Viktor Orbán’s defeat exposes Reform’s fragile benchmark
Beyond Hungary, the result may point to something broader. Across Europe, parts of the populist right appear to be encountering limits and have, dare we say it, peaked.
UK’s official return to Erasmus+ widely welcome as a step towards renewed opportunity
“It certainly destroys the ‘Little England’ outlook.”
Could York lead the way on proportional representation?
Labour and Lib Dem councillors in York unanimously supported a motion to replace First Past the Post with proportional representation
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Tory ‘common sense’ minister laughed at by audience after campaign claim backfires
‘Esther McVey failing miserably to read the room’
5 key takeaways from Lib Dem manifesto launch
Ed Davey announced ‘a manifesto to save the NHS’ with pledges on care and electoral reform
Tory chair Richard Holden in car crash interview as adviser steps in to save him
“So you can’t justify the way you have been parachuted into Basildon and Billericay? You’re not deciding it’s a stitch-up and it’s anti-democratic?”
Suella Braverman urges Tories to unite with Reform
The former Home Secretary said there was ‘not much difference’ between Nigel Farage’s policies and the Tories’
Mick Lynch tears into Nigel Farage
“We are not happy with the way he plays with racism and division, Islamophobia and xenophobia”
3 Lib Dem policies come out top in polling on parties’ pledges
Promises on sewage dumping and free school meals prove popular
Since last election, 92 percent of Reform UK’s donations have come from oil and gas investors, high polluters, and climate science deniers
The findings about Reform’s funding come as the UN General Secretary calls for a fossil fuel advertising ban to “directly confront those in the fossil fuel industry who have shown relentless zeal for obstructing progress.”
Unions urge incoming government to commit to fair funding of local councils
‘Hopefully the nightmarish austerity experiment will soon be over after 14 long years.’
New figures reveal soaring rise in free school meal eligibility: Where do the political parties stand on free school meals?
“I am proud the Liberal Democrats have the most ambitious plan for free school meals of any party, which would save parents money and transform the future for millions of children.” – Ed Davey.
Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
The biggest Punch-and-Judy spectacles of the election campaigning this week.