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The strategy is clear – what’s less obvious is whether there’s any point to it.
Keir Starmer welcomes Natalie Elphicke, a new recruit from the Tory party.
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Winston Churchill defected in his time, as did Oswald Mosley. In fact, a defection played a key part in the formation of the Conservative party.
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The prime minister is being optimistic at best with his reading – but these results to suggest Labour’s win might not be as decisive as polls currently suggest.
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In a dismal night for the government, one result towers above the others.
Stop the…votes.
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Local election results are strong predictors of general elections held in the same or following year.
Keir Starmer shows Poulter his new digs, following his defection from the Tories.
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It’s a rare event for an MP to leave government to join the opposition. But the timing here may mean voters will hardly notice.
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The Labour MP was friends with Margaret Thatcher, but certainly didn’t agree that there’s ‘no such thing as society’.
London’s City Hall.
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As they head to the polls on May 2, Londoners are concerned about policing, crime and personal safety.
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Are Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves focusing on the same criteria for economic competence as Britain’s voters?
The body of socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti is discovered on the outskirts of Rome on August 16 1924, two months after his disappearance.
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One hundred years after the Italian opposition leader’s murder, documents long locked away at the London School of Economics could shed new light on Mussolini’s involvement in his death
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Labour’s deputy leader has said she will resign if she is found to have committed a criminal offence in relation to her registered home address ten years ago.
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Should Rayner have to stand down over a housing scandal, the party would have to run a distracting internal election.
Rachel Reeves makes her case.
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‘Securonomics’ examined.
Vaughan Gething MS.
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Vaughan Gething succeeds Mark Drakeford as Welsh first minister, following a vote in the Senedd.
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Labour’s Muslim vote is concentrated in safe seats – but with an electoral mountain to climb, no contest can be taken for granted.
Miners from different collieries gather in Port Talbot in April 1984.
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The strike saw different political factions uniting, which eventually led to a more collaborative form of politics in Wales.
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The SNP was offered a debate – but what they wanted was a vote.
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There is no manual for a job at the top of government but a few golden rules are largely agreed upon by those who have experienced ministerial life.
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Disillusioned Conservative voters have had a string of opportunities to make their voices heard.
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Too often government policy is not designed with the long-term in mind. Instead, short-term economic outcomes and political gains are prioritised - to the detriment of public health.