Whoever wins the UK's 2024 general election will face tough economic choices in the coming years. Hitting fiscal targets, such as reducing the national debt, will require a careful balancing of the books, and possibly the need for either spending cuts or tax rises. The two major parties, La...
presidential election and they are showing more appetite for spending in the run-up to Christmas, according to a survey published on Friday. The GfK Consumer Confidence Index, the longest-running measure of British consumer sentiment, rose to -18 in November, its highest...
It also shows, however, that this communication may be compromising the principles of fair and open elections in the UK, for example by allowing parties to effectively bypass constituency spending limits and avoid transparency. Unless electoral legislation and regulation are changed to take account of...
voters turned to labour in july's election largely for its pledge to fix public services from over-crowded prisons and crumbling public housing to the over-stretched health service. but labour's support in opinion polls has been hit by the government's warnings of a painfu...
leadership. Truss is the fourth Conservative Party leader in six years, since the Brexit referendum," said Crespo-MacLennan. "The party cannot afford another change. Liz Truss knows that she will lead the party until the next general election and she needs to focus on her government program....
The moves he makes on Day 1 could test the limits of his executive power. Laura MannweilerJan. 17, 2025 Trump Plans Busy Day 1 For the first time in U.S. history, foreign leaders are invited to an inauguration. Most are right-wing politicians, though a few notables didn’t make the...
governmental departments failing to issue spending reports on a regular basis, and regarding the decision to change the location of parliamentary briefings to Downing Street from the House of Commons which has been described as a threat to media access and limits the use of mobile phones [100, ...
governmental departments failing to issue spending re- ports on a regular basis, and regarding the decision to change the location of parliamentary briefings to Downing Street from the House of Commons which has been described as a threat to media access and limits the use of mobile phones [100...
Other open data commitments have fared less well. A commitment to publishing local election results data according to a common standard proved slow-moving because of the need to carry with it local authorities. And an initiative to push for publication of election candidate diversity data under sec...
This year, parties are set to raise and spend more than ever before after the government in 2023 uprated party and candidate spending limits to reflect the impact of inflation. The limits had not been changed since 2000. The result is an 80 per cent increase in party spending limits, from...