elections
Outrage at government for ‘disenfranchising younger voters’ ahead of May local elections
While a 60+ Oyster card will be valid ID at a polling booth, an 18+ Oyster card won’t be.
The forgotten millions who deserve a voice
17% of eligible voters in the UK are not correctly registered to vote. This represents as many as 9.4 million people.
Tories thrashed in Chester by-election, suffering their worst result since 1832
The 13.8% swing from Tory to Labour, is the sixth biggest between the parties since 1945, and more than the 12.7% in Wakefield in June.
Latest polling shows Tories would be left with just 85 seats
Labour would have a majority of 292 seats
Tories quietly publish ‘dangerous’ plan to neuter elections watchdog and undermine its independence
The proposals had been branded ‘extremely dangerous’ by the chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life when they were first suggested.
Boris Johnson refuses to rule out snap election
Boris Johnson’s comments came after foreign secretary Liz Truss also refused to comment on a potential snap election.