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A simple guide to every new constituency in Wales - and all the election candidates

How we vote is changing Wales - here's what you need to know about the new Senedd constituencies.

Labour’s Benefit Boost and Public Sector Handouts Would More Than Pay for Defence Spending Uplift

Labour’s funding to increase benefits and award hyper-generous pay packages to public sector workers more than covers the gap between what defence figures now want for national security and what Reeves is prepared to spend. When they told you politics is about choices… The Times reports that Reeves is prepared to make room for less…

Labour’s Asylum Hotel Closures Hit Reform Battlegrounds Weeks Before Polling Day

The Home Office yesterday closed 11 asylum seeker hotels across 10 constituencies. Seven are Labour-held. Six of those seats are projected to swing to Reform. The May 7th local elections happen to be 22 days away… 1. Banbury House Hotel, Banbury, Oxfordshire LAB ▸ REF 2. Britannia Hotel, Wolverhampton LAB ▸ REF 3. Madeley Court…

Balancing UK’s welfare and defence spending ‘not zero-sum game’, minister says

Treasury minister James Murray hits back at George Robertson’s criticism over military budget UK politics live – latest updates A Treasury minister has said balancing welfare and defence spending “is not a zero-sum game”, amid stark warnings that the UK will have to increase its military budget to ensure national security during global volatility. James Murray, the chancellor’s deputy, said the government was pushing ahead with the biggest sustained increase in defence investments since the co

The Brexit delusion is dead – so now Keir Starmer doesn’t need to pretend any more | Rafael Behr

To rebuild relations with Europe in a dangerous world, the prime minister needs to win big arguments, not hide behind outdated red lines In opposition, Keir Starmer pushed Brexit to the margin of debate. In government, he has learned that Europe is central to Britain’s interests whether you talk about it or not. The avoidance of painful arguments from the past turns out to be a handicap when making plans for the future. This was predictable. Labour’s 2024 general election manifesto pretended tha

Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live

Poll projects major political earthquake across Britain with Labour losing Wales and England’s Red Wall Good morning. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is publishing a revised women’s health strategy for England today. As Andrew Gregory reports, the strategy implicitly accepts that women have been let down by a (largely male) medical establishment which has not always taken their health concerns seriously. But, for Labour, this is not just a health announcement. The English local elections ar

How a £2m bitcoin order made Nigel Farage the political face of UK crypto

Promotion of ‘bitcoin treasury’ firm with Kwasi Kwarteng draws new attention to Reform leader’s relations with industry A thumping electronic beat provides the soundtrack to the video as Nigel Farage appears in front of a bank of screens. At first glance, it could be yet another of the Reform UK leader’s “second jobs” – whether promoting gold as a pension fallback or recording Cameo videos. And in a sense, it is: Farage is promoting a £2m cryptocurrency purchase by a company in which he has £215

Local election campaigns have never been less about local issues

More important that how many councils the Conservative win next month is being able to demonstrate that where we are in power, we actually make a difference. The post Local election campaigns have never been less about local issues appeared first on Conservative Home.

Andy Street: Growth will not come from noise, slogans or placing burdens on businesses

The route back to government is not through more noise, more grievance or a narrower politics. It is through growth, competence and a proper understanding of what makes an economy work. The post Andy Street: Growth will not come from noise, slogans or placing burdens on businesses appeared first on Conservative Home.

Is the EU back in vogue? – podcast

Lisa O’Carroll reports on the ‘resetting’ of the relationship between the UK and the EU This week, the Guardian reported that Labour is planning to bring in new legislation that will forge closer ties between the UK and the EU. Nearly 10 years on from the Brexit vote, the Guardian’s senior correspondent Lisa O’Carroll speaks to Helen Pidd about what a UK-EU reset would look like. Lisa and Helen also discuss the strength of the EU in the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat in the Hungary elections on S

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Palantir defends its record as MPs demand more scrutiny of data use

NHS guidance that all hospitals should be using Palantir software from this month has sparked a backlash.