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 ...

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

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 ...

Catherine Connolly, a former psychologist and barrister from Galway, is a self-described political “underdog” who has united the Irish left for the presidential election. The 68-year-old mother of two ...

Emily Henders, 37, received her CAR T-cell therapy last week and hopes it will slow down or halt progression of her MS.

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

An extra 70 sites, from hospitals to mental health facilities, will be able yo install the clean tech to save on bills.

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

Ms Kyei said she was ‘delighted that someone in the public sector and financial services is being recognised in this way’.

The Children’s Booker Prize winner will be chosen by a combined panel of child and adult judges and awarded £50,000.

GMB Scotland, one of the largest unions in the industry, has written to the Chancellor warning her not to raise taxes on spirits. In the letter sent ahead of next month’s budget Louise Gilmour, the ...