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A government transparency watchdog also confirmed it is probing Mid and East Antrim Borough Council

Multimillionaire Brexit backer had lost libel action against Observer and Guardian journalist

ONLY 10,000 of the two million who require voter ID have applied for the government-issued document.

Exclusive: number is just 0.5% of those who could need the document under new scheme

Tunisian polling stations were quiet on Sunday for run-offs in a parliamentary election that drew only 11% turnout in December's first round. With political parties boycotting the vote, most candidates are independents and attention is likely to focus on whether there will be higher participation than there was in December,…

TUV leader Jim Allister has written to the standards commissioner questioning the "obvious loophole" in the rules

The Government passed new legislation which means that people now have to bring an acceptable form of ID with them to vote at elections.

Instead of popping into the polling station and simply putting your cross in the box on election day, now voters are required to show photographic ID

Anyone hoping to vote in the upcoming local elections will have to provide a photo ID

None of Sinn Fein's seven MPs include details of their party wages in their Westminster register of financial interests

A huge communication and awareness plan is set to launch across Greater Manchester