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vote declining since 2021. Their [major scalp came from Shetland](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e2gn05w8go), which had been held by the Lib Dems since the Scottish Parliament reconvened in 1999. But the SNP did not have
UK's ambassador to the US will not be published this month. Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones said the papers would be released after Parliament's upcoming recess to give MPs "sufficient
voted for him – and their party – in November 2024. - **Why does he think voters are becoming disenfranchised?** Massie pointed to several significant constituencies – including “Make America healthy again” campaigners, fiscal hawks pushing for sweeping government
May. The report, written by Stephen Cushion, Keighley Perkins and Maxwell Modell at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, found that strict rules requiring balanced coverage directly undermined the media’s ability to thoroughly
UK’s prime minister? After Andy Burnham’s [seismic victory in Makerfield](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/19/andy-burnham-wins-makerfield-byelection-paving-way-labour-leadership-challenge), his prospects of becoming prime minister in short order look significantly higher than they did 24 hours ago. But there
elections proved a successful strategy. Tech billionaires have in past months thrown their full weight into politics as the industry fights regulations, taxation and promotes the unfettered growth of artificial intelligence. Getting the right candidates
UK tends to do things at speed. A losing prime minister will typically get out of 10 Downing Street the morning after an election while the removal vans of their replacements lurk idling around
UK politics is now so different, so atomised, to make headline polling almost irrelevant. One senior Lib Dem said: “A lot of people seem to be misreading the way things are going. We think
May elections. The Guardian understands that Labour MPs will be whipped to vote against the Conservative motion to refer Starmer to the committee. Any rebellion is likely to be limited because most appear to accept
UK installing its seventh prime minister in a decade. No 10 officials were still insisting Starmer stood by his pledge on Friday to fight an anticipated leadership challenge from Burnham, who returned to Westminster
May. Even at the best of times, support for the party of government nearly always falls in by-elections. Yet, in yesterday's ballot, Burnham not only retained every bit of the 45% share
UK head of state, the speech is written by the government to outline its policies and proposed legislation for the new parliamentary session. Formally called the “speech from the throne” because it is delivered from
May. The provisional stats out on Thursday are for the month of March. Without them, the government would not have been able to show whether its target could be met before the election. Labour
UK having surged in the area at the local elections. With the byelection most likely to take place on 18 June, some of Burnham’s supporters believe he has a path to becoming prime minister
May – UK politics live Good morning. **Wes Streeting**, the health secretary, is publishing a revised women’s health strategy for England today. As **Andrew Gregory** reports, the strategy implicitly accepts that women have been
elections [in September,](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/sweden-pm-ivf-re-election-record-low-birthrate) pitting the centre-right government, which currently depends on the support of the far-right Sweden Democrats to govern, against a far right [that has said](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/16/the-guardian-view-on-swedens-election-enter-the-radical-right)
vote to disclose documents relating to the disgraced peer's appointment as UK ambassador to the US. Lord Mandelson was sacked from that role when the depth of his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein
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
vote winner? Ap Iorwerth said it wasn't a matter of that, but added: "I do not think now is the time to have that referendum because the people of Wales are not telling
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