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Former MP and aide to Rishi Sunak pleads guilty to election date gambling

Craig Williams admitted using confidential information to place bets on the timing of the poll.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak’s former aide pleads guilty to general election betting scandal

Craig Williams, 41, is ex-MP for Montgomeryshire and Cardiff North and was a key figure in Mr Sunak’s inner circle

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak's former aide pleads guilty to election date gambling

A close aide to former prime minister Rishi Sunak has pleaded guilty to cheating at gambling with bets on the date of the 2024 General Election

The National (Scotland)

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Former Rishi Sunak aide pleads guilty to betting on date of 2024 election

Craig Williams, 41, admitted using confidential information to place bets on the timing of the poll

Evening Standard

Burnham latest: PM in waiting unveils ‘No 10 North’ plan to get power out of London as he vows to ‘rewire Britain’

The PM-in-waiting promised a 'new direction' for the country as he addressed audience in Manchester

The Independent UK

How Brexit broke British politics

A decade after the UK voted to leave the EU, the nation grapples with fractured politics and a sluggish economy. Brexit's promises of control have yielded complex realities, leading to frequent leadership changes and deep divisions. While the immediate headlines have faded, the 'subterranean trace of Brexit' continues to shape…

The Economic Times

Britain left the EU 10 years ago. Its politics has been an unruly mess ever since

Brexit fractured the European Union, and it broke British politics

The Independent UK

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‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat

How five months in 2016 that encompassed Boris Johnson siding with Vote Leave, Jo Cox’s murder and David Cameron’s resignation shaped the UK’s future

The Guardian - UK

A look at the quick succession of British prime ministers in the past 10 years

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has become the sixth leader to announce they are stepping down in a decade of turbulent U.K. politics

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch hails by-election win as showing Tories ‘working to regain trust’

The Conservative leader spoke out after her party’s ‘seismic’ victory in Aberdeen South, taking the seat from the SNP with a majority of over 6,000.

Evening Standard

Reform UK councillor quits party after branding defection ‘biggest mistake of my life’

Robbie Lammas declared the Conservative Party was ‘over’ when he defected to Reform UK in October 2025

The Independent UK

Mail on Sunday attacks Restore as split right creates headache for UK papers

Some titles that once backed the Tories now ‘flirting with Farage’ as they try to gauge where readers stand

The Guardian - UK

Tories would give Aberdeen oil industry ‘kiss of life’ says Badenoch

The Conservative party leader is visiting the constituency ahead of the by-election on Thursday.

Evening Standard

People of Aberdeen have asked me to save ‘dying’ city, says Badenoch

Voters in the Aberdeen South Westminster seat will go to the polls for a by-election on June 18.

Evening Standard

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The Conversation

From Brexit to ‘Bregret’: ten years later, bitterness still prevails over the UK’s vote to leave the EU

On June 23 2016, a majority of Britons chose to leave the European Union after a referendum campaign driven by the promises of supporters of the “Leave” camp, spearheaded by Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson. Built around the slogan “Take Back Control”, the pro-Brexit campaign promised to restore the country’s…

The Independent UK

Badenoch accuses Farage of playing identity politics over Henry Nowak murder

The Conservative Party accused Farage of ‘whipping people up’ over the 18-year-old student’s murder

The National (Scotland)

Reform MP Robert Jenrick claims police probe into donations is 'Tory smear'

REFORM MP Robert Jenrick has claimed that a police investigation into donations to his failed bid to lead the Tory Party is the result of a…

France 24

AI, Palantir & the Pushback: AI, Palantir & the Pushback: The London Mayor Vs the Met Police

As concerns continue to grow over artificial intelligence, national security and digital sovereignty, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has blocked a proposed fifty-million-pound contract between the Metropolitan Police and AI giant Palantir. The company had been expected to provide advanced tools to help police process intelligence in criminal investigations. To discuss…

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Tory candidate suspended over post saying 'MP should be bullied back to Pakistan' elected

Will Jackson was suspended by the Conservative Party just weeks ahead of the local election but still managed to win his seat

The Conversation

Ousting Keir Starmer is harder than it looks – party rules mean he can choose to keep fighting

Between 2016 and 2024 the UK saw four changes of prime minister by way of a party leadership contest. In that time, even casual observers became familiar with the dramatic process that the Conservative Party uses to topple one leader and select another. Secret letters to the 1922 Committee, the…

The Guardian - UK

The Tories are still on life support – so why is Badenoch in celebratory mood?

Party leader has been vocal about its gains in London and there is a feeling that its losses could have been worse

Reason

Reform Wins Big in British Local Elections, Reshaping the U.K. Right

Labour and the Tories both suffered huge blows. Is a political realignment underway?

Evening Standard

London Tories suspend candidate who called for 'mass deportations'

Nathan Smith had been the Conservative candidate for West Harrow at the upcoming elections

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch: Tories facing new reality of multi-party era

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she was leading a ‘new party’ but acknowledged the rise of rivals like Reform UK will hit the Tory vote.

The Independent UK

Local elections: Are we sleepwalking into the weirdest (and most dangerous) government yet?

On Thursday 7 May, 25,000 candidates will stand in the local elections as potential representatives of Labour, the Conservative Party, Reform, the Greens, or as political independents. This number, in Cleo Watson’s words, is totally unprecedented.

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