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The Clacton parliamentary by-election will be held on Thursday, 13 August 2026, with Nigel Farage facing a record field of 33 other candidates.
UK health officials are urging holidaymakers to take additional food and water precautions following a sharp rise in cyclospora infections, with most cases linked to travel in Mexico.
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has approved a data centre and wider redevelopment around Brick Lane despite demands for a housing-led future for the former Truman Brewery estate.
The first 46 of 138 new homes for British armed forces personnel and their families have been completed at Dhekelia Station in Cyprus.
Former SNP MP Mhairi Black is moving from Westminster to television with a police detective role in the forthcoming BBC legal drama Counsels.
Labour’s Bev Craig has been elected Mayor of Greater Manchester after defeating Reform UK’s Sian Astley in the second stage of voting.
John Charlton says he cannot take ownership of his father Jack Charlton’s 1966 World Cup winner’s medal because of an inheritance tax demand he puts at £200,000.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has welcomed the announcement that Hamas will disarm, while warning that Israeli withdrawal, the ceasefire and humanitarian access must also be delivered.
Chancellor John Healey will present the Government's next Budget on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, alongside a new economic and fiscal forecast from the OBR.
Reform UK has retained Castle Ward on Scarborough Town Council after Susan Rumford defeated Labour candidate Fiona Stephenson by just one vote.
An Independent candidate has won the Rumworth ward by-election in Bolton, defeating Labour in a closely watched contest triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Abdul Atcha.
The Government has announced plans to give English mayors a share of locally raised income tax as part of one of the biggest transfers of power away from Westminster in decades.