Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, became the largest party in English local government on 8 May 2026, gaining at least 421 seats while Labour lost 318. Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to stay despite calls inside his own ranks to change course on tax and immigration.
Polling predicts Labour losses of more than 1,800 council seats in the 8 May 2026 local elections. The Mandelson security-vetting scandal in April cost Starmer his Chief of Staff and Director of Communications.
Argentina's largest trade union confederation staged a high-profile protest outside the presidential palace on 30 April, the third major mobilisation against President Javier Milei's economic programme this year.
When the consumer price index moves 2.5%, every salary in the Grand Duchy adjusts by 2.5% by law. Statec's projections put the next trigger in the second quarter — the second tranche of the current cycle.
From 2026, French, Belgian and German residents working in Luxembourg are entitled to Luxembourg unemployment benefits only after six uninterrupted months of work in the Grand Duchy.