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Party increasingly targeting Tory rural councils and ex-Conservative voters who it says feel taken for grantedPolitics live – latest updatesThe Greens have launched their local elections campaign with a pledge to push for rent controls and a mass progr…
Party is striking chord with ‘blue wall’ voters by championing a classic environmental issuePosing for the cameras with a photogenic dog is something of an election campaign cliche, but as Ed Davey picks up Marvin, an affectionately squirming norfolk t…
System’s opponents say it creates barrier to voting, with no proven instances of ‘personation’ at polling stations last yearMinisters have faced renewed accusations that the plan to impose mandatory photo ID for voting is a waste of time and resources,…
Latest updates: former business secretary says postponing decision about rise in state pension is ‘a decision in itself’Starmer says Labour would freeze council tax for next year if it were in power, he says. (See 9.13am.)This is similar to an approac…
Party leader says Labour would use windfall tax profits to stop rises in England, as local election campaign beginsPolitics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has pledged to use an extended windfall tax to freeze council tax for one year as Labour kicke…
Some intend to defect or stand as independents after ‘undemocratic’ deselection of mostly BAME councillorsThe Labour party in Leicester has been left reeling after 19 sitting councillors, the majority of them from BAME backgrounds, were deselected by t…
Former prime minister has submitted dossier defending his behaviour before televised grilling on WednesdayDowning Street has rejected a claim that government announcements are being held back this week because of all the media attention that the Boris …
Tory leader of Local Government Association fears staff will be ‘overwhelmed’ by rush for voter authority certificates Staff running local elections in May risk being “overwhelmed” by bureaucracy and complaints before and on polling day because of new …
RCN suspends 48-hour strike in England planned for March with health secretary to meet union leaders. This live blog is now closedNurses in England pause strike action to enter ‘intensive’ pay talksMinette Batters, president of the National Farmers’ Un…
Statistics suggest many older and younger people could be disenfranchised at England’s May local electionsHuge numbers of older voters could be disenfranchised at local elections in May after official data has shown that only 505 people aged 75-plus ha…