Millions of voters in Britain are going to the polls Thursday to choose a new House of Commons and a new government. Voters will elect 650 lawmakers representing as many constituencies, or local areas, and the leader of the party that returns the most lawmakers will become prime minister. PrimeContinue 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 won’t confirm whether he will quit as Conservative Party leader if the Tories lose the general election. Pressed on whether he would remain Tory leader, MrContinue Reading
A new study has found that posts from 10 “bot-like” X accounts spreading disinformation and hate have been viewed more than 150 million times ahead of the UK General Election. The accounts in question have shared more than 60,000 posts on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, since May 22,Continue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer became visibly emotional as he opened up about his one regret in life. The Labour leader opened up about his strained relationship with his father during an interview with Chris Evans on Virgin Radio on Monday (1 July). Describing his father as a “complicated” man, Sir KeirContinue Reading
The Independent is giving readers the chance to chat directly with candidates from some of the major political parties in a special general election series of Ask Me Anything events. In this question and answer session, our community can chat exclusively with Reform UK’s Howard Cox, who is hoping toContinue Reading
It would be cheaper to put asylum seekers up in the Ritz hotel in Paris than the government’s Rwanda scheme, Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has claimed. Speaking to Sky News on Monday, 1 July, the shadow paymaster general criticised the cost of Conservatives’ plans to send asylum seekers to the AfricanContinue Reading
James Cleverly has accused festival-goers of “celebrating the loss of life in the Channel” after a Banksy stunt at Glastonbury. The home secretary attacked the artist and revellers at the festival, claiming they were “joking about and celebrating” small boat migration. “People die in the Mediterranean, people die in theContinue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Nigel Farage said Reform UK would campaign as the “leading voice of opposition” to abolish the BBC licence fee, claiming the broadcaster has “abused its position of power”Continue Reading
The new chancellor of a Scottish university, who describes herself as an “accidental trailblazer”, has said she will fulfil the role for the common good. Anne-Marie Imafidon has spent her career helping young women break into the largely male-dominated science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem). Recognised around the world forContinue Reading
Seven in 10 schools across England have been hit by cuts and can’t afford the same essential running costs as when the Conservatives came to power in 2010, new analysis shows. Some 13,000 schools across the country were subject to cuts over the period, with the worst hit – DunravenContinue Reading
