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UK Security Vetting (UKSV), then he wouldn't have pressed ahead with the appointment. That's because Sir Olly's implicit claim - contested vigorously now by No 10 - is that the political team in Downing
contest after the sitting Labour MP, [Josh Simons, stepped down](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/who-is-josh-simons-labour-mp-andy-burnham) specifically so the Greater Manchester mayor could try to return to Westminster. If he wins against an expected strong challenger from Reform
contesting the election results and frequently appeared on television as Trump and allies spread the false claim the 2020 election was stolen. During one appearance, she suggested the president’s supreme court appointees would save
position after opposition party leaders called for him to quit over the affair, arguing he w[ould not have gone ahead with sending him to Washington](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/18/starmer-would-have-blocked-mandelson-role-over-vetting-failure-says-lammy) had he known. But senior government
UK won hundreds of seats and control of more councils in England, Labour went backwards in Scotland as the [SNP claimed a historic fifth victory](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/john-swinney-declares-victory-for-snp-in-holyrood-elections) and [Plaid Cymru ended a century
UK. Starmer struck a defiant note on Friday morning in the face of calls from some of his MPs to quit, insisting he remained as determined as ever to deliver the promises on which
elections - and it being expected makes it no less painful. At count after count, seat after seat, the party lost to Nigel Farage, a man many in Labour deride as a vaudeville performer who harbours
position is Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay. He is top of his party's West Scotland list, but other results could leave him on a knife-edge. Should his Conservative colleague Jackson Carlaw retain
positive for hantavirus after she was evacuated from a cruise ship reported symptoms to doctors onboard but was [told it was probably just anxiety](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/11/french-womandoctors-hantavirus-symptoms-hv-hondius), the Spanish health minister has said. 5. ***Health
UK wants a closer relationship with the European bloc. Meanwhile, the government's domestic in-tray is overflowing, and some decisions are already overdue. A defence spending plan, delayed for months, is sitting unsigned
positioned the election result as a permanent rearrangement of Welsh politics, saying “the growth in support for Plaid Cymru in every region of Wales shows a fundamental shift in people’s hope and aspirations
UK Conservative Party's "Big Society" agenda under former Prime Minister Cameron to an early supporter of Trump in 2015. Asked where he now sits on a spectrum between Cameron-era conservatism and Trump
UK culture secretary has dismissed calls for Britain to re-enter the European Union as “odd”, a day after her former cabinet colleague [Wes Streeting said the country’s future lies back in the bloc
election victory. “If anything, he is seen as the sort of corrective measure against the corrupting force of the Mr McMahon character who is doing dastardly things every week on television to all of your
contested territory. Trump and Milei have met several times. The Argentinian leader is a regular feature at conservative pro-Trump political gatherings in the US. Trump has previously described Milei — a far-right populist leader
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
contest, but culminated in declarations of loyalty from ministers. "What it proved was neither Wes nor Angie were ready for it. I was waiting for a call (from Steeting's team) and it never came
contests that are absent from the archives. ***Martin*** - **Melanie C** is funny answering [questions from readers](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/30/i-did-receive-bottles-on-stage-there-might-have-been-urine-melanie-c-on-spice-girls-mania-impostor-syndrome-and-her-date-with-a-chili-pepper) on the Spice Girls, imposter syndrome and what kind of spice she would be. ***Patrick*** - Sleek
contest when he stood down, he insisted he had the necessary numbers but said he held back because he would have been accused of pulling a “fast one” on Burnham if he had gone ahead
contest to replace Sir Keir Starmer in Downing Street. First, Burnham must defeat his main rival in Makerfield, local plumber Robert Kenyon, who is standing for Reform UK, an insurgent party that is also aiming