Local elections scheduled across swathes of England later this year are set to be postponed for 12 months, in a move Reform UK leader Nigel Farage described as “outrageous” Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner announced the measure on Wednesday, in response to plans for a major overhaul of local government structures. According to the government,…
Angela Rayner will promise to make devolution the “default setting” for councils across the country after senior Government figures warned they could overrule local authorities’ objections to push through key building plans. In a speech to regional leaders, the Deputy Prime Minister will vow to push power out of Whitehall and into the hands of…
Times journalist Tom Ball and the Daily Mail’s Dan Woodland also found themselves on the list, alongside a string of entrepreneurs. In a lengthy statement, the Russian foreign ministry said it had been “once again forced to draw attention to the incessant aggressive anti-Russian rhetoric of the British authorities,” as well as to “the illegitimate…