Leaders of parties which backed the independent candidate have been congratulating her ahead of an expected decisive victory.

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell has urged Sir Keir Starmer to be bolder and give a “stronger sense of our purpose”. Ms ...

A former Labour Treasury minister and the first director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Lord Taverne became a Lib Dem peer in 1996.

The Manchester Central MP was sacked from the Government by Sir Keir Starmer and will now be a prominent voice on the back benches.

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was convicted of the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl eight days after arriving in the UK.

A hospital has performed a record number of pioneering prostate procedures in one day in a bid to help curb NHS waiting lists ...

Demonstrations have been held at the site for the past five nights, with violent scenes breaking out on Tuesday and Wednesday ...

The protesters were arrested after appearing along a route designated for a demonstration by the United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip).

There was some criticism of the small number of candidates, leading to focus on the strict nomination criteria.

An asylum seeker accidentally released from prison was last seen in the London area, police said, as officers urged anyone who spots him to call 999 immediately. Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie ...

Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched nine missiles and 62 drones, and air defences intercepted four missiles and 50 drones.

Tallies at Adamstown count centre in the Dublin Mid-West constituency gave the independent candidate 73 of the valid poll.