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Caroline Nokes slates ‘deliberate belittling and demeaning of women MPs’

Stormont has failed to fully put into effect 2019 law passed by Westminster leaving women with ‘deplorable options’

May 5 sees a big set of elections across the UK. In England, there are contests across 146 councils. In London, every council seat is up for election across all 32 boroughs. Elsewhere where there are elections, at least one-third of the council seats are being contested, with some authorities…

Tory candidates ask voters not to punish them for ‘mistakes’ in Westminster in wake of Partygate

The clock is ticking on sale to be completed with fresh concerns around the process in Westminster and questions over Russian billionaire's view of whether £1.6bn debt should be repaid

‘This Thursday, please don’t punish local Conservatives for the mistakes made in Westminster – we are local and proud of where we live’

NICK Robinson has told a Tory minister he’ll take no “lectures” from him on impartiality during a heated debate about Westminster scandals.

Thursday’s voting is ostenciably about potholes and bin services but could these key council areas indicate the direction of a future general election – and the fate of Boris Johnson?

At the last local election, Labour held onto their seat by just 12 votes

Turnout at council elections in Scotland is usually much lower than Holyrood or Westminster contests but politicians are urging the public to make their voices heard.

The problem with reporting improper behaviour in any workplace which is institutionally discriminatory is that, too often, the victim is seen as the problem.