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SNP wins Scottish election as Reform and Labour tie for second

parties. Labour and the Conservatives are each in a desperate position, with the former having lost seats at every Holyrood poll since 1999 and the latter scoring their worst ever result. Reform UK meanwhile have

Major test for Labour as polls open in English, Scottish and Welsh elections

parties increased from 11% to 12%. The Greens held 5% of seats, a similar share to 2024. Reform went from zero to 5% with the election of 677 councillors. In Scotland, 129 MSPs will

In Britain, Brexit is debated again as Starmer’s grip on power slips

Reform UK in a general election. Piers Ludlow, professor of international history at the London School of Economics, said the conversations around Brexit could be seen as “a lot of noise and smoke and mirrors

We can't abolish leasehold outright, minister says

party also promising to make it easier to take up commonhold in its 2024 election manifesto. Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has accused Labour of "dragging its feet" on leasehold reform. During

Legal equality duty for public services should be scrapped, says Badenoch

Labour, who have strengthened equality protections, and Reform UK, who want to go further than the Tories and scrap the Equality Act altogether. [The Public Sector Equality Duty,](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-sector-equality-duty-guidance-for-public-authorities/public-sector-equality-duty-guidance-for-public-authorities) which applies in England

Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning elections in Wales

UK's response to the Iran war well had been soured by the Lord Mandelson saga, they said. A senior Welsh Labour figure said polling day had been "awful". "I've never known anything like

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

party has called the dump an example of Britain’s decline under Tory and Labour governments. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian Signs of support for Reform in Bickershaw were not obvious, however. A couple of houses

Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live

UK, saying that Nigel Farage’s party can’t be trusted to stand up for women. **Labour** HQ has sent out a briefing note backing up this claim with this list of 10 reasons

What does the data tell us about immigration in Wales? Search for your area

impact on the resource available to the population who are actually living in Wales." The Home Office, which is the UK government's department responsible for immigration and border control, said "nearly 60,000 illegal

Historic win for SNP but change and challenges ahead at Holyrood

party scrapping with Reform UK for priority at Holyrood in offices, seating arrangements, and speaking opportunities in the chamber. The Conservatives also had a dismal election. The Labour-Tory duopoly which once defined UK politics

Reform pledges new tax on hiring foreign workers

party had estimated this tax cut would cost the Treasury £11.2bn, but he was "very confident" this could be paid for by the planned levy on foreign employees. This would reduce in line with

Labour MPs have put Starmer on notice after election battering. Can he turn it around?

party lost to Nigel Farage, a man many in Labour deride as a vaudeville performer who harbours offensive views. In other parts of the country, Labour gave ground to another leader, Zack Polanski, who used

Andy Burnham to face Reform’s Robert Kenyon in crucial Makerfield byelection

UK before a rally last weekend. Kenyon asked her: “Any description of the attacker?” He also expressed support for the US president in a number of posts, telling another X user: “Trump is very popular

‘This changes everything’: how Brexit altered Scotland’s political landscape

impacts had been obscured by other crises and policy failures. She said the UK’s economic decline could be partly traced to longer-term underinvestment by business and government since the 2008 banking crisis. Since

Wales’s first minister calls on Keir Starmer to halt US-UK space defence project

Reform UK. Starmer’s unpopularity has [harmed an already struggling Welsh Labour](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wales-just-shown-starmer-unpopular-062111675.html); the party could be down to single digit seats in the next Senedd, and the first minister herself appears

Farage under mounting pressure to prove Russian hack claim

Labour party spokesperson said: “Russian interference in our politics is incredibly serious and all political parties have a responsibility to challenge it head on and ensure any potential instances of foreign interference are investigated. “Given

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

party in Scotland. 2026 forecast SNP Labour Conservatives Lib Dem Reform Green Such dismal prospects probably explain why it was the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, who [publicly called for Starmer to resign](https://www.theguardian.com

The small-town voters deciding the UK’s future are demanding change, our focus group found

UK party tap into the anger at “two tier” Britain and eject center-left Labour from a seat it has held for decades? Here are the key takeaways from POLITICO’s Makerfield focus group: #### Starmer

Green party threat to Labour in London laid bare in Starmer’s own back yard

Reform UK are up six points. The Lib Dems, meanwhile, are the only traditional party that looks like it will avoid the fate of the mainstream, holding comfortable leads in their south-west London strongholds

‘It is unsustainable’: Reform’s billionaire donors inspire panic in Westminster

UK leader, Nigel Farage, on stage at his party’s conference in 2025. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images The mood among many backbenchers about Reform’s riches is panicked. “It is unsustainable,” says another Labour