For some prime ministers, losing more than 1,000 seats in the local elections would be fatal. Rishi Sunak calls it “disappointing”. Having effectively disenfranchised two million probable non-Tory voters with the mendacious photo-ID requirement to combat (non-existent) electoral fraud, Sunak’s party still took an almighty kicking at the polls. However, despite the devastating local election […]
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The UK’s intelligence agencies will form a key part of a new crackdown on text scammers and fraud to be announced by the government. Technology used for mass texting of phones will be restricted and a clampdown on cold calls selling financial products will help combat fraud, which is now the most common crime in […]
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Police forces around Britain been told to prepare for abuse that could escalate into violence at polling stations in May’s local elections because of the introduction of voter ID. For the first time in British history, voters will be required to show photo identification in order to cast their ballot in the local elections on […]
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Conservative MPs, peers and councillors are blaming Boris Johnson for the party’s “catastrophic” local election results. Simon Bosher, the leader of Portsmouth city council’s Tory group said Johnson needs to “take a good, strong look in the mirror” after the party’s “extremely disappointing” results. “We have actually lost some very good working community councillors this […]
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As voters head to the polls to cast their ballot in the local elections, the Prime Minister and opposition leader will be pitched against each other for the first time, halfway through the run of the current government. Parties have been managing expectations with a late YouGov poll suggesting losses for the Conservatives with not […]
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The coronavirus rate of infection in the UK is back below 1, figures released today reveal, confirming the epidemic is finally shrinking, a month into England’s third lockdown. Boris Johnson is set to publish the government’s roadmap for lifting the lockdown restrictions in England on February 22, as data confirmed a decrease in positive coronavirus […]
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