It has been a historic night for Reform UK as it gained Sarah Pochin as its fifth MP, beating Labour in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by the skin of its teeth with six extra votes. Throughout...
There are four words that will come back to haunt Sir Keir Starmer again and again after Labour’s humiliating by-election defeat to Reform UK in Runcorn: winter fuel payment cut. Sir Keir and...
What happened in local elections overnight and what's still to come?37 minutes agoBecky MortonPolitical reporterGetty ImagesKnife-edge Runcorn by-electionReform UK won its first Parliamentary...
Reform UK's Sarah Pochin has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by just six votes, in an astounding victory amid a wider earthquake in local English politics. Early results have shown a huge...
Nigel Farage’s Reform has won a crunch by-election by just six votes following a knife-edge recount in Runcorn and Helsby. Labour and Reform were separated by a wafer-thin margin of just four votes...
Runcorn recount with Reform and Labour just four votes apart30 minutes agoBecky MortonPolitical reporterReutersThe Runcorn and Helsby by-election has gone to a recount with just four votes separating...
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Downing Street forced Tony Blair to row back from his criticism of the government’s net zero strategy after Labour politicians warned he had given a boost to Tory and Reform ahead of local...
A shock poll has predicted that Labour could cling on by the skin of its teeth in the crunch Runcorn by-election despite a massive surge in support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. However, even if it...
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Fraudsters need to be the most worried about this new law (Image: skynesher via Getty Images)The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one step closer to being able to carry out "biggest ever...