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    Warning Shots for Labour Fired in Doncaster
  Doncaster was named as a key target for Reform UK by Nigel Farage, and after Labour lost control of the council in the 1 May elections, Reform made...
      
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    What to expect at UKREiiF
  In two weeks’ time from when you’re reading this – and given the scale of the event, I’m pretty confident that’s likely to be true whenever you...
      
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    US and UK reach a trade agreement
  This afternoon, President Trump, joined on the phone by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, announced that the US and UK had reached a trade agreement...
      
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    Is ‘Have Your Say’ going away?
  Recently, the Government announced plans to scrap statutory requirements for pre-application consultation on NSIPs. The proposals would strike most of...
      
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    Communicating in chaos 2025: where do Americans go for trusted information?
  A new flagship report from our US colleagues at Global Strategy Group, ‘ Communicating in Chaos’ examines where Americans go for trusted information...
      
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    Local elections results
  A year ago, Mike Amesbury won the Runcorn and Helsby seat with 52% of the vote at the General Election, and Keir Starmer returned 411 Labour MPs...
      
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    The Local Elections were an aftershock rather than an earthquake
  The stunning victory delivered by Reform UK last week has set commentators running with descriptions of a political earthquake, of an end to the two...
      
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    Runcorn rumble – final countdown
  Given how little coverage it’s had compared to past by-elections, yesterday I decided to head to Runcorn and Helsby to get a sense of how the by...
      
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