Politics

Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell has died aged 84. The MP for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015, he served as Lib Dem leader from 2006 to 2007 and was well-known for speaking out on foreign policy. He was made a life peer in 2015 and was known as the Lord Campbell…

👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Donald Trump gave his two cents on what women should be doing whilst pregnant this week… and Nigel Farage followed suit with his view back in the UK. So how damaging are their comments? And why do men think they know best…

Fans of digital ID cards argue that they will speed the UK into a digital future by giving everyone a way to prove who they are. What’s confusing about this argument is that we can do that already. We have physical ID cards in the form of passports and driving licences. We also have an…

Sir Keir Starmer is to announce a “Pride in Place” programme with funding for over 330 disadvantaged communities as part of a fightback against Reform UK. The money will come alongside new powers for local groups to seize boarded-up shops, save derelict pubs and block gambling and vape stores on high streets, the government said….

Andy Burnham has claimed Labour MPs are privately urging him to challenge the prime minister, as he unveiled his “plan to turn the country around”. The mayor of Greater Manchester, who served in Gordon Brown’s cabinet, has been tipped to make a return to Westminster. Speculation has ramped up amid a rough start to the…

A charity has been forced to deny Nigel Farage’s claims that swans are being eaten by eastern Europeans in London’s Royal Parks. The Reform UK leader had accused migrants living in the UK of taking both carp and swans – a protected species – from ponds in Britain’s Royal Parks and killing them. He said:…

👉Listen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast app👈 Are we all in danger of missing the biggest story of the day? Sam ponders that as he links up with Anne to discuss what’s happening in Westminster today. One of the country’s biggest car producers is shut because of a cyber attack. The…

Sir Ed Davey has used his keynote speech to warn that the UK has a choice between “the real change people crave”, and a Reform government turning Britain into “Trump’s America”. The leader of the Liberal Democrats has sought to paint a picture of the country at a crossroads, and has heaped accusations on Nigel…

The majority of a Holyrood committee has not agreed to recommend the general principles of the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill. The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee has concerns with the proposal and said it will require “significant amendments” if it is to reach stage two. The bill, introduced by Scottish Tory MSP…

Rachel Reeves has been urged by a think tank to cut national insurance and increase income tax to create a “level playing field” and protect workers’ pay. The Resolution Foundation said the chancellor should send a “decisive signal” that she will make “tough decisions” on tax. Ms Reeves is expected to outline significant tax rises…