After years of frustration with South Korea’s underperforming stock market, investors are growing more optimistic that the new president’s push for shareholder-friendly policies will finally deliver stronger returns.

Two bills passed by the Senate this week would drive major changes to energy markets and regulation in California.

Reform UK sources admitted the party was caught a bit flat-footed here and elsewhere as many of its new councillors got the grips with their new jobs in the weeks following the local elections. A support network for those councillors, in the form of training sessions and a local branch system, is being developed by the party.

Nigel Farage’s recent run of political success stalled after his insurgent Reform UK suffered a pair of high-profile departures and came third in a Scottish election that it had hoped might prove its broader appeal.

Legal battle continues as court rejects temporary stay request in Department of Education closure case, ruling against mass employee termination.

If we look at Conservative voters, 27% of them have switched to Reform in their voting intentions while 66% remain loyal. Alarmingly for Labour, only 60% of their 2024 voters have remained loyal and 15% intend to vote for Reform, while 12% switched to the Liberal Democrats and 9% to the Greens.

Two Coventry city councillors have defected from the Conservative party and joined Reform UK. Marcus Lapsa and Jackie Gardiner said the Tory party had changed and they felt "let down by so many broken promises".

Nana Akua interrupted GB News to share an urgent announcement about Reform UK. The presenter revealed that Zia Yusuf has returned to the party just 48 hours after resigning.