How the return of elected corporators will reshape the BMC’s functioning

Mumbaikars will see the return of 227 municipal corporators after a hiatus of four years--the longest period when the civic ...

Labour pulls ENTIRE Hillsborough law following huge backlash from victims' families and backbenchers

Ministers had first been forced to abandon planned changes to the flagship legislation - intended to prevent cover-ups - ...
The National

Tory MP Andrew Rosindell defects to Reform UK, party says

CONSERVATIVE MP Andrew Rosindell has joined Reform UK, the party has announced. The defection is the second Tory shadow minister defection in a week, following Robert Jenrick. Rosindell said he had ...

Who has defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives and why?

Andrew Rosindell has become the latest Tory MP to defect to Reform UK, criticising the “failure” of his former party in ...

What does history tell us about treachery in British politics?

Robert Jenrick is the most high-profile sitting MP to defect to Reform UK. Rumours swirl that others will follow him. But the ...

The Spanberger sprint: Larry Sabato on Virginia’s new political era

Larry Sabato dissects Abigail Spanberger’s historic rise, challenges, and sprint into Virginia’s future. Dr. Larry Sabato ...

With 250th anniversary of the American Revolution coming in 2026, much had already happened in SC

South Carolina's pivotal role in the Revolutionary War started before the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding and how ...
The White House

America 250: Presidential Message on the Birthday of Benjamin Franklin

Today, we celebrate the towering life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin—printer and philosopher, inventor and diplomat, public ...

Ant and Dec launch their first podcast - a smart move or late to the party?

Ant and Dec are to host their first podcast, as part of a new digital entertainment channel set up by the TV presenters. The ...
The Economist

They thought they were going on holiday. They ended up in Saddam’s clutches

When Iraq was invading Kuwait in 1990 a British Airways plane flew straight into the turmoil. Now its passengers might ...

UK’s Conservative Party leader torpedoes defection of chief rival by firing him first

Britain's Conservative Party, which governed the country from 2010 until it suffered its worst-ever electoral defeat two ...

Mia McKenna-Bruce on Getting Her Sleuth On in ‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’ and Shooting the ‘Absolutely Next Level’ Beatles Biopics: ‘I Cannot Wait for People to ...

Mia McKenna-Bruce discusses her first lead role as a young sleuth in Netflix's Seven Dials and shooting Sam Mendes' The Beatles biopics ...