The UK’s Conservatives suffer historic losses in local elections as Labour edges closer to power

Labour won Blackpool South, a long-time Labour seat in the northwest of England that went Conservative in the last general election in 2019. Read More

U.K. Conservatives Suffer Sharp Setbacks in Local Elections

The governing Conservative Party trails badly in national opinion polls. The municipal races offer a clue to its fate in an upcoming general election. Read More

Voters Swing to Labour in English Local Elections: Key Takeaways

While the ballots were still being counted on Friday, big losses for the Conservative Party could signal a difficult general election later this year. Read More

What is at stake in UK local voting ahead of a looming general election

Millions of voters in England and Wales will cast their ballots in an array of local elections. The voting on Thursday will be the last big test before a U.K. general election that all indicators show ... Read More

UK's Labour claim big early win over PM Sunak's Conservatives

The thumping victory set the tone for what will be a closely watched two days of local results before a national election this year, which polling shows could put Labour leader Keir Starmer in power ... Read More

UK's governing Conservatives suffer big losses in local elections

Britain’s governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as local election results pour in Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a U.K. general election in which the ... Read More

The World’s Biggest Election Is Set to Begin

South Asia Brief: The World’s Biggest Election Is Set to Begin Create an FP account to ... Your guide to the most important world stories of the day Essential analysis of the stories shaping ... Read More

IMF calls for fiscal restraint in year with most elections ever

A record 88 countries, home to more than half of the ... national elections in 2024, the IMF said, noting that governments tend to spend more and tax less during election years. "The most acute ... Read More

World’s largest election begins

Polling booths across India was set to open today for the first leg of world's largest ... For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The Election Commission has to set ... Read More

US election 2024 – tracking Biden vs Trump latest polls

This reputation was cemented in dramatic fashion in the 2000, where a month-long recount process saw George W. Bush take the state, and the presidency, by just 537 votes. Barack Obama may have turned ... Read More

The World’s Biggest Election Is Set to Begin: India Votes

Most Read from Bloomberg Elon Wants His Money ... Blame Climate Change, Not Cloud Seeding These Are the World’s Best Airports in 2024 Hi, this is Dan Strumpf and I’m just back in New Delhi ... Read More