Read more about Labour gains in latest New Zealand poll before vote, results remain too close to call on Devdiscourse Labour gains in latest New Zealand poll before vote, results remain too close to call New Zealand's opposition Labour Party…
New Zealand is set for one of its tightest elections in years, with the incumbent conservative coalition facing an uncertain path to power and polls pointing to a millennial newcomer becoming the kingmaker. Support for two parties that have dominated…
Generally speaking, it’s not a healthy sign for a country’s democracy when the last week of an election campaign is dominated by discussion of how best to exploit the electoral rules to enable a particular group of parties to retain…
Simeon Brown cannot ignore the stark warnings of nurses at Starship Hospital who say his hiring freeze has put lives at risk. “Eighty-five nurses at Starship are demanding urgent action. That should be a massive wake-up call for Christopher Luxon…
Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Andy Burnham. (Image: Central Government) "It’s a proper bottom-up, local approach," the Prime Minister said, "local leaders like Dave taking whatever power they have, thinking about what their area needs, then bringing…
On the eve of New Zealand’s general election, final polls show the right retaining its lead, but with support continuing to shift towards the left, and the centrist Opportunity Party potentially holding the balance of power. Right-wing parties (National, ACT…
Inflation and sluggish economic growth have weighed in voters' minds this election. (ABC News: Lincoln Rothall) New Zealanders go to the polls tomorrow as a tightly fought and sometimes tense election campaign winds to a close. It is a high-stakes…
The Department for Work and Pensions is urging Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants to come forward and share details of their experience of the disability and incapacity benefit, which is now claimed by 4 million people. The DWP is "reviewing" the…
OF all the things that could implode Andy Burnham’s premiership, a row over axing Freeview telly would not have been on many bingo cards. “I think that could bring the Government down,” says Keith, one of the PM’s constituents in…
An Essex County Council Reform councillor has defended his comments in which he says “we have been deliberately infiltrated” alongside a picture of the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London. The comments from Councillor Carl Johnson, who represents Three…
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