The elections are being closely watched as Britain moves towards a more competitive multi-party political system, with Labour and the Conservatives struggling in recent opinion polls while Reform UK, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens continue to expand their support base.

UK elections 2026: Polling underway across England, Scotland and Wales in major political test for Starmer govt

The bill now has no prospect of becoming law during this parliament's current session, which is set to end next week.

England and Wales assisted dying bill fails in upper house as time runs out

The Prison Officers’ Association said that these errors are happening because staff are under huge pressure and officers have had to recalculate sentences repeatedly due to several early-release schemes brought in to tackle with the issue of overcrowding.  

'12 more prisoners have been mistakenly released in last month, two at large', says UK deputy PM

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has announced that the overthrow incident involving Ben Stokes and Martin Guptill in the World Cup final will be reviewed in September this year.

CWC 2019 final: Overthrow incident to be reviewed in September