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The Latest Breaking News from the Electoral Commission

Deadline day to register to vote in May 7 elections

Some 42,827 applications to vote were submitted on Sunday April 19, the highest on a single day so far this year.

Evening Standard

What are the rules on cryptocurrency donations to UK political parties?

Temporary ban on crypto donations is being introduced after review into countering foreign interference in politics

The Guardian - UK

Funding for populist-right ‘media-political complex’ exceeded £170m in five years, research finds

Handful of billionaires gave huge sums in particular to media organisations that boosted rightwing politicians, says Liam Byrne MP

The Guardian - UK

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Ban corporate donations to UK political parties to protect elections, says thinktank

CenTax warns bill under debate in parliament has ‘easily exploitable’ loopholes and will not prevent foreign interference

The Guardian - UK

Fact check: Postal votes made up majority of ballots in one 2025 local election

There were 23 local elections held in England in May 2025.

Evening Standard

Labour to scrap government power over elections watchdog amid fears of abuse

MPs and campaigners had warned law imposed by Tories could be used by future leaders to ‘undermine democracy’

The Guardian - UK

Labour Together ‘making clean break’ after former director resigns as minister

Thinktank’s board distances itself from Josh Simons’ decision in 2023 to hire lobbying firm to investigate journalists

The Guardian - UK

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Reform and Tories report ‘family voting’ allegations to watchdog

Nigel Farage says his party was victim of ‘cheating’ in Gorton and Denton byelection, although Manchester council says no issues reported

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to impose temporary ban on crypto political donations

National security committee warns UK elections dangerously expoed to foreign money until tougher safeguards are in place

The Guardian - UK

Minister under investigation over targeting of reporters makes late donation declaration

Josh Simons failed to declare gifts from Labour donor within the stipulated 28 days of receiving them

The Guardian - UK

The minister and the alleged smear campaign: key unanswered questions

Josh Simons, who is at centre of scandal in which journalists were falsely linked to a ‘pro-Kremlin’ network, faces questions over candour of his statements

The Guardian - UK

Lobbyist in Labour Together scandal has been investigating Guardian reporter, say reports

Tom Harper reportedly made inquiries as recently as last week about Henry Dyer, who has been reporting on row

The Guardian - UK

Financial woe means Alba Party ‘unlikely’ to fight election, leader says

Leader Kenny MacAskill said the Alba Party may be unable to re-register with the Electoral Commission.

Evening Standard

Labour minister faces calls to be sacked over false claims against journalists

Guardian investigation showed Josh Simons falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ

Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’

The Conversation

Voting in supermarkets, bank cards as ID and £500,000 fines for breaking the rules – how British elections could be about to change

Elections need periodic reform to ensure that they have integrity and fulfil their role in line with the times, and the British government has unveiled its proposals for doing just that.

The Independent UK

Cabinet minister accused of hiring PR agency to investigate journalists’ sources

Josh Simons denies asking for reporters to be investigated in probe over leaked details on think tank’s funding

The Independent UK

Reform blames printer as Farage’s party faces investigation into by-election leaflet

The Electoral Commission says the omission is a police matter

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The Guardian - UK

Reform faces police investigation over ‘concerned neighbour’ byelection letters

Material distributed in Gorton and Denton did not have legally required imprint stating it was funded by party

The Guardian - UK

Minister commissioned investigation of journalists looking into Labour thinktank

Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when director of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sources

The Guardian - UK

Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney paid firm to investigate journalists

Labour Together hired company to look at Sunday Times and Guardian reporters after article about donations, documents suggest

The Independent UK

Who is Morgan McSweeney? Starmer’s former right-hand man set to face Mandelson scandal grilling

Starmer’s right-hand man was considered the driving force behind Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador

Evening Standard

Morgan McSweeney: The rise of Sir Keir Starmer’s right-hand man

The Prime Minister’s chief of staff held many political roles during his journey from building sites to Downing Street.

The Times of India

PIO civil servant gets flak on X for negotiating Chagos deal

A British civil servant of Indian origin, Dr. Francis Vijay Narasimhan Rangarajan, faces social media backlash over the controversial Chagos deal. He led negotiations to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, retaining use of the Diego Garcia base. Critics, including former politicians, have voiced strong opposition to the…

Creative Bloq

UKIP’s brazen new logo receives extreme allegations

Is it patriotic or just plain provocative?

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