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The Electoral Commission has issued an apology after it admitted hackers were able to access the names and addresses of anyone in the UK registered to vote between 2014 and 2022

The first official analysis by the Electoral Commission found thousands of people were turned away from polling stations in England due to new Tory voter ID requirements which came into force last month

Keir Starmer said people have had enough of the 'farce' of Tory rule and want a general election now. He also accused Rishi Sunak of losing control as the Conservatives descend into civil war

Tycoon Javad Marandi donated over half a million pounds to the Tories between 2019 and 2020 while Boris Johnson was leader, Electoral Commission records show

Some young voters were stopped from taking part in last week's local elections because their proof-of-age cards were not accepted, it is claimed

Voter ID rules introduced by the Tories meant thousands were turned away at polling stations. Officials in Maidstone in Kent said 137 people arrived without acceptable photo ID

Voters said they'd seen elderly people turned away for not having the right ID with new rules requiring people to show a valid form of photo ID coming into force for the first time

Across the country over 8,000 seats are up for grabs in 230 councils across England today - but under controversial new rules voters must take photo ID with them to cast a ballot

Oonagh Preece first went to a polling station in 1950 and has voted in every local and general election since. But the requirement for photo ID at polling stations now excludes her from democracy

The Electoral Commission has admitted it will 'not be possible to accurately quantify' the impact of the new rules by counting who does or doesn’t have ID at the ballot box

Voter ID will be in place for the first time at Thursday’s local elections but campaigners warn many still don't know about the new rules with 'little effort' put into awareness campaigns

Cross-party thinktank Demos said the results show those who are traditionally disengaged from the democratic process will be even less likely to vote with the extra hurdle of Voter ID

Hundreds of campaign leaflets including the incorrect advice were sent in "error" to residents ahead of next week's local elections. New Voter ID rules have been introduced

The deadline to apply for the free document closed at 5pm - fears are now setting in that millions of people will be at risk of being turned away from polling stations

Peter Stanyon, who is chief executive of the association of electoral administrators, admitted the upcoming local elections are unlikely to be delivered to the standard 'that everybody would want to achieve'

The Tories are accused of trying to rig next month's May local elections by introducing new Voter ID requirements that will disproportionately hit younger people

Pro-democracy groups are urging people to register by the deadline on Monday in order to vote in local elections on May 4

The PM attempted to defend the policy, saying it would help ensure elections are 'high-integrity processes' - despite any evidence of large-scale voter impersonation

The Niesmann + Bischoff motorhome was taken from an address in Fife on Wednesday, witnesses said, on the day police searched the home of Nicola Sturgeon and her husband, Peter Murrell

Johnston Carmichael will no longer provide its services as accountants, the SNP has confirmed. It follows the arrest of Peter Murrell, Nicola Sturgeon's husband

New rules mean people in England must show identification for the first time to vote in May’s local elections, but the Tories have been accused of rigging the rules

Conservative ministers have been accused of discouraging young people from voting by requiring people to show photo identification at polling stations at local elections in May

With nearly one third of the young people Electoral Commission believes are adrift less likely to choose Tory, Kevin Maguire argues more should be done to let everyone get the chance to vote

The Conservative Party has been accused of taking advantage of loopholes in the law to accept donations from non-UK citizens

The party said the cash injection from wealthy individuals is the highest in a non-general election year since 2008. The biggest individual gift - of £2million - came from Lord Sainsbury, figures show.