The Scottish Parliament has no way to monitor what MSPs are using taxpayer-funded postage for. Holyrood officials have admitted they don’t ask MSPs to record how much mail they’re sending out using postage stamps bought using their allowance. It comes as a probe is underway into allegations of electoral fraud …
Read More »Scottish election officials doing ‘all we can’ amid postal vote delays
Officials in Scotland have said they are doing “all we can” to ensure every voter can take part in the General Election amid delays in people receiving their postal votes. It comes after furious Scots complained that their “right to vote has been stolen” due to postal ballot chaos. Many …
Read More »Socialist Equality Party election campaign wins support in Holborn and St Pancras, London
On Saturday the Socialist Equality Party campaigned in Holborn and St Pancras with a stall on Camden Road. Tom Scripps, 28, is challenging Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and is the only candidate advancing a socialist programme for workers and young people against capitalism and war. SEP campaign team speaking to residents at …
Read More »More than 90,000 polling cards have to be resent following printing mistake
A printing mistake meant almost 100,000 voting cards had to be resent across Teesside. The error affected voters in three parliamentary constituencies, with a total of 96,572 polling cards for the July 4 general election sent out again. Stockton Council says it is working with the company which printed the …
Read More »General Election 2024 – Postal vote, how to register and what to do if you’re on holiday
The general election campaign is in full swing and with the bog day less than a month away voters in the UK will be expected to cast their vote. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed the date for the next general election. Standing outside 10 Downing Street in the pouring …
Read More »Meet the Liberal Democrat candidate battling for the Devon South West seat
The historically safe Conservative seat of Devon South West will, for the first time since being won by Gary Streeter in 1997, be up for grabs – and Julian Brazil intends to secure it for the Lib Dems. He resides in the village of East Prawle in the constituency South …
Read More »Rishi Sunak visited Russia-linked tech firm on General Election campaign trail
Exclusive: When first formed in 2015, Artemis Technologies was the UK arm of Gunvor – a commodities trading firm co-founded by oligarch Gennady Timchenko. His former business partner still sits on the firm’s board Rishi Sunak visits Artemis Technologies HQ in Belfast ( Image: PA) Rishi Sunak visited a Russia-linked …
Read More »UK Johnson government imposes massive real-terms pay cut on millions as unions suppress strikes
The Conservative government, immediately following the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the triggering of a leadership contest, last week announced massive de facto pay cuts for more than two million public sector workers. Clinical staff care for a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the …
Read More »Woman unable to vote by proxy in Bath after council ‘mess up’
A woman has been unable to vote by proxy in Bath due to a mix up by Bath and North East Somerset Council. Julia Aufenast, who lives in Hong Kong, arranged for her brother James Aufenast to vote for her in Bath and North East Somerset. Mr Aufenast was supposed …
Read More »Can you trust the general election leaflets in Kirklees?
The political propaganda has been landing on your doormat for a few weeks now. Election material is being delivered by hand and Royal Mail on a daily basis to homes throughout the country. Some of the locally prepared leaflets makes promises about what the candidate will achieve or list achievements …
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