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Ministers will argue that newly created mayoralties need more time to complete reorganisationUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters are to postpone elections for new mayors in four parts of England, prompting accusations from opposition parties tha…
Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bnThis is from Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, on the market reaction to the chancellor’s reported budget …
Exclusive: Young people deterred from politics, Rushanara Ali warns, as government plans stricter punishmentsMPs and political candidates are facing “industrial” levels of intimidation and harassment, a minister has warned, as the government outlines p…
After frustrations over losses to Reform, Labour wants to scrap first-past-the-post system brought in by ConservativesMinisters are changing the voting system for mayoral elections in a move likely to make it harder for Reform politicians to take big r…
Rob Howard says ‘health challenges’ are behind resignation and teenage deputy George Finch will lead until replacement foundUK politics live – latest updatesA Reform UK councillor has resigned as leader of Warwickshire county council just five weeks af…
Reform promised much to voters and now runs £8bn worth of public services. After three weeks, what has party accomplished?When Nigel Farage held a victory lap of England after his mammoth local elections win on 1 May, he was characteristically bullish …
PM stands by his claim the UK risks becoming an ‘island of strangers’, Downing Street saysDavid Lammy, the foreign secretary, has just started taking questions in the Commons. In response to the first question, Hamish Falconer, minister for the Middle …
PM unveils new policies meant to drive down net migration by end of this parliamentQ: If you want to grow the economy, won’t these plans make it harder because it will be more difficult for people to get UK citizenship?Starmer says he does not accept t…
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereIn his interviews this morning Wes Streeting, who is seen as a Blairite, said that if the Labour government did not deliver change for voters, it would be out. (See 9.08am.) According to Poli…
Many are giving up on the government after the winter fuel allowance cut, on which there may now be a partial U-turnKeir Starmer rode a red wave into Downing Street on the back of a furious desire for change. Poll after poll said that top of the list f…