There are 63 seats on Barnsley Council, and 32 seats are needed for a majority. Labour currently holds 48 seats, Lib Dems hold 10, Conservatives hold two, Independents hold two, and Reform UK has one. In May 2021, Labour retained overall control of the council but lost three seats. In December 2022, Conservative councillor for Rockingham ward David White defected to Reform UK. In Barnsley, there are 21 electoral wards, each represented by three councillors. Here, each party standing in the...
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Mali's ruling military junta on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities, marking the latest crackdown on dissent in the West African nation. Opposition voices have been largely stifled since the colonels seized power in a 2020 coup, overthrowing civilian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
Legislation allowing the courts to ban a political party that poses an “actual and serious threat” to the democratic rule of law was put out to consultation this week by home affairs minister Hugo de Jonge. The new Political Parties Act will allow the Supreme Court to dissolve a political party if its objectives and activities compromise one or more of the fundamental principles of the democratic rule of law, including free elections, democratic decision-making, the separation of powers, and an...
The political party 50PLUS is currently unable to access its financial administration. The former head of the Financial Commission, Johan Hessing, took the paperwork home after being voted out last month, and it is still missing from the party's offices in The Hague.In the meantime, an advertising agency has hired a collection agency to help recover an overdue payment for the campaign for the Tweede Kamer elections of last autumn. The Tweede Kamer is the lower house of the Dutch Parliament.
The Delhi High Court recently affirmed that political parties, recognised by the State Election Commission (SEC), are entitled to contest municipal elections, dismissing a challenge against the existing electoral rules.
The FIR has been filed with the Cyber Crime Cell of the Mumbai Police against an undisclosed person under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 419 (impersonation), 420 (cheating) and sections of the IT Act, 2000.
The social media platform also called on the poll body ‘to publish all of its takedown orders going forward’.
The Delhi High Court has said there is no bar under the Constitution on political parties, which are granted recognition by the State Election Commission (SEC), from contesting municipal polls.The court has also said the allocation of poll symbols to political parties by the SEC for municipal elections is reasonable and not arbitrary.The court passed an order to this effect while dismissing a petition that had sought a direction to the SEC here to stop putting the reserved symbols for political...
At this year’s annual hacking conference, Black Hat Asia, a team of security researchers revealed how cybercriminals are sneakily using stolen credit cards and Apple Store Online’s ‘Someone else will pick it up’ option in a scheme that has stolen over $400,000 in just two years. 9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and...
Getty, 29, was pictured at Save Venice's Un Ballo in Maschera bash in New York City on Friday - only days before the world learned she had filed for divorce from Engel back in January. The socialite cast her worries to the side as she rubbed elbows with Emily, 32, and Nickyc, 40, inside the swanky Plaza Hotel. Images from the evening show Getty striking poses in a plunging and sheer dress by Oscar de La Renta
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