Northumbrian MP Ian Lavery has claimed mocking people with strong regional accents is the last form of acceptable ...

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Plaid Cymru’s victory in the Senedd (Welsh parliament) election on May 7 was historic. For the first time since devolution ...

Andy Burnham has positioned reindustrialisation as a core pillar of his economic vision - but Labour MPs say this must be ...

Burnham’s political appeal has always rested on something different from the standard Westminster offer. He has consistently ...

Rhun ap Iorwerth has called on Andy Burnham to empower and not "bypass" Wales' parliament ahead of his first meeting with a ...

A council leader says he is "absolutely devastated" his town has been rejected from a plan to create a devolved regional ...

Andy Burnham's dream of devolution is a type of "evangelism" according to a Christian commentator. Becky Miles from Christians in Politics was talking to Premier Christian News as the newly-elected MP ...

One of the big disappointments of the Local Government Code is the failure of LGUs to pick up the responsibility for agricultural technical support for farmers. This failure has severely crippled ...

Madhya Pradesh yearly increase in the central taxes has been comparatively reduced in the Union Budget 2026-27 presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. MP's share in central taxes has also ...

While the Union Budget is keenly tracked by States to assess their share in overall Central tax devolution, it is becoming increasingly clear that this revenue stream no longer plays the stabilising ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...