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Write to letters@thetimes.co.uk Sir, Government thinking on solar panels is flawed (“Solar panels on all new homes in net-zero push”, May 1). The most recent official data shows there were about 25.5 million dwellings in England in 2024 (source: gov.uk). Requiring new homes to be built with solar panels seems to be no more than…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on Friday claimed he now leads Britain’s main opposition to Sir Keir Starmer’s government after his party won the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, ousting Labour by just six votes. Farage’s…
London AP — The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage won a seat in Parliament by a handful of votes and looked set to make more gains in results Friday from local elections the party hopes will show it is a major player in British politics. Reform’s Sarah Pochin was declared winner of…
Becky Morton Political reporter Getty Images Knife-edge Runcorn by-election Reform UK won its first Parliamentary by-election, taking Runcorn and Helsby from Labour by just six votes after a recount Reform candidate Sarah Pochin got 38.7% of the vote. The Conservatives came a distant third, with the Green Party fourth First Reform mayor Reform also won…
Prince Harry will learn Friday whether his bid to restore his UK police protection has been upheld, in an appeals court verdict that could determine how often the estranged royal visits Britain. King Charles III’s youngest son has been embroiled in the years-long legal saga — one of many — since the UK government downgraded…
LONDON (AP) — The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage won a seat in Parliament by a handful of votes and looked set to make more gains in results Friday from local elections the party hopes will show it is a major player in British politics. Reform’s Sarah Pochin was declared winner of…
Nigel Farage’s insurgent anti-immigration party, Reform U.K., scored a significant, if narrow, victory Friday in a parliamentary special election in the northwest of England, serving notice that Mr. Farage, a populist fixture and close ally of President Trump, is again a rising force in British politics. Reform’s candidate, Sarah Pochin, won by a razor-thin margin…
Lots of results to come in the May 2025 local elections, but regardless of how they do one thing will be true: that a huge number of people deserve sincere thanks for the work they have put into the Liberal Democrat campaigns: Polls have now closed.Thank you to everyone who has voted Liberal Democrat today.Thank…
Britain’s hard-right Reform UK party made early gains Friday as results trickled in from local elections that were expected to deliver a bruising for the country’s two establishment parties. Reform, led by anti-immigrant firebrand Nigel Farage, picked up dozens of council seats from both Labour and the Conservatives as Britain’s political landscape shows signs of…
LONDON: The UK govt is urging India and Pakistan to de-escalate and return to dialogue whilst one Tory peer is calling on Britain to “directly intervene”.British foreign minister Lord Collins of Highbury said during a debate on the Pahalgam terror attack in the House of Lords on Wednesday that the situation between the two nuclear…