United Kingdom (Conservative Party)

43+ min ago   (340+ words) Dan Thomas MS will step down as leader of Reform Wales. The party leader, who was elected to the Senedd in May, made the announcement this afternoon. It comes after he missed today’s First Minister’s Questions – the first after the…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (408+ words) ‘Westminster’s time is coming to end’, says First Minster Rhun ap Iorwerth, as he invited fellow UK First Minsters to Cardiff to sign a pact committing to independence. Scotland’s First Minster John Swinney and Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill…...

46+ min ago   (624+ words) A Reform UK Member of the Senedd has defected to Plaid Cymru, accusing her former party of having “no interest” in governing Wales and being more concerned with “division, opposition and headlines”. Sarah Cooper-Lesadd, who represents Pen-y-Bont Bro Morgannwg, announced…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago   (1498+ words) Tue 15th Sep, 2026 Gibraltar’s decision to dynamically align with certain EU rules to secure the benefits of the UK/EU treaty was at the heart of detailed questioning in the House of Lords on Tuesday, where peers heard the agreement was…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago   (542+ words) The ruling Labour Party pledged “no return to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement” in its 2024 election manifesto. LONDON — Andy Burnham should drop Labour’s “arbitrary” Brexit red lines and build a close new relationship with the…...

35+ min ago   (787+ words) By OLIVIA DAY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA and TOM COTTERILL, SENIOR REPORTER 12:50 15 Sep 2026, updated 12:57 15 Sep 2026 A former Tory MP who quit politics over a sex and cocaine scandal before launching a successful energy business left his children an estate worth…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago   (296+ words) Northern Ireland is NATO territory. Irish unification would remove it from the Alliance – and neither London nor Dublin has planned for the defence consequences. None of which is an argument for the absence of British staff work on what a…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (254+ words) Unions at TUC congress in Brighton have voted in favour of a motion brought by Prospect calling on the government to abandon its ‘red lines’ with Europe in order to drive growth and protect workers’ rights. The motion pointed to…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (224+ words) News and Events in the Harrogate Area The updated selection system represents a radical departure from traditional internal placement models. Writing on the party’s modernization strategy, Badenoch confirmed that applicant lists are being heavily pruned, explicitly stating that the selection…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (491+ words) Changes to the way planning applications are considered by City of Lincoln Council will be introduced from 31 October 2026, following significant changes to the national planning system. The reforms, introduced by the Government through the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 and supporting…...