Welcome to UKPOL. This web-site aims to archive speeches and press releases relating to UK politics. We have over 80,000 speeches (along with 60,000 other pages of data, election results and councillor information), as well as a growing number of interviews, book reviews and other political and electoral resources. The last 100 speeches added to this site are https://www.ukpol.co.uk/last-100-speeches-added/.
KEY INFORMATION
Manchester Mayoral Election Results 2026

- Andy Burnham – 2026 Comments on the High Street

- John Redwood – 2026 Comments on Train Chaos in Manchester

- Kemi Badenoch – 2026 Comments to the People of Clacton

- Heidi Alexander – 2026 Statement on Gatwick Airport

- Yvette Cooper – 2026 Comments on Cradle to the Grave

- Luciana Berger – 2026 Statement on Joshua Bonehill-Paine


- NEWS STORY : Burnham Signals Further Business Rates Changes but Warns of ‘Difficult Financial Outlook’

- NEWS STORY : Burnham Calls First COBRA Meeting as Britain Faces Fifth Heatwave of 2026

- NEWS STORY : Government Closes 13 More Asylum Hotels as Number in Use Falls to Around 160

- NEWS STORY : PIP Review Opens Workshops After Interim Report Says System Is ‘No Longer Fit for Purpose’

- NEWS STORY : Households Near New Pylons Could Get £2,500 Off Electricity Bills

- NEWS STORY : Two Men Arrested Over Suspected Illegal Waste Dumping in Cheshire


- PRESS RELEASE : Households living near new pylons to save thousands on bills [August 2026]
- PRESS RELEASE : PM vows to save “hollowed out high streets” with crackdown on vape and betting shops [August 2026]

- PRESS RELEASE : Much more must be done to prevent and prosecute acts of violence in the West Bank: UK statement at the UN Security Council [August 2026]

- PRESS RELEASE : The UK remains concerned by reports of systematic ill-treatment of prisoners of war and civilian detainees, by Russian authorities – UK statement at the UN Arria meeting on Ukraine [August 2026]

- PRESS RELEASE : Minister visits Port of Tyne to support plastic pellet clean-up [August 2026]

- PRESS RELEASE : £130 million for cutting-edge next generation vehicles securing over 1,800 jobs [August 2026]



