9 h. ago Reform UK councillor Rob Parsonage quits party after row in pub

A recording of a heated meeting at The Highwayman in Dobwalls has been leaked

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9 h. ago Labour loses another London councillor as member quits party at Kensington and Chelsea Council

Labour loses another London councillor as member quits party at Kensington and Chelsea Council  MyLondon

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7 d. ago 'We've run out of money' says senior West London councillor as residents brace for cuts

'We've run out of money' says senior West London councillor as residents brace for cuts  MyLondon

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2 w. ago London councillor charged with sex offences in line for role on town hall investigating committee

Lambeth councillor Irfan Mohammed was suspended by the Labour Party after being charged with four counts of sexual assault, exposure and engaging in coercive or controlling behaviour

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2 w. ago Alba Party loses sole MSP as Ash Regan quits to sit as independent

She had unsuccessfully challenged former MP Kenny MacAskill for Alba’s leadership earlier this year.

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2 w. ago Alba’s sole MSP Ash Regan QUITS over concerns of party’s ‘direction’

SOLE Alba Party MSP Ash Regan has quit the party set up by Alex Salmond -  blaming concerns about its "direction". The former SNP politician will now sit as an independent until next year's Holyrood election. Her move comes amid infighting in Alba since Alex Salmond's death a year ago. Alba is currently led by...

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2 w. ago Ash Regan quits Alba two years after she jumped ship from the SNP

The MSP took a swipe at the direction of her former party as she announced her decision to quit.

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2 w. ago Ash Regan quits Alex Salmond's Alba Party over concerns about 'direction'

Ms Regan said she will now sit in Holyrood as an independent

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2 w. ago ‘I’m too left wing for them’ says Labour politician of 50 years as she quits party in dramatic fashion

The councillor was elected back in 1989 and has been a staunch Labour supporter until now

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2 w. ago Companies ‘dishonestly’ supplied insulation to Grenfell Tower, High Court hears

Celotex and Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK are alleged to have been involved in an unlawful conspiracy.

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2 w. ago Who is Kemi Badenoch's husband Hamish? Tory leader uses conference speech to thank 'Ham' as she tells party members she 'would not be standing here today' without him

In her keynote address to the Tory gathering in Manchester, Mrs Badenoch hailed the party as 'my family', adding this was 'in many ways quite literally'.

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3 w. ago Badenoch says Tories could quit more treaties to increase deportations

Party leader outlines proposal for UK to quit ECHR as part of wider bonfire of protections at conferenceA future Conservative government would be open to dismantling more treaties as a means to deport people from the UK, Kemi Badenoch has said at the start of a Tory conference focused almost exclusively on immigration policy.Making the first of two addresses to the gathering in Manchester, the Tory leader formally set out her proposal for the UK to quit the European convention on human rights (ECHR) as part of a wider bonfire of protections including an end to legal aid for migrants and the right to take migration decisions to tribunals or judicial review. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Kemi Badenoch says she can 'absolutely' turn round Tory fortunes as she arrives at party conference after announcing plan to quit European Convention on Human Rights

The Tory leader was greeted by a crowd of activists outside the Midland Hotel on Saturday afternoon - and insists her Party are the only one with a 'credible plan' on the economy and immigration.

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4 w. ago Mahmood’s tough talk on immigration won’t win over Labour members – but it could stop Farage’s charge to power

Shabana Mahmood has made it clear she is willing to lose friends in the Labour Party in order to see off the threat from Nigel Farage, writes Millie Cooke

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4 w. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should unemployed young people lose their benefits if they refuse to take a job, as Reeves wants?

Rachel Reeves is set to announce today that tens of thousands of out-of-work young people could be stripped of their benefits if they refuse to take a job.

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