Ireland uses a system of transferable votes in elections but – with only three candidates on the ballot – there can only be a maximum of two counts. If the gap between Ms Humphreys and Ms Connolly ...

Plaid Cymru has defeated Reform UK in a fiercely-fought Welsh Parliament by-election, with defending party Labour trailing in third. Nigel Farage’s party was hoping to win its first seat at the ballot ...

Votes are being counted in the crucial Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election after weeks of fierce campaigning by parties hoping to win the Welsh Parliament constituency from Labour. Labour has led ...

On Thursday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced an additional £10 million in security funding to protect Muslim communities from hate crimes.

Christmas Island National Park acting manager Alexia Jankowski said on Thursday there were up to 200 million of the endemic ...

Ministers have not provided evidence economic growth from expanding airports provides enough benefit to outweigh environmental harm, a report says.

The Scottish Affairs Committee also said the Scottish and UK governments should have acted sooner to prepare for job losses at Grangemouth.

The Prime Minister will announce that a UK missile-building programme has been accelerated to deliver an extra 140 air defence missiles this winter.

Projections from this summer showed the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was set to spend £2.6 billion more this year than agreed with the Treasury. The department was seeking cost-saving measures such as ...

Andrew relinquished use of his Duke of York title and remaining honours last Friday in a bid to to prevent distracting from the work of the monarch and the royal family, but he remains a prince, ...

Men with incurable prostate cancer are facing a “postcode lottery of care” a charity has warned after it raised concerns that men with incurable prostate cancer may not get access to a new drug ...

Friends of the Earth said 47 of the 50 worst areas in the country for air pollution are represented by Labour MPs.