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Tactical voting at next election could push Reform into fourth place, poll finds

The poll of more than 8,000 voters, shared with the Guardian, suggests a widespread openness to voting tactically. It also shows the prime minister's most successful electoral strategy would be to unite the centre and…

Rare good news for Merz as Germany’s growth outlook jumps

Forecasters for Germany’s five leading economic institutes warned that domestic political developments could weaken the outlook going forward, warning the German coalition is backpedaling on needed but unpopular reforms…

UK ‘losing up to £6.5bn a year in EU trade’ without post-Brexit product deal

In the latest attempt to calculate the loss of trade with the EU after Brexit , the IPPR thinktank said many companies have given up selling goods to the EU or set up subsidiaries inside the trade bloc after successive…

Revealed: Andy Burnham’s route to victory

What do these numbers mean for Andy Burnham, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage? And how could a split on the right of British politics help Labour keep the keys to Number 10? Plus, has Tony Blair’s call to rejoin the EU…

The Tories are back. Please don’t blow it

Well you’re not laughing now.” One wonders if Kemi Badenoch is saying those words to herself this morning, ad nauseam. Because for rather a long time, Reform have parroted the notion that the Tories were yesterday’s…

‘Cash to trash’ levy on house developers too low to offset damage to Norfolk Broads, say critics

Ministers say the government's environmental delivery plans (EDPs) were created to unblock housing growth across the country and are a "win-win" for development and nature. They allow environmental damage to protected…

John Oxley: Are the Lib Dems coming for the Tory heartlands?

It’s easy to mock the Lib Dems; fun, too. Under Sir Ed Davey’s leadership, they have become more known for their wacky stunts than their political leadership. The rise of Reform and the Greens in the polls has also…

Greg Smith: SEND reform must not leave children with complex needs behind

As the Conservative MP for Mid Buckinghamshire, I see the human cost of the SEND crisis every week in my constituency surgeries. Parents are exhausted from fighting for basic support. Children are left without the right…

David Thomas: Delivering for Torbay

For Conservatives, we should approach those elections with confidence, but not complacency. We won in 2023 and residents gave us responsibility for running Torbay Council. That changes the campaign we need to fight next…

Greens aim for first London MP in Holborn race

A win in this seat, which has returned Labour MPs for decades, would be a feather in the cap of the Green Party after Sir Keir Starmer stood down from the House of Commons at the start of September, shortly after leaving…