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Labour's huge beasts descended on Nottingham on Saturday for the celebration's National Policy Forum (NPF).Alongside the unions and different celebration representatives, they'll hash out what's going to develop into the principle thrust of their manifesto. The drawback is they're doing it within the wake of a by-election that was misplaced on the again of 1 unpopular coverage.The proposed extension of London Mayor Sadiq Khan's ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) into outer boroughs was blamed for Labour's failure to take Uxbridge and South Ruislip this week.That prompted chief Sir Keir Starmer to inform the NPF this morning: "We are doing something wrong if policies from the Labour Party end up on every Tory leaflet." He has additionally confronted Mr Khan, who was blamed for dro...

NEW YORK — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday downplayed the lethal Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, saying it was not an riot however relatively a “protest” that “ended up devolving, you know, in a way that was unfortunate, of course.” ...

Labour's failure to take Boris Johnson's former seat is a reminder that "policy matters", Sir Keir Starmer has mentioned - after the enlargement of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) by London mayor Sadiq Khan was blamed for the slender loss.The opposition chief instructed activists that the Conservatives hanging on to Uxbridge and South Ruislip confirmed there was "never any reason to be complacent and never a reason to rest on our laurels". It was additionally a reminder "there's still a long way to go", he warned - pointing on the market was "something very wrong" when a celebration coverage was on "each and every Tory leaflet". Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A fireplace has brought about heavy injury Friday morning to a constructing that homes the Bowling Green workplace of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul in addition to an area legislation agency. ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will go to Tonga, New Zealand and Australia subsequent week because the Biden administration shifts its Indo-Pacific technique into overdrive partially to counter China’s rising affect within the area. ...

An early morning fireplace ripped by way of a business constructing that housed an workplace operated by Sen. Rand Paul in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Friday. ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The state of Texas resigned Thursday from a nationwide, bipartisan effort to stop voter fraud, changing into the most important state and ninth GOP-led state to go away the initiative since 2022. ...

At the center of the Justice Department’s twin instances in opposition to former President Donald Trump are two obscure statutes so not often used that one had solely been invoked by federal prosecutors roughly a dozen instances within the final 20 years. ...

The Conservatives suffered two heavy defeats in an evening of three by-elections, however narrowly held on to former PM Boris Johnson's outdated Uxbridge seat.Labour made historical past, overturning a 20,137 majority to take the North Yorkshire seat of Selby and Ainsty. And the Lib Dems took Somerton and Frome in a victory chief Sir Ed Davey mentioned confirmed his occasion was "firmly back in the West Country". On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by political editor Beth Rigby, and elections analyst Dr Hannah Bunting to interrupt down the votes from every of the constituencies, and to look forward to what this may inform us concerning the subsequent normal election.Click to subscribe to the Sky News Daily wherever you get your podcastsRosie Gillott - podcast pro...

Top Republicans demanded solutions Friday over what they mentioned was an effort to punish a senior Border Patrol official who has been important of the Biden administration’s immigration insurance policies. ...