Ministers and civil servants used to work hand in glove, but that relationship has steadily eroded since the 1980s.
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The public feel ok about some uses of AI in parliament, but they’re very opposed to it making decisions.
Welsh identity is strong in Caerphilly, even by Welsh standards. This should have been factored into polling.
The high turnout and near collapse of rival parties suggest voters were keen to lock out Nigel Farage’s party.
Powell beat Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate, Bridget Phillipson, in a ballot of members.
If current polling results hold, SA Labor will have the second largest landslide in a state or federal election in Australian history.
Lindsay Whittle came away with 15,960 votes to Labour’s dismal 3,713.
Reform councillors are more aligned with Greens when it comes to building more houses but take quite different views on crime and tax and spend.
Many countries in Europe pay much less for their energy.
Research shows the swearing, shouting and enforced muting suggests deeper problems at the Reform-led council.
Keir Starmer says painful decisions are needed now to fix the country for the future. But voters may not stick around to find out if he’s right.
A process of normalisation has led Reform to propose mass deportations where once it believed such a policy would never be politically viable.
The Senedd byelection tests shifting loyalties in postindustrial Wales, and the strength of Labour, Plaid Cymru and Reform.
Labour and the Liberal Democrat members are the most aligned with the average voter in the UK.
Reform poses and existential threat to a a party that was once seen as an election winning powerhouse.
Keir Starmer’s attempt to offer a positive vision at the Labour conference simply underlined long-term concerns about his leadership style.
The prime minister mentioned Nigel Farage by name multiple times – a highly unusual approach to a party conference speech.
It’s risky but Labour needs to drastically remake its image ahead of the next election.
Trump’s ratings are worse than any other US president since Harry Truman – they only top his own ratings at this stage of his first term.
Anyone wanting to work in the UK will soon need a digital ID card. How will it work?
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