24 m. ago Challenge to Reform UK Lincolnshire mayor candidate is rejected

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, who served as a minister in the last Conservative government, is standing as Reform’s candidate in the Lincolnshire mayoralty.

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2 h. ago Nigel Farage under pressure over Reform candidate's vile Hitler post

Labour has said that unless Reform condones 'extreme views', voters will think that it shares them after campaign group Hope Not Hate claim to have unearthed a number of alarming cases

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5 h. ago More than 100,000 work days lost through sickness absence at Swansea Council last year

Mental health issues such as stress, an ageing workforce, and increased reporting of sickness absence were said to be the main reasons

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5 h. ago Reform and Labour tied at the top ahead of local elections, poll shows

The Conservatives have the most seats to lose in next week’s local elections

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6 h. ago Reform UK candidate at next week's local elections was last year convicted of £5,000 council tax fraud

Martyn Cubitt is standing for Nigel Farage 's party for the Burwell division of Cambridgeshire County Council next Thursday.

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13 h. ago M60 body: Man found dead in field near major motorway named as family pay moving tribute

Daniel Naughton, known as Danny, 37, has been named as the man found dead in an M60 motorway field last week - and has been described as a 'local legend' by his devastated sister Zoe

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18 h. ago Donald Trump pardons Republican politician who splurged fraud money on plastic surgery

Michele Fiore defrauded donors during her time on the Las Vegas City Council and then spent some of the $70,000 (£52,000) - meant for a statue of a police officer - for personal costs

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28 h. ago Nigel Farage clashes with charities as he claims GPs are 'massively overdiagnosing' children with special educational needs and disabilities

Ahead of next week's local elections , the Reform UK leader said there was a 'massive problem' among councils due to soaring demand for SEND services.

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29 h. ago Welsh council responds to claims pupils were taught about choking during sex

The council's PSHE syllabus was this week brought up in Parliament but the local authority has now responded after reports in the national media

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29 h. ago Extra £585,000 dedicated to Renfrewshire Council efforts to tackle poverty and inequality

Elected members agreed sum should be added to £450,000 already allocated to the Fairer Renfrewshire war chest.

Economics

30 h. ago Jenrick letter intensifies speculation he is preparing Tory leadership bid

The speculation comes just a week before the local elections where the Tories are set to lose hundreds of seats

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33 h. ago Tories 'face losing 500 councillors' in local elections next week as Kemi Badenoch dismisses Robert Jenrick's hint at 'coalition' with Reform

Lord Robert Hayward, a Conservative peer and top pollster, said he expects the Tories to lose between 475 to 525 councillors at next Thursday's elections.

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50 h. ago Developer's anger at Falkirk Council's £20,000 demand to build two houses

The council says the two houses are part of a larger site that could have more than 30 homes built on it eventually.

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52 h. ago Reform UK council candidate helps Nigerians get UK study visas

Christopher Adegoke is standing as Reform's candidate for the Hucknall West ward on Nottinghamshire County Council at next month's local elections .

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54 h. ago Reform UK names Tory defector Ross Lambie as candidate for Hamilton by

Nigel Farage's right-wing populist party hopes it can leapfrog the Scottish Conservatives when voters in South Lanarkshire go to the polls in June.

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63 h. ago The left is rising, and the far right is reeling. Will I finally see the Finland I dreamed of? | Mike Watson

My adopted home has been a dark place of late. But in last week’s local elections, voters turned against cruel politics – and raised hopes of a more progressive futureThe Finns say “spring comes in swinging” – when winter gives way to spring, and green shoots meet the final flurries of snow, often well into April. In Finnish politics, too, some hope is beginning to emerge after a long, dark winter.In municipal, regional and mayoral elections held across the country last week, rightwing populist parties were roundly defeated, while parties on the left gained ground. In particular, the far-right Finns party saw its vote share collapse, from 20% in the general election of 2023 to as low as 7.6% now. This leaves the coalition government of which it forms a part severely weakened and the centre-left Social Democratic party (SDP) with the biggest vote share nationwide (23%). When the Finns party leader, Riikka Purra, admitted defeat on results night, she complained that a punainen aalto, ...

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68 h. ago Last chance to apply for emergency photo ID for upcoming local elections

The deadline is fast approaching for voters in England to secure the necessary photo identification to participate in next week's local and mayoral elections.

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3 d. ago Hamilton Accies goalkeeper on 'hardest week of his career' amid club's 15

The New Douglas Park outfit will submit their appeal to the SFA today

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3 d. ago Martin Lewis urges hundreds of thousands of homeowners to check if they are owed tax refund

The Money Saving Expert said that 800,000 households could be eligible for a huge refund in overpaid council tax without even knowing it - here's how you can check

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4 d. ago JOHN CURTICE: 'Reform UK may have just enough support to win hundreds of seats from Tories'

Sir John Curtice - of the country's top elections experts - writes in The Mirror the Tories 'have the most to lose' when voters head to ballot box in next week's local elections

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