At major sports matches, there is the main event, then sometimes the reserve or junior sides are invited to compete. There’s a bit of a kickabout, for which the bulk of the crowd don’t hang around.

It is no wonder Labour rushed the by-election in Gorton and Denton, setting the date on 26 February, in the hope of catching opponents off guard. Keir Starmer knows that this is a vote that could ...

Rhun ap Iorwerth has said the Welsh Parliament election is a fight between the "culture" of his party Plaid Cymru and the "ignorance" of Reform UK. Plaid's leader told his party conference in Newport ...

Labour is reeling after bruising local election results – losing ground to the Greens on the left and Reform UK on the right – and questions are now swirling around Keir Starmer’s leadership.