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Why the UK shouldn’t expect a general election, even with a new prime minister in place

Keir Starmer’s departure as prime minister will not automatically trigger a general election, despite a clamour from some opposition politicians. But voters do not need to be involved in the selection of his successor because of how the UK political system operates: the Labour party won a five-year mandate in…

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Labour's last chance? Burnham set to replace Starmer as UK faces far-right surge

Another post-Brexit prime minister bites the dust. Keir Starmer has owned up to the obvious: that he's too unpopular to lead the Labour Party into the next general election. After replacing the hard left's Jeremy Corbyn, the same Starmer won a landslide election victory two years ago on the promise…

France 24

Tories to take Aberdeen South as SNP concedes defeat

The gain would be the first for the Conservatives in a Scottish by-election since 1967.

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Scottish Conservatives win Aberdeen South in shock loss for the SNP

Tories’ Douglas Lumsden says city has spoken ‘loud and clear’ in support of the North Sea oil and gas industry

The Guardian - UK

John Swinney brands Tories 'bunch of skivers' in scathing FMQs verdict

John Swinney has branded the Scottish Conservatives a "bunch of skivers" in a scathing verdict during First Minister's Questions

The National (Scotland)

Councillor who defected from Tories to Reform says he made ‘biggest mistake of my life’

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The Independent UK

Reform UK councillor quits party after branding defection ‘biggest mistake of my life’

Robbie Lammas declared the Conservative Party was ‘over’ when he defected to Reform UK in October 2025

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Reform now main party on right of British politics, poll finds

More in Common said Reform has largely overtaken the Conservatives.

Evening Standard

Why Britain's Two-Party System Is Beginning to Break Down

Recent local elections in England show growing fragmentation, with smaller parties like Reform UK, the Lib Dems, and the Greens challenging Labour and the Conservatives. Analysts predict a more unpredictable general election.

International Business Times UK

Labour retain control of Barnet Council after deal with Tories

Labour and the Conservatives won 31 seats each at the local elections on May 7

Evening Standard

Whatever happens with the leadership, Labour must tackle the issue of social care head-on

The challenge of how to look after an ageing population has been ducked by politicians for too long

The Guardian - UK

Starmer biographer warns Labour risks ‘real chance’ of changing leaders again before election if it ousts him now

Tom Baldwin warned that the strategy of cycling through leaders had backfired for the Conservatives

The Independent UK

Ousting Keir Starmer is harder than it looks – party rules mean he can choose to keep fighting

Between 2016 and 2024 the UK saw four changes of prime minister by way of a party leadership contest. In that time, even casual observers became familiar with the dramatic process that the Conservative Party uses to topple one leader and select another. Secret letters to the 1922 Committee, the…

The Conversation

The Welsh Conservatives survived the Senedd election – now they must decide what they stand for

The 2026 Senedd (Welsh parliament) election has transformed Welsh politics. Much of the attention has focused on the rise of Plaid Cymru and Reform UK, and on Welsh Labour’s dramatic losses. But another political story has unfolded more quietly in the background.

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Election day in England, Scotland and Wales: What you need to know

The final results are not likely to be declared until nearly 48 hours after polling stations close.

Evening Standard

Romford Conservatives complain over Reform defector MP's posters outside HQ

The local Conservatives have said they asked Reform defector Andrew Rosindell to take the adverts down, claiming they are ‘misleading election communications’

The Guardian - UK

Nearly twice as many men as women standing in May elections in UK

Exclusive: women ‘massively underrepresented’ in next week’s local and devolved elections, campaigners say

Evening Standard

May 7 elections in England, Scotland and Wales: What you need to know

Elections are being held for the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd in Wales and 136 councils in England.

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Welsh countryside: what Greens and Reform are promising they would change after election

In the last of our series on environmental issues and the Wales election campaign, we look particularly at countryside policies of two parties that are new contenders for seats in the Senedd.

The Guardian - UK

What the parties promise Welsh voters on the NHS, schools, childcare and tax

Labour, Plaid Cymru, Reform, the Greens, the Tories and the Lib Dems set out competing plans but offer little detail on how they would pay for them

The Guardian - UK

Partygate v Mandelson: Keir Starmer faces attack from his own playbook

Some familiar, arcane terms are returning to the fore as the Tories study the tactics Labour used against Boris Johnson

Evening Standard

What each party is promising in the Westminster council election

Labour, Conservatives, Reform and the Greens are all standing 54 candidates across the borough’s 18 wards

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’?

Some fear a fragmented field of hopefuls from Labour, the Conservatives, Greens, Reform and independents could leave city ungovernable

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Kemi is on the way up’: Readers react as Conservatives close gap on Reform in latest poll

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over signs of Reform UK’s decline, with some seeing a meaningful Conservative recovery under Kemi Badenoch while others view the shift as tentative, fragmented and far from decisive

The Independent UK

Patients have run out of patience with striking doctors – as have their colleagues

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As the medical profession is divided over yet more strikes by resident doctors, the NHS cannot afford to keep hurting itself and those who depend on it

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