It has, without consultation or a change in the law, slammed shut the principal way that investigating corruption of the register may be properly conducted.
Consider the case of the man whose death was registered in Bangladesh on election day. Miraculously, his vote was recorded thousands of miles away in Tower Hamlets.
A chemical engineer, a jewellery entrepreneur and former Miss India finalist, and a nurse who fought Ebola in Sierra Leone.
Despite our efforts, the national picture punished us. The problems for the party are top-down, not just with the leadership, but also CCHQ.
Activists were directed to seats which there was no chance of us winning. It is quite clear that CCHQ did not have a clue about what was happening.
The Tories are making gradual rather than spectacular progress on ethnic diversity – as the party’s class of 2017 looks set to prove.
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Alicia Kearns joins Joe Robertson and Bob Seely in the island contest.
A running list of the current Members of Parliament, of all parties, who aren’t seeking to stand again.
What possible reason could Labour have to vigorously oppose anti-fraud measures?
Sam Gyimah has been fighting the good fight.
Slough Children’s Services are being transferred to a not-for-profit Children’s Trust – and not a moment too soon.
The Liberal Democrats only have five candidates