Politics

Silicon Valley firms, including Meta, have shifted toward MAGA politics, sometimes for self-serving motives, according to Nick Clegg. The former UK deputy prime minister, who served as Meta’s head of global affairs for nearly seven years, informed the The Rest is Money podcast that his departure from the company

Polling has opened across England, Scotland and Wales in a series of local, mayoral and parliamentary contests – the biggest electoral test Keir Starmer and the Labour government have faced since the 2024 general election. As millions of people across Great Britain go to the polls on Thursday, party leaders are

Andy Burnham’s choice to join a progressive rally featuring leading Green and Liberal Democrat figures has provoked criticism from certain Labour MPs, who claim he is weakening their local election message. The Greater Manchester mayor, regarded as one of the leading contenders to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour

A British woman from Aberdeen has been stranded abroad after her 11‑month‑old baby was prevented from boarding a flight because of new rules regarding dual nationals. Sarah Schloegl was refused board on a Ryanair flight from Alicante last week after she went to Spain for a short break

Scotland Although the Scottish National Party looks set to win a fifth term after Thursday’s Holyrood election, the exact makeup of the parliament remains hard to predict. Reform UK, which has grown strongly in Scotland over the past year and a half, is fighting for second place with Scottish

Lib Dems criticise Badenoch for seemingly paving the way for Farage to enter Downing Street after she signalled openness to Tory‑Reform council agreements Kemi Badenoch indicated she would not object to Conservative councillors cooperating with Reform UK colleagues at the local level. During a Sky News interview, when asked