FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 - Caught on Camera

Angela Rayner Hits Back at Benefit Cut Critics and Promises Brighter Future for Young Brits

Angela Rayner was in Runcorn today, speaking about Labour’s plans to build opportunities for young people amid backlash over recent benefit cuts.

The Fashion Central · Apr 23, 2025

Runcorn by-election: Can Sarah Pochin give Reform the rebrand Nigel Farage is hoping for?

NEWS ANALYSIS: A self-professed ‘clean candidate’, Sarah Pochin is a far cry from many of the candidates Reform put up at the general election, but can she convince the voters of Runcorn? Millie Cooke and Harriette Boucher went to find out

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2025

Reform UK candidate backed means testing winter fuel payments despite Nigel Farage calling move ‘vindictive’

Sarah Pochin said winter fuel payments should go to those who need it and not those who don’t

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2025

Nigel Farage serenaded in the street on campaign visit

The Reform UK leader was in Runcorn ahead of the by-election.

Evening Standard · Apr 7, 2025

Conservatives should stand aside and let Reform win Runcorn by-election, says senior Tory MP

The Runcorn and Helsby by-election next month will see both Reform and the Conservatives attempt to overturn Labour’s 15,000 vote majority in the safe seat

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

Runcorn by-election: Inside the town that will see Starmer’s first major test at the ballot box

IN FOCUS: Having spent the first nine months in power struggling to get a grip on the narrative, a by-election loss in such a safe Labour seat would be a disaster for the party, as Millie Cooke and Harriette Boucher explain

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2025

Reform unlikely to get multimillion-pound donation from Elon Musk, Farage admits

Party leader also calls denies Runcorn by-election is a ‘must-win’ and calls Tory MPs ‘stuffy and boring’

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

Starmer faces first by-election challenge on May 1 in Runcorn

The poll will coincide with local elections being held the same day, it has been confirmed.

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

Has Labour’s moral compass gone missing in Runcorn and Helsby?

Letters: John Burnell is disturbed by a petition launched by the party’s byelection candidate to close a hotel used for asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2025

Reform UK selects Runcorn candidate to challenge Labour at by-election

Sarah Pochin, a former Conservative councillor and mayor for Cheshire East, will be the party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election.

Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2025