Kemi Badenoch has said it would be wrong to think a change of leader would “fix everything” after the Conservatives suffered heavy losses in English local elections. The Tory leader told the BBC her party would “come out fighting” after losing 674 council seats and control of 16 authorities. But she cautioned against a knee-jerk...
Boy, it was close. Mighty close. Thursday night at the DCBL stadium in Widnes turned into the early hours which turned into Friday breakfast time, as volunteers carried out a full recount of the 32,655 votes cast in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. Shortly after half five in the morning Nigel Farage turned up, as...
Damian Grammaticas reports from the Runcorn and Helsby by-election count after a knife-edge victory for Reform. Read full article at source...
Becky Morton Political reporter PA Media The Conservative Party may need to form a coalition with Reform UK at the next general election to keep Labour out of government, Tory mayor Lord Houchen has said. The Tees Valley mayor told the BBC that if the number of Tory and Reform MPs “create a significant majority”...
The recording of non-crime hate incidents by police forces should be scrapped in all but a few cases, the Conservatives have said. The party will try to amend the government’s Crime and Policing Bill to ban forces from logging such incidents, except in limited circumstances. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) had...