Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reform UK has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by just six votes - an extremely narrow victory that will serve as a major ...

Since there’s rather a lot else going on right now, one could hardly stretch to calling Mike Amesbury’s thumping of a constituent “the punch heard around the world”. But it certainly echoed around his ...

Reform UK's victory in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election has been hailed by the party's newest MP. Former Conservative councillor Sarah Pochin dramatically edged out Labour's Karen Shore in the ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s first nine months in office have been far from easy. From the backlash against cuts to benefits, to mounting global instability and an impending trade war with the US, the prime ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reform UK has won a by-election victory over Labour in Runcorn and Helsby taking the Cheshire seat by just six votes. Nigel Farage ...

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Mike Amesbury, who was convicted earlier this year of assaulting a constituent. On 27 February, Amesbury was given a 10-week prison sentence and ...

"As a Runcorn lad born and bred, this is my town." Gary Shaw stands behind the counter of his butchers on Church Street, speaking to me in between bagging up rashers of bacon and homemade sausages for ...

Former Cabinet minister proposes that Conservatives should ‘stay out the way’ of a victory for Nigel Farage’s party Ben Riley-Smith is Chief Political Commentator for The Telegraph. He has been at the ...

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