Politics UK Local Elections 2025: Interactive Prediction Map
Explore our interactive map of the 2025 UK local elections, featuring seat predictions and estimated changes from 2021’s contests
RISE scheme expanded to 200 new schools to ‘drive up’ school performance
The government aims to boost school performance with targeted assistance
Pope Francis – ‘a unifier and a messenger of peace’
As a former United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, during 2019-2020, I worked with international partners around the world, in advancing Religious Freedom for all, that included working with the Vatican. It was an immense honour to be at the Vatican as part of the HRH Prince of Wales […]
71-fold increase in day-long A&E bed waits prompts call for NHS reform
The Liberal Democrats have called for targeted support for struggling NHS trusts amid dangerously long A&E wait times.
‘Victory Inn Europe’: Pub opening hours to be extended to honour VE Day
The move falls short of the Liberal Democrat’s demands for a bank holiday but has still been welcomed by pub bosses.
SNP call for Sarwar to act for Scotland on Grangemouth nationalisation
The SNP claim that if the Grangemouth refinery had been in England rather than Scotland, the government would have stepped in to save it alongside British Steel.
Labour slips in local by-elections as Greens and Reform surge
The Prime Minister’s party hasn’t successfully defended a council seat for more than a month
Europe’s first Universal park in Bedford to add £50bn to economy
Chancellor Rachel Reeves called Universal’s investment “a vote of confidence in Britain as a place to do business”
Why Parkinson’s must be added to the prescription exemption list – Adam Jogee MP
‘No one should have to pay to stay alive’
Government cuts red tape in bid to boost night-time economy
Keir Starmer sets out plans to “call last orders” on bureaucratic speed-bumps in the hospitality sector