local elections
Protecting the right not to vote: The scourge of voter ID
In disenfranchising people on lower incomes, younger generations and ethnic minorities, what looks to be the latest Tory ruse to drain the Labour vote, could easily backfire for the government.
1 in 4 voters wrongly believe they won’t need ID to vote in May’s local elections
According to the government’s own figures, two million voters do not currently hold a piece of photographic ID.
Can the Tories win the next general election?
For a government limping along under the rule of its fifth prime minister in six years, drenched in sleaze and infighting, conventional wisdom says surely the Tories can’t survive the next general election. But then this is politics, and anything can happen.
Diane Abbott MP: After the local elections, we still have a long way to go
'Against this hugely unpopular government, a really clear opposition with policies and messaging that show we are on the side of ordinary people can yield massive results'
North’s first female Muslim council leader slams ‘dehumanising’ smear campaign
Arooj Shah says she saw a 'new low in the Conservatives in Oldham.'
Anger after Tory who pleaded guilty to assaulting woman is re-elected as a councillor
Gordon Cranney had pleaded guilty to the assault at Teesside Magistrates Court