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people in Scotland and Wales will not need to show ID to vote in the Scottish Parliament or Senedd elections being held on the same day. More than 20 [forms of ID](https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id)
UK should rejoin the EU after comments from another likely leadership rival, Wes Streeting. Streeting said on Saturday that he believed Britain’s long-term future lay in rejoining the union – something that was quickly
UK, and the Greens also eating into Labour's support in London and other urban areas. The party was also kicked out of power in Wales, where it had enjoyed political dominance for a century
elected as a government that manifesto stands. Otherwise what’s the purpose of a manifesto? The whole manifesto stands.” The first 100 days document said the SNP would publish a draft referendum bill
UK should not keep changing prime ministers, warns John Major Britain must not keep changing prime ministers, Sir John Major has warned in a broadside at those who treat politics as a "game show" while
voted to force the government to publish all documents, including communications, related to the appointment of the peer as the UK's ambassador to the US. On Monday, a huge tranche of messages were disclosed
people having been casting their ballot by post. The parties and the candidates are now preparing their final pitch to you. Plaid Cymru, who one day would like to see an independent Wales
many years … But the people of Wales have rejected us and we owe it to the people of Wales to listen. To understand. And to rebuild,” she said. Morgan received lengthy applause from the room
many of the councils up for election, and could face significant losses to Reform UK and the Green Party candidates. The results will determine who runs vital public services such as schools, social care, rubbish
elections, it gained a fifth MP in February when [Hannah Spencer saw off Labour and Reform](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/30/wow-people-were-so-angry-at-labour-green-mp-hannah-spencer-on-politics-plumbing-smears-and-snobbery) in the Gorton and Denton byelection. But along with the excitement and hope that accompanied that
elections. The party [takes an anti-climate stance](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/15/labour-will-drop-unaffordable-net-zero-policies-predicts-reforms-deputy-leader), and has vowed to encourage fracking, impose punitive taxes on renewable energy generation, and [block solar and windfarms](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/04/reform-uk-government-truss-renewable-energy-policy). The Conservatives have
vote. For today’s newsletter I spoke with the Guardian’s policy editor, ***Kiran Stacey***, about a critical few weeks for the prime minister and whether Labour MPs could move to replace him. First
people too - otherwise known as the free movement of workers. Considering UK voters' preoccupation with immigration, this free movement, along with rejoining the single market and customs union, were set as "red lines" that Labour
people, where voters are weary of repeated elections and a small group of veteran politicians whom many see as corrupt. “We need, finally, a path to a democratic, modern European Bulgaria,” Radev said after casting
UK will ever come to a direct presidential-style election, run through one single constituency and likely to decide the future of the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party. But it is more than that
UK leader, Nigel Farage, [criticised Elon Musk](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nigel-farage-elon-musk-scotland-wales-english-b2961318.html) in April after he detailed how his party’s candidates from minority ethnic backgrounds were being subjected to “utterly appalling abuse” on X, which Musk
many of their most traditional areas”. Reform UK has also gained more than 500 seats and four councils as it looks to mount a serious challenge to Labour in the next UK general election, expected
election of the new chancellor so that it doesn’t get seen as part of that process?” Mandelson also emailed the new trade minister, Douglas Alexander, who served in Tony Blair’s government
many were experiencing “legal modern slavery”, reliant on bad employers for visas. With Burnham backing Shabana Mahmood’s controversial changes to the immigration system, Streeting also said he broadly supported them, but added there were
UK – and nor were they sentimental about it. “I’m sick of Labour, sick of them not getting things done,” she said, round the corner from the constituency office of Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary