Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from the Electoral Commission

How can I apply for an emergency proxy vote for the General Election?

WITH the General Election fast approaching, questions are being raised around proxy and postal voting...

The National (Scotland)

Companies linked to Tory donors given £8.4bn in public contracts since 2016

Exclusive: Anti-corruption charity calls for ban on parties accepting donations from companies with public contracts

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Billionaire who funded climate science denial group's donations to Tories

AN Australian hedge fund billionaire who funded a climate science denial group has given the Conservative Party £366,790 since the last election…

The National (Scotland)

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Love Actually producer puts Labour donations on top in first campaign week

Official figures reveal gap between two main parties and that Reform had surge in donations after Farage took over

The Guardian - UK

Female UK election candidates report increased abuse

Politicians, activists and charities say online harassment is particularly bad, including hate speech and disinformation

The Guardian - UK

‘It is now or never’ polling experts warn Sunak as first postal votes set to be cast within days

Conservative leader told ‘time is running out’ to convince many voters as postal ballots, set to be used by one in five, start landing on doorsteps early next week

The Independent UK

Political spending and donations: what are the rules in the UK?

July’s general election is likely to be most expensive since regulation of party spending began in 2000

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Rishi Sunak engulfed in new row over £5m donation from tycoon who made 'racist remark' about Diane Abbott

Labour open a further attack on PM’s ‘integrity’ after tax row, but Tories say they are keeping the money

Evening Standard

Why Nigel Farage’s Reform is a company and not a party - and what that means

Nigel Farage is director and majority shareholder of Reform UK - which he insists will ‘democratise over time’

The Independent UK

Zuma big election ‘winner’ as South Africa heads for coalition government

The former president’s MK gained at the expense of the ANC which is set to lose its majority for the first time.

Al Jazeera

What is voter ID and which forms of identification can I use to vote in the General Election?

Everything to know about the voter ID you need to vote in the General Election this Thursday

The Independent UK

Can you still vote in the general election by post and by proxy?

You must be registered to vote first if you will be overseas on the big day

Evening Standard

Labour, Lib Dems and Britain First fined by Electoral Commission for breaking election law

The Electoral Commission has found that Labour, the Lib Dems and far right party Britain First guity of breaking election law

The Independent UK

After this week’s squalid experiment, see voter ID for what it is: a Tory scam to steal elections

This exercise in shrinking the electorate to Conservative advantage must not be the new normal, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Al Jazeera

Jacob Zuma election ban: How does it affect South Africa’s election?

Zuma’s party says it will appeal the decision, which could affect its rising challenge to the ruling ANC.

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Why the US and UK are going public with warnings about Chinese hacking

In today’s newsletter: Information about 40 million UK voters was stolen by Chinese spies in a hack that also targeted elected officials. A cybersecurity experts walks us through whether these are isolated incidents, or the tip of a digital iceberg

The Guardian - US

US and UK unveil sanctions against Chinese state-backed hackers over alleged ‘malicious’ attacks

The US alleges the individuals were working as a front for Beijing in an indictment and sanctions announcement

The Guardian - UK

China cyber-attacks: this growing threat to UK security will not go away

With the Electoral Commission just the latest target on a list that includes the economy and supply chains, experts warn of data-gathering ‘on an industrial scale’

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Is mild man Dowden up to the threat of China’s cyber campaign?

Deputy PM, who didn’t really sign up for this, seemed reluctant to declare war on a superpower

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘slow to hold China to account’ for cyber-attacks against MPs and voters

As deputy PM expected to impose sanctions, head of international alliance says ministers have taken years to respond

Evening Standard

UK and US target China with sanctions after cyber attack on election watchdog

Rishi Sunak said Beijing now posed an ‘epoch-defining challenge’ as Oliver Dowden announced cyber-related sanctions

The Guardian - UK

A revolution in the way Britain does politics has begun in Devon. Tory MPs should be afraid

There’s an urgent need for a fairer electoral system – and if politicians won’t make it happen, the people will, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Evening Standard

Tories 'given further £5million' from 'racist rant' donor Frank Hester

The healthcare entrepreneur allegedly said Diane Abbott made him ‘want to hate all black women’

The Guardian - UK

Donations to UK political parties nearly doubled to £93m in 2023

Tories and Labour boosted by mega-donors, and fundraising gap between two parties appears to be narrowing

The Guardian - UK

Welsh first minister hopeful accepted £200k from waste offender’s firm

Vaughan Gething facing criticism after his campaign accepted donation from environmental offender’s company

1 … 5 6 7 8

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Conservative Party

the Electoral Commission

265 stories

Electoral Commission

196 stories

the Charity Commission

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.