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By-elections: Pressure on Sunak leadership ‘minimal’, says Conservative Home deputy editor
We’re joined by Henry Hill, from Conservative Home.
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Labour wins two emphatic by-elections, overturning large Tory majorities
The Labour Party may be thankful that, despite having to suspend two candidates over alleged anti-semitism, two emphatic overnight by-election victories mean they’ve ended the week with a pair of new MPs.
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Pakistan elections: Khan allies gain most votes, but political future remains uncertain
The final results are in, but it’s still unclear who will govern Pakistan after a controversial and polarising general election.
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Pakistan elections: Khan and Sharif both declare victory as army calls for unity
“Elections are not a zero-sum competition of winning and losing” – so says the Head of Pakistan’s Army after an election where TWO former Prime Ministers have claimed victory.
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‘No fair and free elections in Russia’ says Putin challenger Boris Nadezhdin
We spoke to Boris Nadezhdin, and began by asking if his growing popularity has become problematic for the Kremlin?
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Tories face big battle in upcoming byelections
The Conservatives are facing a big battle later this week in three by-elections in Somerton and Froome; Selby and Ainsty; and Uxbridge and South Ruislip – which are expected to be heavily contested by Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
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Conservatives face public test in three by-elections
In just over a week, voters will go to the polls in three separate by-elections across the country and they’re likely to be a significant test of public opinion.
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Tory chaos: opposition parties eye by-elections
In Westminster, the parliamentary Privileges Committee report into the Partygate scandal is due to be published in the next few days.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg claims new voter ID rules ‘came back to bite’ Tories in local elections
The former Conservative cabinet minister Jacob Rees Mogg has claimed that the new voter ID rules “came back to bite” the Tories in the local elections earlier this month.
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Local elections: Ayesha Hazarika and James Johnson analyse results
We spoke to Ayesha Hazarika, a broadcaster, columnist and former adviser to Ed Miliband and Harriet Harman; and James Johnson, who was pollster to Theresa May before co-founding the political research company, JL Partners.
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Local elections: Chris Philp, Emily Thornberry and Sir Ed Davey debate what results mean
We spoke to the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, the Conservative home office minister Chris Philp and Labour’s Emily Thornberry who is the shadow attorney general.
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Local elections: Electoral Commission says some ‘challenges’ with new voter ID requirement
The Electoral Commission has admitted there have been some “challenges” with its new voter ID requirement after some people complained they had been turned away from polling stations – critics say the new rules should be scrapped.
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Local elections: Labour make gains in the Midlands
We’ve been out and about in Derbyshire where a swathe of councils were up for grabs – and the results have echoed the picture across the country – one of Labour gains and Tory losses.
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Local elections: Labour celebrates as Conservative losses mount
Celebrations for Labour and disappointment for the Tories as their losses mounted up by the hour.
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Local elections: How people with a learning disability are trying to make sure their voice is heard
For the first time ever, voters will be required to show photographic ID such as a driving licence or passport, when they go to the polls in elections taking place in councils across England tomorrow.
