James Orr, an associate professor, was shown in Channel 4 News footage apparently trying to sidestep electoral law

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EXCLUSIVE: Carol Vorderman has directly appealed to women voters in Makerfield to reject Reform UK’s Rob Kenyon, after a string of crude and sexist social media posts resurfaced.

Reform UK have defended a by-election candidate who called abortion a “cowardly act of murdering a defenceless baby” and

Helen Drake and Pauline Schnapper argue that the rebuilding of interpersonal ties has been integral to the recent improv

In evidence to MPs, Cabinet Office top civil servant disputes that her department suggested vetting might not be needed * UK politics live – latest updates Olly Robbins refused to hand Peter Mandelson’s vetting summary to the Cabinet Office, the civil servant who leads the department has said. The summary – which would have revealed that Robbins, the now-sacked Foreign Office head, had granted Mandelson clearance against the advice of security officials – was instead provided to Cat Little by UK Security Vetting (UKSV), she told MPs. Continue reading...

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Deputy leader Richard Tice said the move would help tackle the cost of living.

It follows an ongoing backlash against the use of X's AI Grok to digitally remove clothing from images.

President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority Donald Trump has said ‘I don’t need international law” and that his power is limited only by his “own morality”. In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump said the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”. Continue reading...