UK politics

UK politics

Ever since its chaotic launch in July, Your Party has been seen by many voters and journalists when they have noticed it at all as a step-by-step demonstration of the futility of leftwing politics. Through ideological disagreements, disorganisation and delays, domineering personalities and disputes over leadership structure, management of funds and membership data, Your Party has seemingly squandered the opportunity offered by Labour's rightward shift and record unpopularity.

As the year draws to a close and the final registrations are coming in, the Chancellor's Budget announcement has not reassured the industry.

Now it can be revealed that he is separately facing legal action over payments that he and others received as directors of a UK investment firm that managed assets based in Kazakhstan. Court documents show that Evans and the other directors have been accused by a former executive of personally enriching themselves by pocketing millions in alleged illicit payments. Evans and the other directors deny the allegations, which they said were part of meritless lawsuits.

This is a scandalous attempt to subvert democracy by a Labour government whose credibility and popularity are already in tatters. The Conservatives firmly oppose this decision to delay the mayoral elections, especially when candidates have been selected and campaigning is well underway. Democracy is being denied yet again after the council elections cancelled by Labour this year. There is no credible justification for this move. The Labour Government must reverse it immediately.

Plaisance Theatre Pantomimes and politics: Both thrive on performance, exaggeration and audience participation. In pantomimes, the audience boos the villain and cheers the hero; in parliament, political leaders are cast in these roles with MPs jeering. It's a comparison Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn understands. "Panto every day would be a good thing. Mind you, I work in Parliament so I get that already," he said.

The disciplinary inquiry was launched by Manchester city council, where Binks was then assistant chief executive, last summer after complaints by young female employees about sleazy and creepy behaviour on a night out last November. Binks took over as chief executive in Rochdale in April. The investigation by the law firm Weightmans LLP upheld a complaint that Binks had inappropriately touched and grinded on a junior female employee at Manchester council in a city centre bar.

The Liberal Democrats are calling for a 'Farm First' scheme to train graduates for careers in farming, aiming to prevent what they describe as a "lost generation" in the sector. The scheme would be similar to Teach First, a charity which trains graduates as teachers and places them in schools. The party estimates their proposal would cost 60m per year, funding two-year training placements for 1,000 trainees.

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Tesla privately warned the UK government that weakening electric vehicle rules would hit battery car sales and risk the country missing its carbon dioxide targets, according to newly revealed documents. The US electric carmaker, run by Elon Musk, also called for support for the used-car market, according to submissions to a government consultation earlier this year obtained by the Fast Charge, a newsletter covering electric cars. The Labour government in April worried some electric carmakers by weakening rules, known as the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate.

Over the past decade 97 women have died in prisons in England and Wales, as incidents of self-harm among female prisoners reach the highest level on record, a new report has found. Inquest, the charity that produced the report, collated Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures since 2015 to arrive at a total number of deaths. It said the numbers were evidence for its case that all women's prisons should be closed.

"The loneliness of dealing with an alcoholic parent is very severe,"