The short answer is yes a national set of rules and controls does need to be put in place. but not in such a way that they will not guarantee fairness within the system and a fair vote for all. The United Kingdom does not have identical election systems across the whole of our Country. However, we do have a system in which the UK Government as a whole has taken an in-principle decision about the number of Members of Parliament and the type of voting system that will be used.

Exclusive: Daisy Cooper says ex-minister could have ‘abused trading laws’ when sharing state information with Jeffrey Epstein

Large majorities in six nations express antipathy to Trump’s US and support European self-assertion

Before Mandelson was appointed the UK’s ambassador to Washington, Pierce was already doing a brilliant job. Eleanor Mills says the current scandal is a self-inflicted wound for Keir Starmer and anothe...

The UK is no longer considered to have ‘eliminated’ measles, according to global health officials

I will be honest with you – I have never been impressed by Peter Mandelson. From the apocryphal moment when he confused mushy peas for guacamole on a fleeting visit to his North East Constituency whilst an MP there has always been, “something of the night” about him! I believe that he is one of the people that has brought politics into disrepute and that was before all the stuff that has come out about him and Epstein.

In 1974 I came to live in Liverpool on a short-term contract and did not expect to be here after 9 months. Liverpool was not a strange place to me. All my cousins lived in Liverpool or had become ‘wools*’ in Maghull and Crosby. That was my Mum’s side. My Dad came from Kingston upon Hull, and his siblings had no children.

In 1974 I came to live in Liverpool on a short-term contract and did not expect to be here after 9 months. Liverpool was not a strange place to me. All my cousins lived in Liverpool or had become ‘wools*’ in Maghull and Crosby. That was my Mum’s side. My Dad came from Kingston upon Hull, and his siblings had no children.

Liverpool has finally claimed its crown as one of the best places for under-35s to live, complete with the UK’s coolest postcode, says local resident Katie Rosseinsky. But seriously, what took everyon...

Individuals and organisations from across the care leavers landscape convene at conference hosted by UKCF and CCLA, as part of UKCF's national Care Leavers Programme

Yesterday I moved this motion at the January meeting of the Liverpool City Council: “This Council remembers the millions of victims of the Ukrainian Famine, known as the Holodomor, inflicted on the Ukrainian nation between 1932 and 1933 by the Soviet regime. It recognises this as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people and calls on His Majesty’s Government to do likewise.

Yesterday I moved this motion at the January meeting of the Liverpool City Council: “This Council remembers the millions of victims of the Ukrainian Famine, known as the Holodomor, inflicted on the Ukrainian nation between 1932 and 1933 by the Soviet regime. It recognises this as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people and calls on His Majesty’s Government to do likewise.

Not content with haemorrhaging MPs to Reform, Kemi decides to drive others into the arms of the Lib Dems

Earlier today I was saddened to be out delivering in Aigburth a letter from Cllr Dave Antrobus announcing his resignation as a councillor with immediate effect. He has been suffering from Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) for some time and has reached the conclusion that this is causing him to be unable to give the 100% service to the people of Aigburth which he has done for many years.

Earlier today I was saddened to be out delivering in Aigburth a letter from Cllr Dave Antrobus announcing his resignation as a councillor with immediate effect. He has been suffering from Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) for some time and has reached the conclusion that this is causing him to be unable to give the 100% service to the people of Aigburth which he has done for many years.

Could a boycott of US products and services actually send a message to the Trump administration? Katie Rosseinsky looks at how peaceful protest can bring real change and the ‘3.5 per cent rule’ that c...

Exclusive: the 613 most deprived areas will see higher crime rates and worse unemployment under current funding schemes, report says