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As Reform UK launched its English local elections campaign in Birmingham there were murmurs among activists about the fate of a ‘popular figure’There was one name on the lips of many Reform supporters before their party’s local election campaign launch…
Billboards in Birmingham cite party leader’s remarks about a new funding model as local elections campaigning beginsLabour has begun an all-out assault on Nigel Farage over his views on the NHS in the run-up to key elections in May, as the Reform UK le…
Jason Stockwood, ex chair of Grimsby Town FC, has a plan for keeping his rival Andrea Jenkyns from implementing US-style cutsLabour can beat Reform UK by focusing relentlessly on the cost of living, the party’s mayoral candidate for Greater Lincolnshir…
Andy Burnham hails ‘truly integrated, London-style’ system with fares calculated and capped automaticallyManchester will enjoy a transport network on “a footing with London, New York and Madrid” when contactless tap-in fares launch across its buses fro…
Pop-up household waste centres increasingly fraught and city at breaking point less than two weeks into stoppageWhen a council rubbish lorry arrived on a street in south Birmingham on Wednesday morning, the situation descended into chaos.Crowds of peop…
Union says Labour-run council could end industrial action with ‘decent rate of pay’, but town hall says offer is fairTalks aimed at ending a strike by waste collectors in Birmingham have ended without a breakthrough.Members of the Unite union in the ci…
In rural India, guarantees of equal representation on village councils are easily thwarted. But some women are pushing back against “boss husbands.”
Divisions continue to simmer after suspension of MP and Farage’s claims of ‘outright racism’ towards party chairUK politics – latest updatesNigel Farage has presented 29 councillors who have joined Reform UK as he tries to move his party on from a dama…
‘We have more cards we can play,’ foreign secretary tells MPs as he says G7 foreign ministers found ‘common ground’ when meeting last weekThe Reform UK press conference is about to start. There is a live feed here.Nigel Farage is going to announce that…
Highest possible rise for third year running comes as cash-strapped authorities try to repair finances and, for some, avoid bankruptcyMost households in England will be charged the maximum increase in council tax for the third consecutive year after lo…