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On 30 May, both the Conservatives and Labour ruled out any rise in value-added tax. [157] The SNPs Màiri McAllan claimed that only the SNP offered Scotland a route back into the European Union, making Pro-Europeanism part of the party's campaign. [158] Reform UK proposed an immigration tax on British firms who employ foreign workers. [159]
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
Notes: In 2010 the Conservatives entered government as the largest party in a coalition and in 2015 they went from being part of a coalition to being a majority government in their own right. In 2017 the Conservatives entered government without an overall majority and in 2019 they went from having a minority government to being a majority ...
Proposed structural changes to local government in England were set out in the English devolution white paper published by the UK government on 16 December 2024. The white paper announced that where possible, there was a desire for existing two-tier area—where services are provided by both county councils and district councils—to be reorganised into a smaller number of unitary authorities ...
Executive power in the United Kingdom is exercised by the Sovereign, King Charles III, via His Majesty's Government and the devolved national authorities – the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive; and by up to three more layers of elected local authorities, often County Councils, District Councils, and ...
A video shared on X claims to show Syria’s new government fighting. Verdict: Misleading The video is from August 2024, before the new Syrian government was put into place. It appears the video ...
The Labour Party formed a majority government under the leadership of Keir Starmer, winning over 400 seats. Other parties including the Liberal Democrats , Reform UK and the Green Party saw an increase in their seat share in the House of Commons at expense of the Conservatives and the Scottish National Party .
Rep. Patti Minter, D-Bowling Green, lost her re-election bid Tuesday night to Republican challenger Kevin Jackson. Republicans also picked off a Democratic incumbent in E. Ky. , with Rep. Angie ...