The Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner election takes place on Thursday, May 2. The Local Democracy Reporting Service caught up with Green Party candidate Matt Fisher on market day in Royston
Worried MPs have concocted five-point plan of quick measures aimed at showing that the party cares about public’s prioritiesRishi Sunak is braced for a bruising week as Tory rebels flaunted plans for a 100-day “policy blitz” to secure quick wins if the local election results prove disastrous for the party.The prime minister said on Sunday that he was not “distracted” by his personal ratings lingering at record lows. He refused to rule out calling a July general election amid mounting rumours...
Every voter in England and Wales will be able to cast a ballot in at least one type of election on May 2, with elections in local councils as well as for mayors in cities including London.
Neither Cllr Tom Hunt, the leader of the council, nor Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, have to stand this year – but Cllr Douglas Johnson from the Green Party does. Cllr Johnson, the leader of his group, was able to win comfortably in 2021 and now he is aiming to do that again, keeping the City ward a Green ward. He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “I’m a councillor for City ward, I was elected in 2016 and again in 2021. “I chair the council’s housing...
A UK general election has to be held by 28 January 2025, but could take place earlier.
Polling day in Coventry is on Thursday 2 May
Attacks on elections have become more multifaceted over the past decade, but fears of a hacked election — real or perceived — remain one of the biggest threats.
The Labour leader said the Conservative Party was no longer capable of ‘serving anything other than itself’.
A Blair-era cabinet minister and a Lib Dem who was last an MP 20 years ago are among those standing again.
More than 60 are Conservatives and they include former prime minister Theresa May.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party, stung by an extensive slush funds scandal, appeared to have lost all three seats in Sunday's parliamentary by-elections, according to media exit polls and preliminary results. The Liberal Democratic Party's loss is considered a voter punishment for its links to a yearslong corruption
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