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The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Sinn Fein emerges as largest party at end of marathon council elections count

The final of 462 council seats across Northern Ireland was filled shortly after midnight on Sunday.

The Independent UK

NI council election results for Belfast City Council - your new councillors

Two party leaders lost their seats while Sinn Féin strengthened its position as the largest party

Belfast Live

Rishi Sunak defends voter ID laws after backlash from Jacob Rees-Mogg

The prime minister’s remarks follow a former cabinet minister’s suggestion that it was an attempt at ‘gerrymandering’

The Independent UK

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Keir Starmer warns ‘unsustainable’ NHS needs reform not just more money

Labour leader expected to say he owes the NHS ‘everything’

The Independent UK

Starmer to warn NHS ‘not sustainable’ without ‘fixing the fundamentals’

The Labour leader will use a speech on Monday to argue it is ‘not serious’ to think the health service’s challenges can be met solely with more money.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak defends voter ID laws after Jacob Rees Mogg backlash

The Prime Minister’s remarks follow a former Cabinet minister’s suggestion that it was an attempt at gerrymandering.

The Independent UK

Sunak defends voter ID after Rees-Mogg says law backfired

Prime minister says he is ‘very comfortable’ with controversial rules despite former business secretary’s admission of gerrymandering

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Rishi Sunak defends 'gerrymandering' voter ID law as 'entirely reasonable'

It comes just days after the ex-Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg appeared to describe the law as an attempt at gerrymandering that backfired to suppress the Tory vote

Daily Mirror

Sinn Fein’s Northern Ireland election success adds to pressure on DUP

Sinn Fein has become the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s local government for the first time ever, a historic victory that will heap pressure on the Democratic Unionist Party to end its Brexit-linked boycott of the region’s power-sharing government.

Tribune News Service

Sinn Fein again sweep past unionists in N Ireland vote

Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein is set to take the most seats in Northern Ireland's local elections, in a political milestone.

The New Daily

Tories fork out huge sums for lunch with Rees-Mogg and bubbly signed by Boris at charity auction

The lots were sold at a gala dinner during a conference of the Boris Johnson-backing Conservative Democratic Organisation - with a copy of his book selling for £300

Daily Mirror

NI council elections 2023: Sinn Fein becomes largest party in Northern Ireland local government

The counting across 11 council areas in Northern Ireland is nearing completion

Evening Standard

Sinn Fein sweep past unionist rivals again in N. Ireland local elections

Irish nationalists Sinn Fein followed up last year's historic Northern Ireland Assembly victory by overtaking their unionist rivals by a wide margin in council elections on Saturday to become the biggest party at local level for the first time.

Reuters

NI council elections 2023: Full list of elected councillors in Newry, Mourne and Down

The count went on to 7am on Friday morning and into Saturday night

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Tory Suella Braverman 'asked civil servants to arrange private speed course'

Labour demanded an urgent investigation into the Home Secretary after it emerged she had asked civil servants to arrange a one-to-one speed awareness course in order to avoid a fine or points on her license

Belfast Live

NI Council Elections: Full list of candidates elected in Ards and North Down

Both the DUP and Alliance were seeking gains in this constituency but in the end, it finished up pretty stable

The National (Scotland)

Organisers estimate over 7000 pro-independence supporters attend Welsh march

OVER 7000 pro-independence supporters in Wales have marched through Swansea and attended a rally.

Belfast Live

NI election results for Derry City and Strabane in full

Several historic firsts in 2023 election in Derry and Strabane

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Belfast Live

Antrim and Newtownabbey NI Council Election results in full

Voter turnout was up 1.85 percent on 2019

Belfast Live

NI election results for Fermanagh and Omagh as Sinn Féin take majority

Alliance gained a first ever seat in Co Fermanagh

Belfast Live

Lisburn and Castlereagh election results in full as Alliance surge

However, despite forecasts of a DUP decline the majority party keeps its top spot at Lagan Valley Island and maintained the 15 seats it won at the last local election.

Wales Online

Lib Dem leader 'disappointed' no one mentioned the damning report into Plaid Cymru in the Senedd

'It was disappointing that Adam Price didn’t discuss it, nor Mark Drakeford nor Andrew RT Davies - not one of them. I expect more to be honest, I expect more men to defend women in politics'

The National (Scotland)

SNP 'could have handled things better’, says Humza Yousaf at local campaign launch

THE First Minister has today launched the SNPs Bellshill by-election campaign amid tension following the expulsions and resignations of seven SNP…

Belfast Live

NI Council election results for Mid and East Antrim in full

40 councillors have now been elected across the seven DEAs

The Independent UK

Call for ‘greater co-operation’ to maximise unionist vote in elections

Leaders have raised concerns about the number of unionists who are not voting.

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