The motorway junction was built in 2019 but remains unopened The M49 ghost junction near Bristol(Image: National Highway (formerly Highways England)) Opposition Conservatives have accused South Gloucestershire Council’s Lib Dem-Labour administration of ‘failing to provide leadership’ over the M49 ghost junction debacle. Last week National Highways, which finished most of the construction work seven years…
LONDON: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party had scooped up the most council seats in local elections in England by Friday night, even taking control of its first London council, as angry voters booted out hundreds of Labour and Conservative councillors in their traditional heartlands.By then, even though results continued to come in overnight for the…
London — The United Kingdom’s governing Labour Party and the opposition Conservative Party, which together have dominated British politics and seated every prime minister for more than 100 years, both took a gut punch in a major round of local elections on Thursday. For Labour leader and current Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the heavy losses on…
Every seat on Sefton Council will be up for grabs on May 7, with the five major parties all vying for people’s votes Bootle residents will go to the polls on Thursday(Image: Emma Morgan) After a long build-up, this year’s council elections in England are now less than a week away. Sefton Council has an…
It was a close race between Reform, the Tories and the Greens Reform UK celebrates with winning candidate Dee North (second right)(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) Reform UK has narrowly retained a Leicestershire County Council seat, with the winner claiming there was “dirty fighting” from opponents in the by-election campaign. Dr Dee North took the…
Robert Jenrick had already been sacked by Kemi Badenoch after she saw evidence that he was plotting a defection Robert Jenrick MP pictured at The Royal Oak pub in Car Colston, Nottinghamshire(Image: Joseph Raynor/Nottingham Post) Robert Jenrick has officially confirmed that he is joining Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in a move that leaves Nottinghamshire without…
NIGEL Farage will embark on a “double or quits” £5 million spending spree to win over voters in the build-up to May’s local elections. The Reform UK leader has so far sent out five million leaflets to outer London and every home in Scotland and Wales in a major push for support. Sign up for…
A lower turn-out was seen just seven months after the May local elections Owen Ferron (centre, blue jacket) is the new Reform UK councillor for the Long Eaton North division(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) Reform UK have narrowly retained a seat on Derbyshire County Council following a snap by-election caused by the sudden resignation of…
London: Former prime minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday began a new role as a newspaper columnist with some advice for the government ahead of the UK budget next month, cautioning Chancellor Rachel Reeves against resorting to tax rises to bolster the nation’s finances. Writing in ‘The Sunday Times‘, the 45-year-old former chancellor in the Conservative…
National Pharmacy Association analysis reveals areas of the country where it is hardest to find a community pharmacists – with 1,400 having shut since 2016 23:30, 23 Oct 2025Updated 10:31, 24 Oct 2025 A series of pharmacy ‘deserts’ have been identified in England and Wales(Image: PA) Family chemists are closing most in poorer areas of…