Unions have been in decline in the UK for 50 years. A new law could begin to reverse that trend

The employment rights bill will not reverse decades of union decline and marginalisation in the UK overnight – but it ...
The Economist

The populists of Reform UK, already topping the polls, may climb higher

R EFORM UK, the right-wing populist party led by Nigel Farage, won just five of the 650 seats in Britain’s parliament in last ...
Lancashire Telegraph

Lancashire leaders urge progress on county mayor decision

The government has told Lancashire an elected mayor would give local leaders “the tools” they need to boost the county’s economy ...
Lancaster Guardian

Government responds to Lancashire mayor question as leaders' views remain mixed amid council tax warning

The government has told Lancashire that an elected mayor would give local leaders “the tools” they need to boost the county’s ...
Petersfield Post

Hampshire leaders say government decided mayoral election delay

Leaders of Hampshire’s upper-tier authorities have stressed that the decision to delay the mayoral election was made solely ...

'Dorset could be £300m better off under devolution'

GOVERNMENT FUNDING for Dorset will continue to be unfair because of Government policy – according to council leader Nick Ireland.
Isle of Wight County Press

Hampshire and Solent leaders on mayoral election delay

Isle of Wight Council leader Phil Jordan and three other local authority chiefs have said the postponement is not of their making.
Decrypt

Reform UK Gets Britain's Biggest Political Donation Ever From Tether Investor

DigFinex shareholder Christopher Harborne donated $11.4 million to Reform UK, the largest ever gift to a UK political party ...

Nigel Farage says Starmer 'doesn't believe in democracy' as elections for 7.5m voters are postponed for TWO YEARS amid poll plunge - with even Labour MPs up in arms

Four mayoral contests that were due to be held in May are being pushed back by two years, with accusations that the PM is ...