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many national polls, with a rating barely changed from 2024. But Lib Dem bosses are sanguine, convinced that UK politics is now so different, so atomised, to make headline polling almost irrelevant. One senior
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)
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
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 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. 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, 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 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
people in Sunderland with 90% of tickets allocated to those living in the city and surrounding areas". "The only place to buy a ticket is via the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend 2026 website
many of the costings, because it's really important that people can see how we put together a programme for government." Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said some of his plans had been costed
UK. Bev Craig, the leader of Manchester city council, is tipped for the candidacyand is understood not to have ruled herself out. She declined to comment. “We could get a very good candidate over
vote on whether parliament’s privileges committee should investigate whether Starmer misled the Commons when he repeatedly told MPs “full due process” had been followed. In the UK, misleading the house is counted as “contempt
people in the Indian state of** **West Bengal** **have been stripped of their vote** **before a** **state election this week,** with critics saying it amounted to a [mass disenfranchisement of religious minorities](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/india-west-bengal-state-elections-millions-stripped-of-vote).
UK leader said: > double quotation markThe Tories tried to remove the gutless Keir Starmer and failed. > > The only way to finally remove the most unpopular and unpatriotic prime minister in our lifetime is to back
people. > > **10. Reform’s record on violence against women raises serious concerns** > > The party is considering bringing back former MP James McMurdock, who was jailed for assaulting his then-girlfriend. Commenting on this, **Anna Turley
people as they choose how to vote, for instance by claiming definitively that another party ‘can’t win here’, or that only one party can stop another”. “There’s nothing wrong with parties making
UK after recent arson attacks and the [“perception of unsafety”](https://x.com/hagar_shezaf/status/2046917007279300818?s=20). Labour have also criticised Polanski for saying [in another interview](https://www.newstatesman.com/the-ns-profile/2026/04/who-is-the-real-zack-polanski) that he had been wrong to previously criticise Jeremy
Voting Rights Act and Fair Housing Act were barely mentioned, instead replaced with priorities like preventing voter fraud, anti-transgender issues, and preventing discrimination against white people. Dhillon also removed the career lawyers serving