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The prime minister is popular, his party is not. Which is more important as we head towards the next election?
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer visits Blackpool ahead of local elections on May 4.
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There’s a lot to play for in the final big electoral test before the next national vote, especially in northern regions where Labour hopes to make a comeback.
Report found deputy PM to have been abrasive and intimidating to civil servants who have waited months for action to be taken.
Moret was arrested after arriving at St Pancras International station.
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Publisher Ernest Moret was detained under terrorism powers for taking part in protests against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.
Jeremy Corbyn speaks to constituents in 2017.
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Newcomers have in fact proven much more successful at running as independents than big name politicians.
Voters now need to take ID to the ballot box in England, despite little evidence that fraud is a problem.
Labour’s attack ad.
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Beyond the ethical questions raised by an ad suggesting the prime minister doesn’t believe in sending sex offenders to prison is the matter of whether such negative campaigning even works.
Human rights campaigners react after losing an appeal in June 2022 against the UK Home Office’s plan to start flying asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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We wanted to examine not only the experiences that drove asylum seekers to the UK, but also the psychological effects of their experiences in the asylum system.
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Bill Clinton and senator George Mitchell were central in keeping the players at the table so that the historical deal could be signed in 1998.
Copies of the Good Friday Agreement were printed out and given to the public in 1998 ahead of a referendum.
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A law making its way through parliament that would grant widespread immunity from prosecution for people accused of crimes during the Troubles.
Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness pictured before the peace agreement was reached.
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Secret, behind-the-scenes talks were going on years before the official Belfast Agreement was signed – and made the whole thing possible.
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The illegal migration bill is performative politics that allows the Conservatives to blame opponents ahead of a key election.
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After a pandemic and over a decade of public spending cuts, young people need investment not punishment.
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The UK is now the only democracy where the children of formerly colonised people are running the country that colonised their parents’ and grandparents’ nations.
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The SNP’s new leader only just squeaked over the line against his rivals, which is a bad sign for his ambition to take Scotland out of the UK.
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The deputy prime minister insists he just has high expectations of his staff but that is not what ‘professionalism’ really means.
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Many businesses have been reluctant to invest and expand.
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Leaks of thousands of messages show government officials making light of lockdowns and joking about frightening the public.
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Nicola Sturgeon has quit and now her husband Peter Murrell has resigned as chief-executive following news the SNP has lost more than 30,000 members since December 2021.
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The former PM was criticised for making decisions without proper advice or consultation