Arab citizens of Israel, representing approximately one fifth of the population, are preparing for a closely- contested general election in which their political parties could play an important parliamentary role. Opinion polls suggest…

Kemi Badenoch has pledged sweeping inheritance tax reductions as part of her party’s plans to revive Britain’s economy and challenge Andy Burnham’s government. Addressing the Conservative conference in Birmingham, she promised to abolish…

Prime minister Pedro Sánchez has called an early general election for 29 November after the Spanish parliament rejected two government decrees intended to address the country’s housing crisis. His Socialist Party governs with…

Opposition MPs have intensified protests against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his resignation over alleged malpractice in the process of revising electoral rolls. On 6 October, lawmakers led by Congress leader Rahul…

Andy Burnham has said it is 'possible' that a future Labour manifesto could include another referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. However, he stressed that holding such a vote now would not…

Thirty-nine political prisoners have been released in Venezuela following a second round of US-backed talks between the interim government and opposition representatives. A human rights organisation has said those freed included eight women…

King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s first female prime minister after her centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party won the largest number of seats in parliamentary elections. The fifty-year-old…

Andy Burnham has signalled his intention to deepen Britain’s relationship with the EU while declining to rule out a future Labour commitment to rejoin the bloc. Asked whether Labour could campaign for EU…

MPs have rejected proposals to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales, voting 286 to 270 against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at its second reading on 11 September. The…

Russia is holding its first parliamentary election since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with Vladimir Putin’s United Russia expected to retain control of the 450-seat State Duma. Critics describe Russia’s political system as…