What each party is promising in the Westminster council election Labour, Conservatives, Reform and the Greens are all standing 54 candidates across the borough’s 18 wards Evening Standard · Apr 18
The 'knife-edge' London election result everyone will be watching Westminster council is set for a two-horse race between Labour and the Conservatives Evening Standard · Apr 17
Swinney ‘not interested’ in fight with UK Government over plan to cap food costs The SNP set out the proposal on Thursday, but a UK Government source has suggested the policy could cost millions in legal fees. Evening Standard · Apr 17
Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped Spy-tech company and founder Peter Thiel should ‘have their hands ripped off our NHS’, say MPs The Guardian - UK · Apr 16
Scottish Parliament ‘paying lip service’ to oil and gas industry – Kemi Badenoch The Conservative leader made her comments while on a visit to Scotland. Evening Standard · Apr 16
Reform or Plaid? Whichever way Welsh voters go, the country will be utterly transformed Each party has its own version of nationalism to offer voters in May’s Senedd election: closer ties to England or more independence for Wales, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward The Guardian - UK · Apr 15
Former London Labour councillor denies Westminster 'honeytrap' plot Oliver Steadman, 29, appeared at Southwark Crown Court to face allegations he was behind a series of ‘flirty’ messages and explicit images sent to a series of MPs Evening Standard · Apr 15
Hotspots where home buyers will get more – or less – floor space for their money Zoopla carried out the analysis to underline to home buyers just how much space they can typically expect to get Evening Standard · Apr 14
Starmer refuses to back Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade The prime minister has spoken out for the first time on the US president’s decision to block the Strait of Hormuz The Independent UK · Apr 12
Starmer refuses to join Trump’s Hormuz blockade as oil prices expected to rise As MPs return to Westminster from the Easter recess, a resolution to the Iran war does not appear imminent. Evening Standard · Apr 12
Give me five years to fix SNP mess, Sarwar urges voters The Scottish Labour leader said his party would ‘get the basics right’ if elected in Holyrood. Evening Standard · Apr 12
It is for independence supporters to set out referendum route – Sarwar The Scottish Labour leader spoke out on independence on Sunday’s televised BBC debate. Evening Standard · Apr 12
Streeting rules out Scottish referendum saying UK ‘has had enough of chaos’ The UK Health Secretary was questioned by LBC about the possibility of another Scottish independence referendum. Evening Standard · Apr 12
Wes Streeting says UK ‘has had enough of chaos’ as he rules out second Scottish referendum Streeting made his stance clear on another Scottish independence referendum clear on Sunday The Independent UK · Apr 12
The Independent UK · Apr 11 Power in Scotland will be the SNP’s to lose once again ANALYSIS : It will be Labour and Conservative failures, rather than any SNP success, that set the nationalists on course for a fifth consecutive term at Holyrood. As Sean O’Grady explains, the result of the 2026 Scottish parliamentary election will have an air of ‘unfinished business’
The Guardian - UK · Apr 9 ‘No more bending to Westminster’s will’ if Plaid Cymru wins power, leader vows Rhun ap Iorwerth launches party’s manifesto and says he is unconcerned by Reform UK threat in Welsh elections
The Guardian - UK · Apr 9 Ten years after Brexit, this is the UK: a divided nation frozen in time Tribalism has not faded over the past decade. Instead, new research reveals our politics has become ever-more polarised and fractious, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
Evening Standard · Apr 8 Use Iran ceasefire to offer cost-of-living support, Flynn tells Starmer The SNP’s Westminster leader was speaking hours after a deal was struck between the US and Iran.
The Conversation · Apr 7 Voters in Wales face Senedd election amid confusion over who holds power over what Ahead of May’s Senedd (Welsh parliament) election, many people in Wales remain unclear about who is responsible for important political decisions.
International Business Times UK · Apr 6 King Charles 'Seething' Over Legal Barriers To Kicking Out Disgraced Andrew: Report King Charles and Prince William are said to be 'seething' over the legal and constitutional obstacles preventing them from removing disgraced ex-Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession. Insiders describe mounting frustration as centuries-old laws and the need for Commonwealth-wide agreement block any swift action.
The Independent UK · Apr 5 Starmer has ‘utterly failed’ to help Scots during energy ‘crisis’, Swinney says The Scottish First Minister hit out at the Prime Minister over energy policy.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 4 Man arrested at court while attending hearing of Jewish ambulance arson suspects Met police say 19-year-old was detained in connection with attack after officers recognised him at arraignment
The Guardian - UK · Apr 3 Three people charged over alleged arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances in London Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old boy are due to appear at Westminster magistrates court on Saturday
The Independent UK · Mar 31 Voices: Morgan McSweeney and the classic mistake he made with his mobile phone COMMENT: A petty theft – of the kind that happens every day on Westminster streets – has prompted an outbreak of conspiracy theories and added to public mistrust. But the loss of the former chief of staff’s work device has also shone an unflattering light on those who should be…
Evening Standard · Mar 30 Greens pledge £600m renewables investment through carbon capture cuts The party also called for the UK Government to de-link cheaper electricity prices to ‘extortionate’ global gas prices.