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How Somerset has fared since the general election
Friday (July 4) marks once year since the general election which saw Sir Keir Starmer lead Labour back into government after 14 years in the wilderness. Local democracy reporter Daniel Mumby looks ...
NORMAN Stevens (Britain has gone soft on criminals, Herald, 5th June) writes that Britain is being too soft on crime, which ...
Reform UK secured its first electoral victory in North Tyneside on Thursday, capturing the Killingworth council seat from ...
Most of my time is spent on casework, where party politics has no place. Residents come to me with planning problems, housing ...
The considerable gap between the Lib Dems's 71 seats and Reform's four is due to the right-wing's vote share being more ...
The Liberal Democrats have taken control of a council after a by-election. The election for Wokingham Borough Council was called following the death of Conservative councillor Norman Jorgensen in ...
Calls have been made by Oxfordshire's Liberal Democrat MPs for the government to scrap water regulator Ofwat. It comes after figures revealed Thames Water pumped 298,081 hours of sewage into ...
While the £350 million figure was bandied around during the Brexit referendum, the UK’s contribution to the EU budget was more like £234 million a week. Not only that, but it cost the UK around £30.2 ...
Voters are now split on social identity. This new division, combined with distrust in established parties, is proving fertile ...
EMBARGO: Immediate Release Responding to reports that the Government is set to extend the £3 bus fare cap, Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson Paul Kohler MP said: “Household budgets are still ...
EMBARGO: Immediate Release Responding to reports that the Attorney General has warned that the UK joining in on a war in Iran may be illegal, Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat Leader, said: “The Government ...
Political intrigue is alive in Whitehall’s corridors, as Labour’s welfare reforms have landed a number of MPs on ‘resignation watch.’ On the benches opposite, Tories on the left of the party are being ...