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Graham Galton, a Conservative councillor running for Coxford ward, died on Thursday after voting had startedHere is a comment from a reader.Just been to the polling station: tellers outside were turning people without ID away instead of sending them in…
Acceptable documents include passport, driving licence, blue badge, some bus passes, proof of age ID cards, national ID cards or biometric immigration documentsTell us about using voter ID in the local elections in EnglandVoters face an extra hurdle to…
Voting on more than 8,000 seats across 230 councils will involve UK’s first mass use of mandatory ID outside Northern Ireland Voting has opened in local elections across England that have been billed as crucial progress markers for Rishi Sunak and Keir…
How to interpret the outcome of what could be a pivotal night for both Rishi Sunak and Keir StarmerUK politics live – latest updatesWhat would constitute a good night or a bad night for the main parties in Thursday’s local elections? Continue reading…..
Oliver Dowden says process ‘involved interviewing relevant persons’ but Sue Gray chose not to take partMomentum, the Labour group set up to promote Jeremy Corbyn’s agenda when he was party leader, claims that Keir Starmer could end up like Nick Clegg i…
It is unclear where High Peak, which has a habit of swinging like a pendulum between Labour and the Tories, will land this timeSean Winterbottom does not like politics. But like all people who do not like politics, once he starts talking about it, he h…
Labour leader insists party is cutting through with voters as he chats to locals and visits an ice-cream parlourOf all the people Keir Starmer should meet on a bank holiday visit to Blackpool, it was a former neighbour from decades ago who wanted to ch…
Discharge of raw sewage is mainstream concern in first local elections since Guardian revealed scale of problemRiver pollution has become a leading issue on doorsteps during the countdown to the local elections on Thursday.Thousands of seats are being …
Exclusive: staff placed outside polling stations will not record how many people leave when told they need IDLabour has said it may prove impossible to know how many people are turned away at next week’s local elections for not having identity document…
If Tory MPs vote down opposition day motion, Labour can accuse them of thwarting attempts to clean up rivers, beaches and chalk streamsLabour is planing to use the same Commons procedure that helped remove Liz Truss from Downing Street to force Conserv…