Staffordshire households could see their council tax bill go up by 3.99% under the Reform UK-led county council's budget proposal for 2026/27. The increase would mean those who lived in Band D properties would pay an extra £64.71 more per year, an annual rate of £1,686.42.

After calls for prison reform after the deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi, Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an omnibus bill.

Nigel Farage ’s Reform UK is to make a breakthrough in Labour ’s London stronghold winning eight seats at the next General Election, according to a new poll. The survey for More in Common shows Labour losing 12 constituencies in the capital after the party has haemorrhaged support, with the Conservatives gaining four overall.

Nigel Farage has told a Reform mayoral candidate who said David Lammy should “go home” to the Caribbean to apologise for his remarks. , Reform’s candidate for the Hampshire and the Solent mayoralty, after he made remarks about the “loyalties” of Mr Lammy and praised right-wing Conservative Enoch Powell.

During that first meeting, Sir Keir told his senior ministers their main challenge for 2026 was to show "hard work, focus and determination" in helping to ease the financial burden on households.

From acquisition reform to force restructuring, the Army’s 2025 transformation signals an enterprise-wide reset as it enters 2026.

Gov. Mike Braun's first major policy swing was a historic property tax reform that seemed to make everyone mad. But only tweaks are in store.

Paul Whiteley has received funding from the British Academy and the ESRC. The spat between Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform party, and Rupert Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth, burst into the open when Lowe was suspended from the party. The allegation ...

Immigration reform is a catchall term for changes or attempts to change laws governing immigrants and immigration. It's a term that was most often used by those wanting to create a way for people who had arrived or stayed in the country illegally to ...

Indiana Senate Republicans prioritize government reform, public safety, and fiscal discipline in 2026. SNAP and Medicaid eligibility checks to be enhanced.

The reform story of 2025 is therefore not about a single law or intervention. It is about sequencing: diagnose first, build tools for failure, protect depositors, tighten prudential rules – and only then confront the harder political questions about discretion, accountability, and central-bank power.

Permitting reform is essential to address our emerging electricity demand crisis in Virginia, former EIA official Perry Lindstrom writes in a guest column.