set to offer a deeper look at the life of one of the most consequential figures in British politics.

Titled A Woman Like Me, the book is set to release next summer to mark the 35th year of her election to parliament.

David Harewood’s documentary on 'why covid is killing people of colour’ highlights the depressing realities of health inequality.

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Anas Sarwar has promised to be a leader that focuses on what ‘unites the country’ in his first address since becoming the head of the Scottish Labour party.

In a video published on Saturday, he spoke of the need to move past the binary arguments of the past.

Over the last month your attention may have been drawn to the #StopAsianHate movement which began in America. Although campaigners have attempted to draw attention to the longstanding issue, the rhetoric of former president Donald Trump and the spate of attacks against people from East and South East Asian backgrounds in The States brought the matter into focus again last year.

The decision by the Labour party to scrap its shortlist of candidates for Liverpool's mayoral elections has been greeted with disappointment.

To the shock of many, the decision was made to re-open the nomination process and find new candidates, disbanding the all-woman shortlist that had originally been in place.

The role of Swati Mohan in Nasa’s Perseverance programme is receiving attention for all the right reasons. The latest research mission on Mars with a car-sized rover (NASA's fifth in two years) has had many engaged with the space agency’s work over the last week. That curiosity has extended toward the actors who have made the latest venture possible.