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1 day ago | politicshome.com | Zoe Crowther |Tom Scotson

Welsh Labour Looks To 2026 Elections With Fear Labour has dominated politics in Wales for decades. But party figures there fear major losses at the 1 May local elections in England were a sign of what's to come across the border next year. Labour has won the most votes and seats in Wales at every UK general election for over 100 years, and has been in power since the Senedd's inception at the turn of the century.

1 day ago | politicshome.com | Tom Scotson

Cross Party MPs To Write To Government Over Care Worker Visa Changes Under reforms introduced as part of the government's flagship Immigration White Paper, the overseas care worker visa route will close (Alamy) A cross-party committee of MPs is set to write to the government expressing concern over what changes to immigration rules could mean for the social care sector.

2 days ago | politicshome.com | Sophie Church |Tom Scotson

Conservative MP Patrick Spencer Charged With Sexual Assault Groucho club in London (Alamy) Conservative MP Patrick Spencer has been charged with two counts of sexual assault. The charges follow two alleged claims with two separate women at the Groucho Club in London in August 2023, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Tuesday. Spencer will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday, 19 May.

2 days ago | politicshome.com | Sophie Church

We cannot afford to miss this opportunity for a deal with Europe After years of drift in UK–EU relations, there is now a clear opportunity to put substance behind our shared security interests. A new Security and Defence Partnership is increasingly likely to emerge from the UK–EU Summit in London on the 19th of this month.

2 days ago | politicshome.com | Nadine Batchelor-Hunt |Tom Scotson

Met Police Investigate Fire At Keir Starmer's London House The Metropolitan Police are investigating a fire at Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s north London home in the early hours of Monday morning. The Prime Minister’s front door was damaged, but no one inside the house was hurt. Countess Road in the London borough of Camden was sealed off on Monday.