Jake Tapper has been making the rounds lately to promote his book and earlier this month he recorded a podcast with Scott Galloway. If that name sounds familiar, David wrote about him back in February when he was calling for DOGE employees to be arrested. Putting that aside, Galloway did have a pretty interesting interview...
Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images Restricting winter fuel payments dented Labour’s support at last week’s local elections, the health secretary has acknowledged. Wes Streeting told the BBC many voters “aren’t happy” with the move, adding it had “come up on the doorstep” during campaigning. But he insisted the move would help the government invest...
Even against the finest machinations the political establishment can produce, sometimes those cranky, knuckling-dragging peasants still do the exact opposite of what the end result was meant to be. Romania is starting to look like a classic example of overcooking the goose, because, however well-meaning or even honest the intentions of the election bureaucracy and...
LOCAL ELECTIONS RESULTS SPECIAL Lib Dems take command at County Hall despite Reform UK surge as Conservatives lose 33 seats and Labour is wiped out 2025 Devon County Council elections leave balance of power in Green Party hands as local government reorganisation takes centre stage on regional political agenda. Read more. 2025 Devon County Council...
Martyn Oates BBC South West political editor BBC Political parties in both Devon and Cornwall will need to form coalitions to run their respective councils As the dust settles on local elections in Devon and Cornwall, Martyn Oates considers what the results mean for the political picture in the South West. Two councils slipping into...
Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has made big gains in English local elections, cementing it as a prime challenger to Britain’s traditional main parties. It has won over 660 of around 1,600 council seats contested on Thursday, which were last fought in 2021. Reform has seized control of eight authorities...
From a recount in Runcorn to a change of council control in Staffordshire, see what’s been happening so far. Read full article at source...
The distribution of seats on Devon County Council following the results of the 2025 elections held on Thursday 1 May 2025 is: Labour (LAB) 0 Green (GREEN) 0 Liberal Democrat (LIBDEM) 0 Independent (IND) 0 Conservative (CON) 0 Reform UK (REFUK) 0 The distribution of seats on Devon County Council following previous county council elections...
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...
Counting is due to start later after polls closed on Thursday for the local elections in Devon. Sixty councillors are due to be elected across 58 electoral divisions. Of those, most are to return one councillor, with the Broadclyst and Exmouth divisions due to each elect two. The results are due to be announced later...
Voters across England are heading to the polls to choose councillors and mayors. For plenty of them, it was the perfect excuse to take the dog for a walk too. Getty Images Lucy the Yorkshire terrier attended the Royal British Legion polling station in Runcorn, with her owner. The Runcorn and Helsby by-election was triggered...
Polling stations have opened in Devon for local elections. Sixty councillors are due to be elected across 58 electoral divisions, with the Broadclyst and Exmouth divisions due to each have two councillors elected and the rest one councillor. Stations are open from 07:00 BST until 22:00 and people on the electoral roll need to bring...
Voters are set to head to the polls for local and mayoral elections being held in some parts of England on Thursday. There are local elections to 24 of England’s 317 councils and six mayoral authorities on 1 May. A by-election in Runcorn and Helsby will also decide who becomes the new MP for the...
LOCAL ELECTIONS SPECIAL 2025 Exeter & Devon local elections guide Devon County Council elections take place on 1 May alongside two Exeter City Council by-elections. Our essential guide explores the background to this year’s ballot and assesses the contests in each of the city’s electoral divisions and wards. Read it here. When, where and how...
Exeter’s 91,000 registered electors go to the polls on Thursday 1 May to elect nine councillors to represent them on Devon County Council, with voters in Mincinglake & Whipton and Topsham also taking part in by-elections for two city council seats. At the same time voters across the rest of Devon – except in Plymouth...