A Scottish Labour frontbencher has also criticised UK government plans to cut £5bn a year from social security spending.

Martin Ivens is the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Previously, he was editor of the Sunday Times of London and its chief political commentator. After his first electoral triumph in 1997 ...

The Safi barracks incident As I write this on Wednesday morning, the Police announced that later in the day, a number of people shall be taken to court over the Hal Safi Barracks drug heist.

It could also be an historic night for the far-right AfD party, if exit polls are accurate. Follow the latest. Thanks for following our live coverage of the German elections. According to exit ...

Conservatives win German election while far-right party surges to second place Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany’s national election, ensuring that Ukraine has ...

A former Labour MP facing numerous sexual harassment claims has quit the party rather than face a hearing over his conduct. In 2023, it emerged that Geraint Davies, who served as a Labour MP for 22 ...

Alice Weidel is the leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party but is married to a Sri-Lankan born woman. A gay woman, she has two children with her partner, but is part of a ...

Take a look at the Labour Party's election manifesto ... of European leaders to reflect on where the conversations so far have taken us. President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected in Washington ...

He will not vote Labour next year. “I can’t vote for people I think are doing nothing for you," he said. He is considering backing either an independent or Reform UK, the upstart party led by veteran ...

Berlin — Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation's second-largest.

When the Germany First Party, called AfD, Alternative for Germany, came in second, only to the Christian Democrats. And, by the way, it's AfD's strongest showing in decades. And the new chancellor ...

People who are worried about their finances are far more likely ... election in July 2024, Labour coasted to power with a landslide majority. But they’ve been haemorrhaging electoral support ever ...