Politics
Labour swing ‘could see party on course for Downing Street’
Sir Keir Starmer’s party could win 40 seats north of the border if it achieves the same swing in a general election.
Jonathan Ashworth sends pointed message to Suella Braverman on Question Time
"Don't dare attack my city and try to use Leicester as a pawn in your game to become the next Tory leader".
Sir Keir Starmer hails ‘seismic’ win for Labour in Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Labour overwhelmingly won Scotland’s first recall by-election with Michael Shanks declared the new MP after securing more than 58 per cent of the votes.
Rise in transphobic hate crimes could be down to political discussions
Religious hate crimes were up by 9 per cent to 9,387 offences, while transgender hate crimes increased by 11 per cent, to 4,732 offences.
UK ‘to get access to EU intelligence on migrant crisis in new deal’ – report
Officials in London and Brussels have reportedly concluded the substance of an agreement which is in the ‘final stages’.
Network North plan includes pledge to fix potholes in the South and build tramline that already exists
And you'll never believe where the Tories think Manchester is...
Cancelling HS2 contracts to cost hundreds of millions of pounds
Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the cost of pulling out of the agreements will ‘broadly balance out’ with money recovered from selling land.
Farage now 6/4 to run for Parliament at the next General Election
And there’s a chance he’ll be boasting a blue rosette when the UK next goes to the polls.
Jeremy Hunt’s HS2 comments from 2020 come back to haunt him
The chancellor said no HS2 would mean "no ambition for our country" in a tweet sent shortly after a Boris Johnson speech in 2020.