Burnham faces questions over push to scrap photo ID voting requirement 11. October 2026 (13:16) Ministers reportedly seeking to halve time for Lords scrutiny of voting and donations changes amid election speculationAndy Burnham is facing questions over plans to speed up sweeping changes to Britain’s electoral system amid speculation that some of his closest advisers are pressing for an early general election.Ministers reportedly want to at least halve the time available for peers to scrutinise legislation that would make it possible to vote without photographic identification, lower the voting age to 16 and tighten restrictions on political donations. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Deeply concerning’: Democratic congressional candidate rebukes ICE’s presence in New York 11. October 2026 (13:00) Darializa Avila Chevalier criticizes NYPD’s ‘inaction’ in protecting Marble Hill protesters after ICE shot a manDemocratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier believes that the New York police departments’ conduct towards protesters after an ICE agent shot and wounded a man in the district she is running to represent violated “the spirit, if not the letter” of the city’s sanctuary laws.These rules ban local police from helping federal immigration authorities in civil immigration enforcement operations. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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