Sky News details UK elections coverage

Voters across England and Wales will go to polls on May 2nd to elect councillors, metro mayors and police and crime commissioners in what will be the last big e ... Read More

Ofcom Warns UK Broadcasters Over General Election Programing Following GB News Breaches

Any British broadcaster who breaches general election programing rules will be hit with an Ofcom sanction, the regulator has said, a warning likely informed by a number of GB News breaches over the ... Read More

Channels warned over politician hosts for election

TV and radio stations with shows hosted by politicians could face fines if they break impartiality rules during the next general election campaign, the UK's media regulator Ofcom has warned. Channels ... Read More

General election: When is the next one and who decides?

The latest a Parliament can be dissolved for a general election is on the fifth anniversary of the day it first met. For the current Parliament, that means 17 December 2024. However, 25 working days ... Read More

Britain Steps Up as Global Defender Against Election Interference

The UK government is enhancing its role in global election security by increasing intelligence sharing not just with the Group of Seven (G7) nations but also with other international allies, according ... Read More

The Friday Roundup: Election Surprises and Record Highs

Looking at wider markets — the FTSE 100 is up 0.3% at around 8,100. The FTSE 250 is up 1.1% at 19,815. In terms of big market news, the BHP bid for Anglo American is dominating the headlines, while ... Read More

UK Spurs Intelligence Sharing With Allies on Vote Manipulation

The UK is spearheading a drive to expand intelligence-sharing on electoral interference beyond its Group of Seven allies, as a large swath of the globe heads to the polls in national elections this ... Read More

General election 2024 poll tracker: How do the parties compare?

Individual poll data is published online by the different companies. Where a party has polled less than 0.5%, it is shown in the table below as 0 due to rounding down the numbers. Each dot in the ... Read More

Council carnage, a potential Tory leadership challenge and a summer election? Seven things to look out for this week in UK politics

Should a leadership challenge be mounted after the local elections, Sunak could respond by calling a snap summer election for June in order to flush out and defeat his internal critics – and to ... Read More

How tactical voting might affect the British election

Less politically engaged voters, who are more likely to vote in a general election than in by-elections, may not be as attuned to these possibilities. But if they also vote tactically, the Tories ... Read More