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UK: Reform Party Gains Ground As Tories Suffer Fresh Defeats

November 10, 2025 4:59 pm

Reform and Liberal Democrats claim new victories in local by-elections, dealing another blow to the Conservatives in key constituencies across England.

The Conservative Party has faced a fresh wave of local by-election setbacks across England, with Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats securing key victories in areas represented by senior Tory Figures, including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, and Mel Stride.

The results mark the latest in a series of defeats for the ruling party, intensifying pressure on its leadership and reflecting broader discontent among voters ahead of the next general election.

In Kemi Badenoch’s constituency, the Conservatives slipped to third …

Truss To Assume Office Today As 3rd Female UK Prime Minister

September 6, 2022 6:41 am

Former Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss will today take over power as Britain’s next Prime Minister (PM) after she was named leader of the governing Conservative Party to replace Boris Johnson.

Truss, the third female to serve in this capacity, will become PM today after travelling to meet the Queen at Balmoral in Scotland. Yesterday’s announcement triggered the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson and his departure from No. 10 Dowing Street.

Johnson was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal and he will travel to Scotland to meet Queen Elizabeth today to officially tender his …

“An Insult”: Johnson Risks Party Wrath For Backing Aide Cummings

May 25, 2020 10:28 am

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson backed his senior adviser Dominic Cummings on Sunday, despite calls from within his own Conservative Party for the aide to resign for driving 250 miles during the coronavirus lockdown.

Cummings, an architect of the 2016 campaign to leave the EU, came under pressure when newspapers reported he had traveled from London to northern England in March when his wife was ill with COVID-19 symptoms during a nationwide lockdown.

With Johnson’s words that he had acted with integrity, Cummings was safe, at least for now. But the row in the governing Conservatives looks set to rumble …