A former Conservative MP has defected to Reform UK. During the Reform UK East Midlands Conference in Leicester, party leader Nigel Farage introduced Marco Longhi to the stage as "a loyal member of ...

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OTTAWA — Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Marco Mendicino said Thursday that he won’t seek reelection in the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence. He becomes the latest Liberal MP to ...

Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch are both more Right-wing than their own MPs, according to a study. Councillors asked to rate the views of their local MPs gave Sir Keir a score of 48 out of 100 ...

Labour MP Jon Pearce has defended his backing for High Peak Borough Council to merge with neighbouring authorities in Greater Manchester, claiming the borough has "for too long been the poor ...

Amid reports that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has travelled to Vietnam, the BJP has said the Leader of the Opposition had flown abroad to party on New Year while the nation was mourning the loss ...

NDP MP Charlie Angus says he won’t support a Conservative motion to bring down the Liberal government, signalling a divide within his party over how and when to try to trigger the next federal ...