7 days agoBy Ione Wells, Political correspondent ReutersThe Conservative Party had become accustomed to almost being the Manchester City of politics.A blue, winning machine for so long that some of its key players could barely remember anything else.But their streak - that delivered Tory prime ministers in four elections in a row - has been brought to a dramatic end.Many Tories, both winners and losers, are almost speechless and still processing it.One
Key moments as Sir Keir Starmer enters 10 Downing Street following Labour's landslide election win. Source link
This is a spectacular victory for Labour.Spectacular given where they came from - the doldrums. Their result in 2019 was their worst since 1935.But spectacular too by any metric, at any time, in any context, because the challenge they faced to win by a smidgen was Himalayan.It's "the Starmer tsunami" as one shellshocked opponent put it.The story of this election is one of an electorate showing a ruthless determination to
ReutersThree years ago Sir Keir Starmer seriously considered quitting as Labour leader.It was 2021 and his party had just lost the Hartlepool by-election to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives. It was the first time Labour had ever lost the seat. Three short years feel like a political lifetime ago now. Sir Keir has become only the fifth person in British history to take Labour from opposition to power. His party has gone
It has been a night of dramatic results - watch how it unfolded. Source link
Labour has won a big majority in the general election. That means it should be able to pass the new laws it wants easily. But what are those likely to be?During the election campaign, Labour released a manifesto - a list of pledges explaining to voters what it would do if elected.Use our interactive guide below to find out what the party said it would do on key issues that
From a series of televised debates to claims and counterclaims, polls and yet more polls, some six weeks of campaigning is almost over. Source link
As voters get ready for their date with the polls, we look at how technology has advanced our coverage over the years. Source link
The Labour leader has said that there has been an "absolute failure” in prison building and half of the allocated money had not been spent by the present government. Sir Keir Starmer told BBC political editor Chris Mason that “in all likelihood” a new Labour administration would have to carry on with early prison releases as it could not “magic up” new prisons on day one. In May, the government
Sir Ed Davey has been surfing off the coast Cornwall in a new bid to highlight sewage and water quality in rivers and seas.And in his latest stunt, Sir Ed Davey knocked over a line of big blue dominoes as he called for voters to help the Lib Dems topple the Conservatives Source link
