Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...

The settlement was updated to say the government is “forever barred” from prosecuting certain crimes against Trump and his family.

The move against the boss of London’s Southbank Centre sends a forbidding message about who is and isn’t seen as fit to lead in UK culture, says Guardian columnist Afua Hirsch

Everything is pointing decisively towards 'Rejoin'

At least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatality * Where did the cruise ship hantavirus come from and what happens next? * Europe live – latest updates Authorities around the world are racing to trace dozens of passengers who disembarked from the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak before isolation measures were implemented. It emerged for the first time on Thursday that at least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatality, prompting a scramble to identify and track their movements since then. Continue reading...

European observers have seen incidents of confusion over ID requirements but problem is not regarded as widespread Instances of voters being turned away from polling stations due to confusion over photo ID requirements have been recorded by European election observers watching voting in England on Thursday. While the problem is not regarded as widespread, it has been noted by the delegation from the Council of Europe, which will issue a report on the local elections in England as well as the Scottish and Welsh government elections. Continue reading...

The real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election

Nigel Farage has been calling Peterborough a rotten borough since 2019. The investigation found nothing. The court case collapsed. He has never mentioned either outcome. This week he is doing it again

The real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election

Last month, Byline Times was invited to the launch of ‘Class Ceiling’ – a new report reviewing working-class participation in the arts across Greater Manchester. A day after he was blocked from standing as the Labour candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham gave the opening address

The threat to the party in some parts of our country is now existential. But we can progress, as we have in London, by being bold and strong in our core beliefs, says London mayor Sadiq Khan