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Nigel Farage and Wes Streeting with an alien like figure on the background.

Wes Streeting says Reform's threat to Labour is just like this iconic 00s movie

Politics 2 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

CHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 01: Votes are counted in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election at the DCBL Stadium on May 01, 2025 in Runcorn, England. The Runcorn and Helsby seat is in contention after MP Mike Amesbury was prosecuted for a drunken assault on a constituent. Once one of Labour's safest seats with a 14696-vote majority, Nigel Farage's Reform Party is polling well. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Keep track of the UK local election results in each area with our map

Politics 4 days ago By Craig Munro

Reform party leader Nigel Farage and candidate Sarah Pochin react on the day of the Runcorn and Helsby by-election results at Halton Stadium in Widnes, Britain, May 2, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Reform takes over first councils after shock defeat of Labour in by-election

Politics 4 days ago By Craig Munro

Map shows which areas of the UK are voting in the 2025 local elections

Politics 4 days ago By Craig Munro

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Maureen McLean/Shutterstock (15278434b) Sansa the dog, a Keeshond, waits patiently outside a Polling Station in the village of Farnham Common in Buckinghamshire Local Elections, Dogs At Polling Stations, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, UK - 01 May 2025

Here's where today's local elections are happening - and when we'll know who won

Politics 5 days ago By Craig Munro

A sign indicating the location of a polling station as voters head to polling stations to cast their ballots in local elections, with council seats up for grabs across the country on 5th May, 2022 in Wakefield, United Kingdom. Polls predict that Britons will use the local elections as an opportunity to make their feelings heard on national issues like scandals and the cost of living crisis, with some analyses suggesting the Conservatives could lose more than 500 seats. (photo by Daniel Harvey Gonzalez/In Pictures via Getty Images)

When will we know the results of the UK local elections?

Politics 5 days ago By Craig Munro

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Dangerous people are pretending to be nurses - I have a plan to stop it

UK April 24, 2025 By Dawn Butler

Primary school cook standing in kitchen distributing milk over the counter to 5 and 6 year old boys and girls in uniforms. / Female Focus Collection

Full list of 750 free school breakfast clubs opening today

UK April 22, 2025 By Katie Boyden

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage poses outside The Waterford Lodge, Morpeth, in Northumberland, whilst on the local election campaign trail. Picture date: Tuesday April 15, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Reform. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Reform 'would win more seats than Labour or Tories if election was held today'

Politics April 20, 2025 By Craig Munro

Tulip Siddiq speaks out after arrest warrant on corruption charges is issued

Politics April 14, 2025 By Danny Rigg

Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed

Furious row among parties after British MPs detained in Israel and deported

UK April 6, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

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UK bans fake reviews and hidden fees that cost Brits £2,200,000,000

Politics April 6, 2025 By Oliver Jones

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Simon Chapman/LNP/REX/Shutterstock (14524877g) ; Keynsham, UK. DAN NORRIS, the Metro Mayor of the West of England and who is Labour's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the North East Somerset and Hanham constituency, meets local residents, along with members of Protect Our Keynsham Environment (POKE), at Queen Charlton Quarry who are protesting at what they say are possibly severe environmental and public safety hazards posed by unauthorised waste dumping at the site and who are calling for the abandoned site to be officially inspected by the Environment Agency. Also in attendance were Dan Norris' main rival for the new seat is Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Green Party candidate for the seat Edmund Cannon. Former MP Dan Norris had his parliamentary career halted when Jacob Rees-Mogg defeated him for the seat of North East Somerset in the general election of 2010. PPCs Dan Norris and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg at environmental protest, Keynsham, Bath and North East Somerset, UK - 05 Jun 2024

Labour MP Dan Norris suspended after arrest for child sex offences and abduction

UK April 6, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order after delivering remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. Trump geared up to unveil sweeping new "Liberation Day" tariffs in a move that threatens to ignite a devastating global trade war. Key US trading partners including the European Union and Britain said they were preparing their responses to Trump's escalation, as nervous markets fell in Europe and America. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump's chaotic circus just proved the UK stands alone

US April 3, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana

Keir Starmer: Why I can't stop thinking about Adolescence after watching it with my kids

UK April 1, 2025 By Keir Starmer

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Huge Brit actor revealed as top choice to replace Sadiq Khan as Mayor

Film March 30, 2025 By Joel Harley

Pictured: Taiwo Owatemi poses with her pet dog Bella - SENIOR Labour MP is using taxpayers? cash to pay ?pet rent? so she can live with her cockapoo dog in London. Taiwo Owatemi is a government whip who is helping to get ?5 billion of cuts to disability benefits through parliament.

MP claims £900 in 'pet rent' so she can bring her dog to London

UK March 30, 2025 By Jen Mills

Chancellor Rachel Reeves Announces Launch Of Spending Review Phase 2

People voted for positive 'change' - not pushing children into poverty

Politics March 27, 2025 By Carla Denyer

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Victoria Jones/Shutterstock (15222324j) Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer leaves No.11 Downing Street to deliver a spring statement in the House of Commons Spring Statement, London, UK - 26 Mar 2025

I watched the Spring Statement - this is what it means for you

Politics March 26, 2025 By Rosie Murray-West

Rachel Reeves MP, The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Leeds West and Pudsey, Labour)

Five key takeaways from Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement - from welfare to defence

Politics March 26, 2025 By Craig Munro