Voters have been required to bring photographic identification for certain elections in the UK since May 2023. This came after parliament passed the Elections Act in April 2022, enacting a recommendation the Electoral Commission first made in 2014. Voter ID is now required at by-elections and recall petitions, general elections,Continue Reading
Rishi Sunak’s parents and his wife Akshata Murty joined him for the final stump speech of the general election campaign. The prime minister stood for a photo with his family after giving a speech at Romsey Rugby Club, north of Southampton where he grew up on Wednesday evening (3 July).Continue Reading
Boris Johnson’s father Stanley Jonson has admitted he will not be voting for the Conservatives in the general election. Mr Johnson reveals the party he plans to vote for in a video posted on X on Wednesday (3 July) by Liberal Democrat’s candidate for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale inContinue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak is reported to be worried about losing his own seat as a string of polls put the Conservatives on course for a historic defeat just hoursContinue Reading
New polling has forecast how the UK’s different ethnic minority groups will likely be voting on Thursday, with the war in Gaza a major concern for 1 in 5 of the nation’s Asian voters. Exclusive polling for The Independent by More In Common shows that Black voters are still far more likelyContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak has made a last ditch appeal to voters, revealing for the first time that his favourite meal is sandwiches. With less than 24 hours until polls open for the general election, the prime minister sat down for a personal interview with ITV’s This Morning. Click here for ourContinue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Tory minister Mel Stride has said Labour will likely win “the largest majority any party has ever achieved” and said that he accepted the polls, which indicate aContinue Reading
Voters in the UK will visit polling stations up and down the country on July 4 to have their say in which political party they want to represent their area and country. Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced the snap general election at the end of May, sparking six frantic weeksContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak has warned voters against enabling a Labour ‘supermajority’ at the general election on Thursday as his party continues to lag behind in the polls. The prime minister tested out the new line on the campaign trail in the run-up to polling day in a decidedly defensive move againstContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak is on the verge of leading the Conservative Party to the worst defeat in its 346-year history, according to a new poll for The Independent. The Techne UK survey of 5,503 voters has given Labour a 19-point lead at 40 per cent – almost twice the Tories’ 21Continue Reading
