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Sam Strangeways Sarah Lagan Published Nov 7, 2019 at 8:00 am (Updated Nov 7, 2019 at 9:45 am) Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz has accused the Government of “sleazy” and “Trumpian” behaviour for spending public funds on a flyer …

Proposals for a new bridge south of Crewe station aimed at easing congestion in Nantwich Road have been adopted by Cheshire East Council. Cabinet members approved a preferred route for the new Southern Link Road Bridge at Tuesday’s meeting, following consultation held over the summer. The new bridge would be …

Published Nov 6, 2019 at 12:00 pm (Updated Nov 6, 2019 at 12:03 pm) Nick Kempe, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (File photograph) The Opposition Senate Leader accused the government of “wanton misuse of taxpayer funds” over a political …

Let’s transform the mood around the election (Pic: Neil Terry) This general election is an opportunity to kick out the Tories and break from a decade of austerity, scapegoating of Muslims and migrants, and inaction over climate change. If the Tories lose the election on 12 December, it will be a …

Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the Labour Party conference Jeremy Corbyn has promised Labour’s election programme will be “the most radical and exciting plan for real change ever put before the British electorate”. If the policies that Labour Party members have voted for make it into the manifesto, then that might …

The 2019 election will be the first in decades where both Labour and the Conservatives promise to turn on the public spending tap. The manifestos have yet to be released, but both have already made multibillion-pound pledges as the era of austerity comes to an end. Labour’s major spending pledges …

‘Brutality of the system’ Mr Corbyn says he met a woman from Gloucester who experienced the ‘brutality of the system’ first hand. She became a mother to a baby with Down’s syndrome in 2017 and her husband died soon after, he says. She has now been told her benefits will …

Huge university strikes are set to sweep across Britain after workers voted for action in two ballots. UCU union members have voted in overwhelming numbers to stage walkouts to defend their working conditions, pay and pensions. Some 74 percent of workers across 147 universities voted to strike over pay and …

6.04pm GMT18:04 Afternoon summary Andrew Sparrow Jeremy Corbyn has challenged Johnson to TV debates on what has effectively been the first full day of campaigning since MPs agreed that there should be an election on Thursday 12 December. (See 4.06pm.) The bill approving the election is still being debated by …

Boris Johnson’s call for a general election in December is both a political and logistical gamble. Here are some potential challenges that organisers of a pre-Christmas election could face. Winter weather A carefully choreographed mid-December campaign could be wrecked by gales, heavy snow, ice and floods, ruining travel plans and …