UK politics

UK politics

The couple sought the High Court's blessing for Henry to possibly inherit a share of three family trusts, due to uncertainty over whether he falls within the class of beneficiaries due to the nature of his birth. In a ruling published on Thursday, Judge Paul Matthews said: The first defendant [Lord Bath] and his wife consider it would be unfair and unfortunate if their second son and his issue were excluded from benefit.

London's benchmark index dropped 55 points to 10,222 in early trading, after briefly falling as much as 80 points to touch 10,196, as traders weighed the impact of Labour's bruising local election results alongside escalating tensions involving the United States and Iran.

Two-party politics is not just dying, it is dead and it is buried. "And actually, whether it's here that Labour have been rejected, or whether we're seeing around the country, it's very clear that the new politics is the Green Party versus Reform."

Labour has lost overall control of Exeter City Council after 14 years in power. While the party remains the largest group at the authority, it lost five councillors from the previous time the seats were up for election in 2022, taking its overall number down to 18 - two below the majority mark. The Green Party gained three seats to move to 10 seats overall and remains the second largest group at the authority while the Liberal Democrats gained a seat - taking their total to five.

And after this set of May election results is fully in, we can already be sure we're going to get an extremely anguished debate about whether we should get another new pilot. These days, many across the whole political spectrum feel excessively tribal about stanning for their preferred pilot, but both within Labour and without, I must say I don't love any of the choices on offer. Several of them are having some kind of medical emergency of their own.

In his 26 February speech, the Prime Minister told MPs that the government would harness AI to grow the economy while ensuring that growth translates into good jobs and better wages. 'These concerns are real and we must and we will take them seriously,' he said in response to opposition and backbench questions about worker anxieties around AI deployment.

The arrest took place on Wednesday, 29 April at an address in Peckham. The man was taken into police custody and later bailed. He is suspected of receiving the phone after it was stolen and then selling it on. He is not suspected of any involvement in the original theft. The phone has not been recovered.

Keir Starmer came in on a wave of frustration with politics as usual and a promise of change. There is no hiding from the frustration voters feel with his time so far. Some of this can be put down to his personal style but this report suggests it is also due to his discomfort with progressive values.

Cardiff Council confirmed that voters in the Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf and Caerdydd Penarth constituencies had not received their postal votes, despite having applied for them in advance of the poll. Royal Mail said the ballot papers had not been printed and therefore were never handed over for delivery, contradicting earlier suggestions that they were already in the postal system.