The UK that goes to the polls on 4 July will be the most religiously diverse in election history. Less than half the population of England and Wales describe themselves as ‘Christi… Read More
LABOUR will save “literally not a penny” from Britain’s bloated benefits bill, the PM has warned.
Rishi Sunak was defending funding his election manifesto of tax cuts fro… Read More
16 hours in the past
By Katie Razzall, @katierazz, Tradition and Media Editor
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Sir Keir Starmer and the UK newspaper empire belonging to the Murdoch h… Read More
14 minutes in the past
By Laura Kuenssberg, @bbclaurak, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
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“Farage no extra needs duty than he needs a vegan cigare… Read More
BRITAIN’s top police officer has urged to close ‘outrageous’ gaps in hate crime laws, which he claims permit individuals to legally incite racial and religious hatred.
Metr… Read More
BRITAIN is on course to have the most diverse parliament in history no matter which party wins the general election, according to research by leading race and diversity thinktank British Fut… Read More
BRITAIN’s top police officer has urged to close ‘outrageous’ gaps in hate crime laws, which he claims permit individuals to legally incite racial and religious hatred.
Metr… Read More
This investigation was published in partnership with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
The anti-solar group Save our Shire has hired a PR firm run by Alex Crowley, a former Boris J… Read More
BRITAIN is on course to have the most diverse parliament in history no matter which party wins the general election, according to research by leading race and diversity thinktank British Fut… Read More
THE CONSERVATIVE party of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fallen behind the anti-immigration Reform UK party for the first time in a poll by YouGov, which called the development a &ld… Read More
NIGEL FARAGE is richly entertaining, but he is getting a little ahead of himself.
Before he becomes prime minister, there is the smaller matter of becoming an MP. Can he be certain he will b… Read More
LABOUR party on Thursday (13) launches its general election manifesto, hoping that a promise to get the economy growing again will catapult it into power after 14 years in opposition.
Labour… Read More
Speaking outside Downing Street on 23 May, announcing a general election for 4 July, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took a swipe at what he dubbed “environmental dogma”. It was a si… Read More
4 hours in the past
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Valance, seen right here on the top of her pop stardom in 2002
She performed a clean-cut schoolgi… Read More
LABOUR has announced plans to fund councils to repair up to a million potholes a year in England, aiming to provide multi-year funding settlements to local leaders to address broken roads.
T… Read More
As if the events of the 80th anniversary of D-Day were not enough to contrast historic heroism with petty politicking, the latter part of last week did little to put the British public&rsquo… Read More
The Labour Party has called on Tata Steel to keep the furnaces running until after the 4 July general election as thousands of jobs are at risk.
Tata Steel are moving to greener production… Read More
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Amidst this controversy, Mr. Sunak pledged to eliminate stamp duty for first-time home buyers on properties up to £425,000
Sunak essentially abandoned the policie… Read More
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was roundly criticised by political rivals on Friday, hours after apologising for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early in the latest self-inflicted… Read More
The year 1975 proved an immensely challenging period for Britain as the economic and political crises of the early 1970s continued to batter the country from all sides. However, some bright… Read More
Labour initially proposed its plan to revitalize Britain’s high streets in April, which received positive feedback from trade bodies
As the general election campaign continues, Labour… Read More
Labour ‘needs help’ defending its seat in Slough at the general election next month it is telling activists – amid suggestions that anger at the war in Gaza could dent its… Read More
The Labour Party has been criticised by campaigners after a board member of the UK’s leading climate science denial group was reselected as a candidate at the upcoming general electio… Read More
THE leaders of Britain’s two main political parties faced off in the first live TV debate of the general election campaign on Tuesday (4), a month before voters go to the polls and wit… Read More
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have confronted off within the first TV debate of this election, with heated exchanges over tax, the NHS and immigration.
The Conservative and Labour leader… Read More
A North London Labour councillor has been selected to challenge former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan-Smith for his East London seat at the general election. Brent Councillor, Shama T… Read More
Nigel Farage, who helped champion Britain's departure from the European Union, said on Monday he would stand as a candidate in next month's election and will lead the rig… Read More
What an eventful week it was, considering that this is a boring general election campaign.
Conservatives’ Boris gap still exists
No Conservative has yet been able to fill the Boris Joh… Read More
THE Labour MP, Lisa Nandy, believes whichever party wins the next general election faces a battle to overcome a public perception that politicians can no longer “transform people&rsquo… Read More
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[LONDON, ENGLAND] I saw Thomas Ostermeier’s An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York Theatre twice, on purpose. It’s a sublime text to be working on tod… Read More
Rishi Sunak has unveiled a proposal for tax cuts aimed at pensioners in his latest campaign effort, highlighting the critical role of older voters in the forthcoming July election.
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Dozens of enterprise leaders have signed a letter endorsing the Labour Get together’s financial plans forward of the 4 July basic election saying it’s “time for a change&r… Read More
There was an financial logic to Rishi Sunak’s election dash, a call that defied earlier predictions of a vote within the autumn and even winter. The prime minister might see that hope… Read More
In one of his first major election pledge announcements on Sunday, prime minister Rishi Sunak said he will introduce a “bold new” form of mandatory National Service for young peo… Read More
‘Things can solely get higher” was a Labour social gathering slogan earlier than the 1997 basic election. The explanation why Rishi Sunak has stunned the nation, and what my out… Read More
Britain's privately owned train operators could start taking back control of their networks as early as July 5 if Labor wins the general election.
Boris Johnson's vision for a new Great… Read More
AS BRITAIN gears up for another trip to the polls, executives in the City of London are optimistic that a new government will prioritize their concerns and bring an end to the prolonged poli… Read More
On Wednesday afternoon, May 22, 2024, Rishi Sunak made a horrendous PR error.
Before we get to that, just hours before at PMQs, the SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn MP asked Rish… Read More
Key Highlights:
On Wednesday, May 22, Sunak stunned Britain by calling for a general election on July 4
Sunak strategically timed his announcement amidst two positive developments: a d… Read More
THE country will hold a national election on July 4 which opinion polls indicate will end 14 years of Tory-led government, spanning one of the most turbulent periods in the country’s m… Read More
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak on Wednesday (22) called for a general election to take place on July 4. The Conservative leader’s announcement came after economic data revealed a fall in i… Read More
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak called a national election on Wednesday (22), naming July 4 as the date for a vote his governing Tories are widely expected to lose to the opposition Labour party… Read More
Rishi Sunak making an attempt to win again public help jogs my memory of the economist stranded on a desert island with a chemist and physicist. A tin of beans washes ashore and an argument… Read More
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Labor proposes implementing a ‘fiscal lock’ to ensure a reduction in government debt as a proportion of GDP within the final year of a 5-year projection
Lab… Read More
Examining the Legal Constraints and Lingering Doubts Surrounding the Lucy Letby Case
The in-depth analysis by Rachel Aviv delves into the trial of Lucy Letby, once dubbed Britain’s… Read More
Conservatives who want to see fewer foreign students won't be put off by telling them this could put some universities out of business, because they want to see fewer British students too.Ro… Read More
TATA STEEL’S firm stand on replacing both blast furnaces at Port Talbot plant with electric furnaces, which could result in job losses, has now triggered a war of words between Welsh f… Read More
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak on Monday (13) claimed in a wide-ranging speech that opposition leader Keir Starmer would make the UK less safe. His address previewed key issues that are likely t… Read More
Senior Conservative party leaders have warned that Rishi Sunak government’s move to clampdown on international student visas could prove to be counter-productive.
They pointed out that… Read More
Former Labour leader Lord Neil Kinnock has warned that though the voters are upset with the Tories, they are not yet in love with Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party.
He told BBC Radio Fou… Read More
Former Labour leader Lord Neil Kinnock has warned that though the voters are upset with the Tories, they are not yet in love with Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party.
He told BBC Radio Fou… Read More
Political stories abound this week, both north and south of the English border.
Scotland: a postscript
Following up on my May 7 post on Scotland’s new First Minister John Swinney, he h… Read More