Runcorn and Helsby by-election results: Recount ordered with ‘four votes in it’
A full recount has been ordered in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, with speculation just four votes could…
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Runcorn and Helsby by-election: Labour targets Tory voters to keep out Reform
Karen Shore’s campaign are fighting for every vote as the by-election in Runcorn looks set to come down…
Local elections: Long shadow of Gaza looms over key Lancashire battleground
Local election campaigns are often fought on local issues like bins and potholes, which councils have the power…
Hull and East Yorkshire mayor election: Labour candidate spars with Reform’s boxing star in UK’s most disillusioned city
With just a few weeks to go until electing their first ever combined mayor, many residents of Hull…
Supreme Court verdict on women and Equality Act: Government welcomes ‘clarity’ but Labour tensions flare
The Supreme Court has ruled that the term sex refers to biological women in the Equality Act, in…
Revealed: Labour threatens MPs with sanctions for not campaigning enough
Labour has delayed a shakeup of its rulebook for MPs after being accused of trying to “bum rush”…
Unions tell PM to ease fiscal rules and improve Brexit deal as stocks tumble
Union leaders have called on the Prime Minister to go further than the watering down of green targets…
Runcorn and Helsby by-election: Labour candidate Karen Shore on Reform, the NHS, and closing asylum hotels
Karen Shore, Labour’s candidate in the Runcorn and Helsby, is under no illusion who her biggest threat is…
Welfare: Labour criticised for not consulting on disability and poverty in policymaking forum for next manifesto
Labour has been accused of seeking to constrain party discussion over future welfare policy by a member of…
‘Ill thought out’ or ‘strong performance’? Reeves’ Spring Statement divides MPs
Labour backbenchers are divided over the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, with some praising her “strong performance” even as others…
