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Politics

Pressure mounts on embattled UK PM Keir Starmer as rivals circle

local election](/news/2026/5/8/leader-of-the-pack-what-next-as-reform-makes-huge-election-gains) result for the Labour Party last week. Starmer, who has been [dogged by controversy](/news/2026/4/20/uk-pm-starmer-admits-mistaken-call-on-mandelson-rejects-calls-to-resign) over the appointment of Jeffrey Epstein associate Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 15
Politics

Kentucky primaries 2026: Poll times, key races and what to watch

local contests, including races for: - Mayor - Clerk - Sheriff - Multiple Louisville Metro Council seats **Federal races** Kentucky voters will also have primary elections for: - The US Senate - The US House of Representatives **State legislature races

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 18
Politics

Australia’s populist One Nation scores first-ever lower house victory

candidate for the seat. “It’s very clear, the next member for Farrer is David Farley,” ABC election analyst Casey Briggs said ⁠in a broadcast. “It’s not a close result.” ## One Nation

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 9
Politics

Broadcasters too reliant on vox pop interviews and failing to challenge politicians, says study

local elections in England, were reported on UK-wide television news between 2 March and 6 May. The report, written by Stephen Cushion, Keighley Perkins and Maxwell Modell at the School of Journalism, Media

The Guardian WorldMay 20
Politics

Arizona judge backs key Republican election official in voting board fight

local board that shares responsibility for overseeing the vote. The decision could have broad implications in one of the nation’s most prominent battleground states, which will have several high-profile races this fall. Maricopa

The Guardian WorldApr 17
Politics

Jacinta Allan wants voters to see Victoria’s 12-year-old Labor government as ‘new and united’. Can she cling to power?

local government. Edbrooke received consumer affairs and three new portfolios that will see him play a key role in the lead-up to the election: cost of living, renters and “men and boys” – the latter

The Guardian WorldApr 17
Politics

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

local elections on Thursday of next week will be a more perilous moment for the prime minister than this week’s parliamentary scrutiny. “Labour MPs are very depressed. They have mostly decided that they

The Guardian WorldApr 29
Politics

Starmer expected to announce exit plan that will clear way for Burnham to become PM

candidate, allowing an effective coronation, or if other challengers will emerge and gain the necessary support. ![Andy Burnham speaks to supporters after his Makerfield byelection victory ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/63ae9f8c23c7c94f006ecc5fec7065b7b6089b89/376_0_3607_2886/master/3607.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Even late last week, some friends

The Guardian World5h ago
Politics

Illegal dump becomes ‘symbol of north-south divide’ at heart of Makerfield byelection

candidates. ![Aerial view of the waste site](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6d85931cff3cb5a077ba4adbd051d4428156941c/0_0_8192_4608/master/8192.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) The 25,000 tonnes of household and trade rubbish is one of the largest toxic waste dumps in the country. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The Guardian WorldJun 14
Politics

How a Republican state lawmaker tried to let Holocaust deniers hijack history lessons

Local law enforcement was familiar with Rudolf, [according to trial testimony obtained by NPR,](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/27301912-commonwealth-of-pennsyvlania-v-germar-rudolf-trial-transcript/) because police had previously encountered him swimming nude in a nearby river. Rudolf insisted that

NPR Topics: NewsApr 29
Politics

Why Welsh voters turned their backs on the Labour party

local election results in England hadn’t been quite as bad as feared. In Wales, however, Labour’s collapse in the Senedd was even more total than the most pessimistic predictions. For more than

The Guardian WorldMay 9
Politics

How Rayner, Streeting and Burnham weakened PM in 12 hours of political drama

candidates. "That meant giving Andy Burnham a chance to state his intention and come back if he wanted." Team Streeting are also fully aware that without a credible victory he would struggle to command

BBC NewsMay 15
Politics

Early results show One Nation on track to win Farrer byelection

election night event. Hanson has regularly bristled at critical coverage of One Nation. Farley started the day at Albury Public School shortly after 8am. Missing from Farley’s early morning walk to the ballot

The Guardian WorldMay 9
Politics

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

candidate. That’s part of the problem. But I think there are several people who would like to do it, who have been planning for months, but I’m very surprised that none of them

The Guardian WorldMay 9
Politics

In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters

elected officials’ idea. “They took [our concerns] seriously, which not a lot of city councils do,” said Amy J Wong, co-founder of San Gabriel Valley Progressive Action – a key partner of the group

The Guardian WorldJun 3
Politics

Turkish police fire teargas to break up protest after opposition leader ousted

local elections and has been rising in the polls. Since the court ruling, the party has been in chaos. Özel called the lunchtime rally in Izmir as Turkey was poised to shut down

The Guardian WorldMay 26
Politics

What impact do refugees have on housing in Glasgow?

local residents who are waiting for permanent housing. Asked about where this would leave homeless refugees, Malcolm Offord told BBC Scotland: "They were allowed into England through the Home Office, they have to go back

BBC NewsApr 28
Politics

This Republican voted to convict Trump. Now he's up for reelection. Can he survive?

candidate tops 50% of the vote. A former college administrator, Letlow [won a special election](https://www.npr.org/2021/03/20/978015222/louisiana-to-hold-2-special-elections-saturday-to-fill-congressional-seats) in 2021 for the House seat her late husband, Luke, was set to assume before he died

NPR Topics: NewsMay 16
Politics

Cornyn fights to hold Texas Senate seat in runoff with Trump-backed Paxton – US politics live

election, following Donald Trump’s late bid to influence the race in his latest effort to rid the GOP of less devoted leaders.** The president’s endorsement of state attorney-general Ken Paxton over four

The Guardian WorldMay 26
Politics

Starmer insists he won’t quit as PM, as former minister Catherine West seeks to trigger Labour leadership contest – UK politics live

candidates in a contest held now. West has dismissed suggestion that she is acting on behalf of someone else. Yesterday she said there was “plenty of talent” in the shadow cabinet capable of providing leadership

The Guardian WorldMay 10
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