CONSTANCE Broadbent was elected as Warrington's first female councillor in the 1918 election. Standing as a Conservative, she gathered support of Liberal voters as well to defeat Labour man Charles ...

Exclusive: Former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party Jack Lopresti has given his first interview to The Independent ...

Yvette Cooper also said that a customs union, single market and a youth mobility scheme with the EU are 'red lines' Labour ...

The ex-Tory MP, who came up with the 'Northern Powerhouse' proposal a decade ago, recently met co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Tory MPs and peers have added to growing pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to agree a youth free movement deal with the EU ...

Labour plans on ramping up its campaigning against Nigel Farage after a new poll showed Reform is a bigger threat to Labour seats than Tory.

British child serial killer Lucy Letby's legal team will announce what is claimed to be "new medical evidence" from a panel ...

The Conservative MP on the ‘damaging’ children’s Bill, her dream job and how the Tories are focusing on future solutions ...

Councillor John Whitby, for Derby City Council, was elected MP for Derbyshire Dales last year and has continued in both roles since ...

Labour is facing a potential investigation over “indirect funding” from the EU while it was in opposition. The Electoral Commission, which regulates party financing in the UK, has said it is looking ...

A video captures Rishi Sunak at the Jaipur Literature Festival in the company of his in-laws, smiling and waving at the ...

Richard Tice has said a Reform UK MP convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend 18 years ago will not be suspended and would pass the party's new vetting process.