Westminster

Exclusiva: Se dice que el alcalde de Greater Manchester ha identificado escaños donde los MPs se harían a un lado para permitir un leadership bid Andy Burnham tiene un plan creíble para regresar a Westminster “en cuestión de semanas”, han dicho sus aliados, y se espera que el alcalde de Greater Manchester use una lucha en las byelection para presentar una nueva agenda para el gobierno. Burnham, a quien el órgano rector de Labour le impidió postularse en las byelection de Gorton y Denton de febrero, ha identificado varios escaños donde los MPs están dispuestos a retirarse para permitir su leadership bid. Continue reading...

Rhun ap Iorwerth launches party’s manifesto and says he is unconcerned by Reform UK threat in Welsh electionsUK politics live – latest updatesPlaid Cymru’s leader has promised “no more bending to Westminster’s will” as the nationalist party stands on the brink of taking office for the first time in next month’s Senedd elections.Speaking at Plaid Cymru’s manifesto launch in Wrexham on Thursday – chosen because of its football team, which has showcased Wales’s potential to the world – Rhun ap Iorwerth told a packed room of supporters there would be “no more toeing the London party line, no more defending the status quo and no more saying no to Wales”. Continue reading...

Murder investigation launched after man, 26, killed in central London on Friday nightThe Metropolitan police have launched a murder investigation after a man was stabbed in central London on Friday night.Officers were called to Abbey Orchard Street, Westminster, at 10.17pm after receiving reports that a man had been stabbed. The scene of the incident is near Parliament Square and Westminster Abbey. Continue reading...