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  1. Bellingcat has just launched a tool for searching through transcripts of local council meetings in the UK, which should help counter acts like these council-search.bellingcat.com

    Find verbatim quotes from council meetings in the UK and Ireland using this free open source research tool by Bellingcat.

    Bellingcat Council Meeting Transcript Search

    Find verbatim quotes from council meetings in the UK and Ireland using this free open source research tool by Bellingcat.

    Reform council’s Nottingham Post ban a ‘massive attack on local democracy’

    Nottinghamshire council’s administration says it will no longer deal with local paper, in unprecedented move

A Reform council leader’s decision to ban his councillors from engaging with a prominent local newspaper is a “massive attack on local democracy” and a sign of things to come should the party form the next government, the outlet’s editor has warned.

In an unprecedented move, Nottinghamshire county council’s four-month-old Reform administration has said it will no longer deal with the Nottingham Post, its online edition and a team of BBC-funded local democracy journalists that it manages. Continue reading...

    Reform council’s Nottingham Post ban a ‘massive attack on local democracy’

    Nottinghamshire council’s administration says it will no longer deal with local paper, in unprecedented move A Reform council leader’s decision to ban his councillors from engaging with a prominent local newspaper is a “massive attack on local democracy” and a sign of things to come should the party form the next government, the outlet’s editor has warned. In an unprecedented move, Nottinghamshire county council’s four-month-old Reform administration has said it will no longer deal with the Nottingham Post, its online edition and a team of BBC-funded local democracy journalists that it manages. Continue reading...

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  2. If UK–US deal is pushed through without a vote, it’s a constitutional coup.

    ⚠️ Ministers rewrite laws by decree. ⚠️ Washington sets our standards. ⚠️ No scrutiny. No consent.

    This isn’t just allowing in hormone fed beef, it’s ending democracy.

    ✍️ sign the petition and write to your MP now.

    🚨 NEW PETITION 🚨

    The UK–US trade deal is being forced through with NO vote, NO consultation, and NO impact assessment.

    Parliament must decide — not ministers behind closed doors.

    ✍️ Sign & share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

    #SaveBritishFarming #StopTheDeal

    We are concerned the UK-US trade deal could be implemented without a vote, consultation or impact assessment. We believe it affects food, farming, health, and data standards. We believe Parliament must be allowed to assess its consequences and vote before any further changes are made.

    Petition: Require Parliament’s vote & an impact assessment on the UK-US trade deal

    We are concerned the UK-US trade deal could be implemented without a vote, consultation or impact assessment. We believe it affects food, farming, health, and data standards. We believe Parliament must be allowed to assess its consequences and vote before any further changes are made.

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  3. West Somerset MP Rachel Gilmour has demanded that the Government set out a clear timetable for banning so-called “trail hunting.”

    For years, hunts have used the excuse of laying trails as a cover for the continuation of illegal fox hunting.

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  4. “First it was independent advisory committees and career experts. Then it was the dismissal of seasoned scientists. Now, Secretary Kennedy and HHS have set their sights on weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

    Lawyers for Monarez say she was ‘targeted’ for ‘protecting the public’ by not endorsing ‘unscientific’ orders

    CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign

    Lawyers for Monarez say she was ‘targeted’ for ‘protecting the public’ by not endorsing ‘unscientific’ orders

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  5. Is the BBC Reform UK's mouthpiece? Yup.

    "Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."

    A study of the BBC’s Question Time has raised concerns about representation and political impartiality

    Is the BBC now the official mouthpiece for Reform?

    A study of the BBC’s Question Time has raised concerns about representation and political impartiality

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