Jeffrey Donaldson, a member of the British House of Commons, has become the new leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - Northern Ireland's largest grouping. He announced that he would demand changes to the protocol on Northern Ireland, which is part of the Brexit agreement.more
The ruling Conservative Party suffered a surprising defeat in the by-election to the British House of Commons, according to the results announced today, which, according to the media, should be a warning signal to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.more
England could gain 10 additional seats in the House of Commons at the expense of Wales and Scotland, which would lose eight and two seats respectively, according to proposals for changing constituency boundaries presented yesterday.more
Boris Johnson would secure a 122-seat landslide majority and win 23 more Red Wall seats in the Midlands and the North if he held a snap general election, according to a new mass poll.more
Sir Keir Starmer was under fresh pressure on Monday as new data showed Labour could lose a second by-election. After a hammer blow defeat in Hartlepool, Labour must battle a fresh by-election in Batley and Spen where figures already indicate voters swinging towards the Conservatives.more
"I promise to do my utmost to repay that trust by working faithfully and tirelessly over the next three years to stand up for London and to deliver on the pledges I’ve made" - the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has said, as he signed in to begin his second term in office.more
Votes have been counted in the 2021 local elections in Barnsley and the ruling Labour group has ended the day with the same number of seats as it began.more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of the devolved nations to a summit on how "Team UK" can recover from the pandemic. It follows the SNP's fourth Scottish Parliament election win in a row and Labour's win in the Welsh Parliament.more
"So glad that the citizens of London appreciated your hard work for your city through recent years, especially during the pandemic. London is and will remain open! - Congratulations to my friend @SadiqKhan" - Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski said in a tweet.more
Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the SNP's "historic and extraordinary" fourth consecutive victory in the Scottish Parliament election. The party finished on 64 seats - one short of a majority but one more than it won in 2016.more
Labour's Sadiq Khan has won a second term as London's mayor, beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey. He won 55.2% of the popular vote, after entering a run-off with Mr Bailey when neither managed to secure a majority in the first round of voting.more
The UK still counts the votes cast in Thursday's local elections in England and in the Scottish Parliament. The most important question now is whether the Scottish National Party (SNP) will have an absolute majority.more
The ruling Conservative Party won the by-election to the House of Commons in Hartlepool, North East England, taking over another of the recent Labor bastions in that part of the country, it was announced this morning.more
About 48 million people in England, Wales and Scotland will be able to take part in the elections, many of them postponed from last year because of the pandemic. As well as polls for the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd in Wales, there are elections for seats on 143 English councils and 13 local mayors.more
Senior Labour figures have backed Sir Keir Starmer as he faces pressure from the left of the party to “consider his position” if he fails to make progress in red wall areas today.more
Wednesday is the last day of the campaign in Great Britain before a series of elections at various levels, which may determine the political future of several party leaders, and in the longer term - the future of the country in its present shape.more
Sadiq Khan has announced plans to abandon the £15 congestion charge and scale it back to a weekday levy. The charge was “temporarily” hiked from £11.50 to £15 last June, and its hours were extended until 10pm, including at weekends.more
Shaun Bailey, the Conservative Party's candidate for mayor of London, visited the Polish church in Balham yesterday, which saw an incident on Good Friday when police interrupted the service.more
Voters in England, Scotland and Wales have until the end of the day to register for the May elections, if they have not already done so. It is believed that there are up to 9.4 million unregistered voters in the UK, who will thus lose the opportunity to choose their candidate.more
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is entering the Bundestag election campaign with radical demands such as Germany's withdrawal from the EU. In addition to Dexit, the group wants, inter alia, restrictions on immigration and lifting the obligation to wear masks.more
Sadiq Khan is to launch a review examining the feasibility of decriminalising cannabis as part of a new approach to tackling drug-related crime in London. more
