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What's happened to the pre-election promise to abolish means testing of the Carer's Allowance?
The Journal
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July 17, 2025
DURING LAST YEAR’S general election campaign, disability services and support for carers became a flash point that political parties were keen to capitalise on. All of Ireland’s main political parties, including Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael,...
Editorial: Suburban mayoral campaigns shouldn’t cost this much
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 17, 2025
Inflation was perhaps the most pivotal issue on the ballot in November 2024, as we all know. But it wasn’t just the cost of everyday goods that was rising. Local politics got awfully expensive in our most recent campaign cycle, culminating with...
Trump Administration Expands Voter Integrity Push with State-Level Demands
[your]NEWS
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July 17, 2025
The Justice Department is requesting voter rolls and exploring access to election systems as part of Trump’s March executive order. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom The Trump administration has intensified its nationwide election integrity campaign,...
UK to lower voting age to 16 by next general election
RTE Ireland
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July 17, 2025
The next UK general election will see 16-year-olds able to vote for the first time, ministers have confirmed in wide-ranging plans to "modernise our democracy". Labour's manifesto committed the party to lowering the voting age for parliamentary...
UK Government confirms 16 and 17-year-olds can vote in general elections
NorthWalesLive
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July 17, 2025
The next general election will see 16-year-olds able to vote for the first time, ministers have confirmed in wide-ranging plans to "modernise our democracy". Labour's manifesto committed the party to lowering the voting age for parliamentary...
Japan Election Impact On JPY And Nikkei 225
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- DailyFX (IG)) Political uncertainty grips Japan ahead of election Japan's Upper House election on 20 July represents a pivotal moment for the country's political landscape. The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and...
'Dangerous For Democracy': RJD's Tejashwi Yadav Slams ECI Over Voter Revision List
Free Press Journal
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July 17, 2025
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday severely lambasted the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar, calling the exercise "dangerous" for democracy. Addressing a...
Guyana Scales Back Borrowing as Elections Test Oil Boom Stability
Oil Price
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July 17, 2025
Guyana’s government will reduce external borrowing for major infrastructure projects, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said, citing the country’s swelling oil revenues and a growing push for fiscal restraint. Speaking at a press briefing, Jagdeo said...
EC announces investigation into alleged Senate election fraud, 229 individuals facing charges
The Nation Thailand
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July 17, 2025
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday announced that the 26th Investigation and Inquiry Committee, which has been investigating alleged collusion in the Senate election, has concluded its investigation. The committee has recommended legal...
EFF retains Malema’s home ward in Polokwane, defeats ANC and SACP in by-election
IOL
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have retained Ward 13 in Polokwane, the home ward of party leader Julius Malema, in a recent by-election, defeating both the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). EFF...
One year on from the general election, how much closer are we to delivering 1.5 million new homes?
Building Design
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Central to Labour’s general election winning manifesto was a commitment to deliver 1.5 million new homes by 2029. Within weeks of their victory, the new government began putting their plans into action, consulting on a new National Planning Policy...
Labour unveils plans to lower the voting age to 16 under 'seismic' election reforms
LBC
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17 July 2025, 10:33 | Updated: 17 July 2025, 10:37 Labour has unveiled plans to lower the voting age as part of its manifesto commitment - in what experts say is a move to thwart the rise of populism. Picture: Alamy Labour has unveiled plans for...
16-year-olds to be given vote at next election in landmark change
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
DA retains Mandela Bay ward in by-election
SABC News
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July 17, 2025
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has retained the hotly contested ward 34 by-election in Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape. The DA retained the ward by 188 votes difference, in a neck and neck race against the Patriotic Alliance (PA). The PA...
Togo votes in local elections amid outburst of public anger: What to know
Al Jazeera
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July 17, 2025
Tensions are palpable in the West African nation of Togo as highly anticipated local government elections are being held following weeks of angry protests calling for leader Faure Gnassingbe to resign. Although small, Togo commands weight as a...
GECOM clarifies timeline for 2025 election results
Stabroek News
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July 16, 2025
Chief Election Officer (CEO) Vishnu Persaud has clarified that while the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is aiming to complete district-level declarations by the night of September 2, the day after polls close and not the day of the polls as...
EFF retains Polokwane’s Ward 13 in by-election
Eye Witness News
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POLOKWANE - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has retained Polokwane’s Ward 13, winning the by-election by 966 votes. This is the home ward of the party’s president, Julius Malema, who has been in his hometown of Seshego this week campaigning...
Finer Election Calculations Prompted Bengal BJP To Choose Durgapur As Venue For PM's Political Rally Tomorrow
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a crucial political rally at the industrial township of Durgapur in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal on Friday afternoon, with the scheduled rally gaining...
Elections results could be known by night of September 2- Chief Elections Officer
News Room
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July 14, 2025
If there are no major delays or a request for a recount, the results for the September 1 general and regional elections should be known the night of September 2, with an official declaration the following day, Chief Elections Officer Vishnu...
Election 2026: Ryan Mackenzie ahead in fundraising against three prospective Democratic opponents in 7th district race
Morning Call - Pennsylvania
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July 16, 2025
Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, already mounting his reelection campaign months into his first term, is leading in fundraising against three prospective Democratic opponents. In the second quarter of 2025, Mackenzie pulled in just over $800,000 in...