<p>Labour’s Bev Craig expected to win contest that lost column inches to Andy Burnham’s ascent and Reform UK leader’s self-imposed Clacton vote</p><p>Voting has begun in the biggest byelection in British political history, with more than 2 million people eligible to choose Andy Burnham’s successor as Greater Manchester mayor.</p><p>In normal times, such a large and politically significant byelection would have dominated the headlines for weeks, particularly as senior Labour figures only

<p>New Zealand’s top diplomat Winston Peters drew the ire of Beijing’s ambassador in Wellington on Thursday after telling a lawmaker of Chinese descent to “go back to your own country”.</p> <p>During a debate about New Zealand’s response to the Covid pandemic on Wednesday, populist NZ First leader Peters was asked by China-born Green Party member Lawrence Xu-Nan: “Are you vaccinated?”</p> <p>In response, Peters said the lawmaker, who was born in the Chinese city of Tianjin but grew

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Anish Gawande, National Spokesperson for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). As India's younger generation challenges Modi's hardline government, Gawande frames recent government concessions, including the resignation of the Education Minister, the passage of tougher anti-cheating legislation and the appointment of a reform task force, as evidence that sustained youth mobilisation can compel accountability even within a highly centralised political system.

<p>Green party leader says post ‘inadvertent mistake’ after Reform UK said it ‘incited murder’, while police say no further action will be taken</p><p>The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he made an “inadvertent mistake” by sharing an Instagram post of a man wearing a T-shirt featuring an image of a guillotine and the phrase “we’re only making plans for Nigel”, but he repeatedly said he would not apologise to Nigel Farage.</p><p>Polanski told the BBC’s Newsnight pr

<p>Rightwing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for change</p><p>For campaigners perpetually disappointed by the failure of England’s political classes to fix England’s creaking adult social care system, the fear was that Andy Burnham’s long-trailed speech on Wednesday would be less Brave New World, more Groundhog Day.</p><p>Burnham acknowledged he had been here before. Back in 2010, as healt

PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari continued his tirade against the PML-N an ally of his party in the Centre on Wednesday, reiterating his allegations in the first phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections and demanding re-polling. Addressing a...

<p>PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday demanded that the government and the “protesters” agree to the formation of a truth and reconciliation commission to resolve ongoing tensions in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).</p> <p>The PPP has repeatedly called for the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission amid protests in AJK.</p> <p>Over the past month, the regional administration and the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) have been at odds over various issues — most no

<p>Cockroach Janta party says government has broken promise, with detentions in Delhi, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar</p><p>India’s youth-led “Cockroach” movement, whose nationwide protests forced the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/25/dharmendra-pradhan-india-education-minister-resigns-cockroach-movement">resignation of the education minister</a>, has accused the government of backtracking on its promise not to act against student protesters and has threatened to restart

<p>In today’s newsletter: Across ​the country, a ​younger generation is turning private disillusionment into public defiance​ against a government that once felt untouchable</p><p>Good morning. As flames engulfed parts of France and Spain this weekend, in India, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, was trying to put out a very different kind of fire. Thousands of people arrived in Delhi on Saturday to demand the resignation of his education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. When <a href="https

<p>PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs market</p><p>Andy Burnham will tell schools across England to adapt their curriculums to the needs of local businesses as part of a devolution drive aimed at tackling the jobs crisis for young people.</p><p>By moving decision-making to local areas, the PM hopes the plan will make technical and vocational skills as valued as academic qualifications – and help cut the benefits bill.</p> <a href="https://ww