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The Shadow Education Secretary says Labour should not fear talking about troubled families.

The by-election was triggered after Mark Reckless defected to Ukip and stepped down as an MP.

Conservative parliamentary candidate Nus Ghani on October's hot topics in politics.

Kelly Tolhurst is at odds with Conservative Party leadership and has caled for Israeli businesses to be boycotted.

The former Conservative cabinet minister says Cameron should adopt a strong and sensible stance.

The prime minister has launched a make-or-break campaign to hang on to Rochester.

Labour leader has tried to end leadership wobbles with call for unity.

Tories pick 20 November for crucial by-election in a bid to slow the Ukip bandwagon.

Exclusive: The Conservative MP from Liverpool says her accent hasn't held her back in politics.

The Mayor of London says young people's talents are being wasted at the moment.

Ukip's newly elected MP will act as a constant reminder of the threat the big parties now face.

Johnson says the day is an opportunity to bolster awareness of this issue amongst businesses.

Joe Twynam, of YouGov, tells IBTimes UK that Ukip 'mopped up votes from the left behinds'.

Nigel Farage and Douglas Carswell have confounded all their critics and left the big parties facing huge uncertainty.

Ukip has secured its first MP and come close to seizing a safe Labour seat in sensational by-election results

IBTimes UK has collated the key figures you need to know ahead of the 9 October vote.

IBTimes UK exclusively looks inside Ukip's Clacton by-election bid

On the eve of the Scottish Independence Referendum the SNP had some 25,000 members. It has now surpassed 75,000 and rising. Nothing will be quite the same again.

Tax cuts, taking care of the NHS and patriotism were on the agenda in Cameron's speech.

Cunning election plans to beat Ukip, dinosaurs and the real bread and butter issues.

Since he was sacked from the cabinet, Paterson has made some careful challenges to Cameron.

The Chancellor says children and grandchildren will benefit from the move.

Tory delegates are obsessing over fears that Nigel Farage has another trick up his sleeve.

Conservative MP for Rochester & Strood abandons ship the day before Tory Party conference begins.

Nigel Farage has told his annual conference they could hold the balance of power after the next election

A poll from YouGov found 72% of respondents supported the proposal announced in Manchester.

The latest survey from YouGov shows there is now a two point gap between Labour and the Tories.

The Labour Party leader wants to increase the national minimum wage to £8 by 2020.

The vote saw 84.6% of Scotland's electorate turn out to vote in the referendum.

The former Prime Minister says that people have not grasped the implications of independence.