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Shabana Mahmood is set to introduce new legislation to overhaul the UK’s asylum system as part a tougher approach to migration. The home secretary will say the generosity of the British asylum system is attracting people from across the world, funding human traffickers and encouraging false asylum claims, according to a government source, She is…
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says his party has reported claims of “family voting” in the Gorton and Denton by-election to police and the Electoral Commission. It comes after election observer group Democracy Volunteers warned it had witnessed “concerning high levels” of family voting. This is an illegal practice where two voters use one polling…
At the wedding venue in Gorton and Denton the Green Party chose for the news conference to mark a seismic by-election victory on national television, it was clear that Zack Polanski and his team were new to all of this. There was a sea of empty chairs and but a smattering of supporters in a…
π Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app π A huge win for the Greens and a massive loss for Labour and the government – Harriet thinks it’s a “bruising” defeat, so is Sir Keir Starmer now worried about the local elections in May? The Gorton and Denton by-election result on…
The Green Party has won the Gorton and Denton by-election. Hannah Spencer has become the party’s fifth MP in parliament, after beating Reform UK, who finished second, and Labour, who came third, to the seat. The Greens, who had earlier said they were “very confident of a win”, received 14,980 votes to claim a majority…
The Metropolitan Police has apologised to a second parliamentary Speaker in two days after he was incorrectly named as the person who passed on information about Lord Mandelson, which led to his arrest. Michael Forsyth, the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, was named in reports as having warned the police that Lord Mandelson…
Rachel Reeves has insisted her spring forecast will be a quiet affair as she wants the autumn budget to be the sole major fiscal event of the year. The chancellor will deliver her financial update on the afternoon of 3 March in the House of Commons. An exact time has yet to be confirmed, but…
The Metropolitan Police has apologised to the Commons Speaker for revealing he was the source of a tip-off relating to the arrest of Lord Mandelson. The force said it had “inadvertently” revealed information about why the ex-business secretary had been taken into custody on Monday. Lawyers for Lord Mandelson had claimed the arrest was due…
Sir Keir Starmer has said the government is to look at ways of making the student loans system “fairer”. He made the pledge as he blamed rising loan costs on the Conservatives – after being asked about the issue by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Sir…
Searches at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former Windsor residence in relation to an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office have concluded, police have said.Β Thames Valley Police (TVP) began searches of Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, following the arrest of the former prince at Sandringham on what was his 66th birthday last Thursday. Andrew…