10+ hour, 55+ min ago   (649+ words) News that Reform UK received £72 million in donations within 24 hours this week was unremarkable in a political landscape that has normalised graft. That such a sum should arrive from only two donors is reflective of the inequality our system of…...

17+ hour, 27+ min ago   (650+ words) Craig Paton and Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association The leaders of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s governing parties are set to sign a joint declaration calling for their nations to be given the right to hold independence referendums. Plaid Cymru leader…...

18+ hour, 23+ min ago   (631+ words) First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has warned that Reform UK’s £72 million donations from two cryptocurrency billionaires risk undermining “trust in democracy” and raised concerns about wealthy individuals trying to “buy politics”. The Plaid Cymru leader said it would be a…...

19+ hour, 22+ min ago   (278+ words) Dave Clark, Press Association Former chancellor George Osborne said Britain’s economy has “fallen off a cliff” since Brexit and that rejoining the European Union’s customs union would be the fastest route to recovery. Mr Osborne, who resigned as chancellor after…...

20+ hour, 22+ min ago   (562+ words) Reform UK has insisted its two crypto-billionaire donors want “nothing” in exchange for their combined £72 million gifts to the party. Neither Christopher Harborne nor Ben Delo will be given a knighthood, a peerage or a government contract if Reform comes…...

22+ hour, 48+ min ago   (885+ words) The leaders of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are to meet in Cardiff to discuss independence and the future of the UK. First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth will hold talks with Scotland’s John Swinney and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (413+ words) Reform UK has received a second £36 million donation from a cryptocurrency billionaire. Thai-based businessman Christopher Harborne, the party’s biggest donor, said on Saturday he was matching the donation by Ben Delo revealed on Friday. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (612+ words) A cryptocurrency tycoon has given £36 million to Reform UK, the largest single donation to a British political party on record. Ben Delo, a British billionaire who reportedly recently moved back to the UK from Hong Kong, said he had given…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1033+ words) YesCymru has once again called for devolution of the Crown Estate, highlighting the vast sums paid by councils across Wales for us to use our own rivers and shorelines, while ‘one in three of our children live in poverty’. According…...