Shehryar Joyia 
Following the announcement that the next general election will take place on 4 July, speculation is already rife about what will be in the party manifestos. Labour has already made several suggestions about what the party’s plans could be for personal independence payment (PIP) and universal credit, while the Conservatives announced plans to reform many … Read more
Nigel Farage has confirmed he will not stand as a candidate for Reform UK at the general election, in a decision he said he “thought long and hard” about. Putting out a statement on social media, the GB News presenter said he is “fully supportive of Richard Tice’s leadership”. But he said it is “not … Read more
Staggering new data has found that only one-third of councils around the country fix potholes when they reach a specific depth, rather than repairing roads in any poor condition. Just over a third of councils across Great Britain have a strict limit as to how deep a road defect needs to be before it gets … Read more
Former Tory minister Nadine Dorries says Rishi Sunak had to call a general election to avoid Tory oblivion. Speaking on GB News, Dorries hit out at the Prime Minister and suggested that he is the reason why his party is lagging behind in the polls. Sunak announced yesterday outside 10 Downing Street that the vote … Read more
Nine people have been killed including a child and at least 50 injured after a stage collapsed at a Mexican election rally. High winds tore apart the huge structure at the rally for the Citizens’ Movement party in the city of San Pedro Garza Garcia, in Nuevo Leon state, sending people scattering across the grounds. … Read more
British biodiversity is in a perilous state, with one in six species at risk of extinction (Photo: Getty) This is i on Science, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week, you can sign up here. From otters to foxes, badgers to red squirrels, the British … Read more
Atalanta 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen (Lookman 12′, 26′, 75′) This Europa League final was won in Dublin but made in south London. Ademola Lookman was born in Wandsworth, went to school in Peckham, played Sunday League football for Waterloo FC and began his professional career with Charlton Athletic. On Wednesday night he scored a sensational hat-trick … Read more
Rishi Sunak faced a grilling on GB News over his decision to call a snap election amid a backdrop of Tory rebellion threats. The Prime Minister yesterday made the shock announcement outside 10 Downing Street in a move that is said to have baffled several backbenchers. Speaking on GB News, Sunak was keen to highlight … Read more
It is 6am on Thursday morning, and I am on a train which has just left a London station heading north on a pan-UK campaigning tour by Tory leader Rishi Sunak. Along with most of the country, I am still in shock that the Prime Minister has called a general election six months before he … Read more
An urgent “danger to life” alert has been issued for parts of Britain as more heavy rain and flooding is set to strike. A rare amber weather warning remains in place until 12pm today across northern England and Wales. Meteorologists have warned the “worst is yet to come” with up to a month’s worth of … Read more