The next UK general election must be held by 15 August 2029. However, the prime minister can opt to call an election at any point before this. UK general elections need to be held every five years.

IF THE full message of Paul Holden’s recently published The Fraud is not getting out and changing how Sir Keir Starmer’s world is perceived, it should be.  This attempt to precis some of its strands, ...

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What’s really behind Labour’s civil war: John Rentoul answers your questions - ASK ME ANYTHING: In a recent Q&A with Independent readers, chief political commentator John Rentoul argues that Labour’s ...

Newly released documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files include an email summarising a complaint alleging that child "auctions" were held at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home - accusations denied by the ...

While NHSGGC finally admitted that dirty water at QEUH was the probable cause of serious infections in young cancer patients, and issued an apology, it did not accept blame in any individual cases and ...

What does this Welsh Government stand for? Should it exist if it does not make lawful, enforceable decisions?

JEREMY CORBYN’S intervention in Parliament demanding a public inquiry into Peter Mandelson’s appointment as British ambassador to the United States has crystallised into something far more ...

As the architect of New Labour, Mandelson was the driving force behind the British left's past triumphs. In a career spanning 40 years, the indestructible strategist had survived every scandal. Now, ...

In one exchange in August 2010, two years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor, Epstein appears to have told an ...

As the Justice Department faced mounting pressure to release the Epstein files last year, FBI employees were compiling what ...