Socialists win most seats in Spanish Elections

THE pollsters had it right and with 99.99 per cent of the votes counted, the PSOE were the most-voted party. The socialists headed by the current president Pedro Sanchez won 123 seats in the national parliament but will need pacts with other parties to govern. The Partido Popular, the PSOE’s closest rivals lagged further behind than expected with 66 seats and the party under Pablo Casado suffered its worst-ever defeat...........There was a record turnout of almost 76 per cent, nine percentage points more than in the 2016 general election. The Spanish labour market is proving to be more resilient than most people expected at a time of internal and external uncertainty. While unemployment grew in the first quarter of 2019, the Spanish economy has created 596,900 jobs over the past 12 months, representing a 3.14% increase, according to data released on IT IS estimated that repairs in the aftermath of the structural damage caused by the Easter storms up and down the coast could be as high as €350,000 euros, according to the Provincial Coast Service. A British man who helped his American friend 'granny dump' his dementia-suffering father in the UK so he could get free healthcare has been jailed. Former Worcestershire star Alex Hepburn, 23 was found guilty of raping the woman after she had consensual sex with his teammate Joe Clarke in the early hours of April 1 2017. The UK risks being cut out of the loop by American spies if it uses Huawei technology for its 5G mobile network, a senior US official warned today. Robert Strayer, the deputy assistant secretary for cyber security at the State Department, said any involvement of the Chinese tech giant poses an 'unacceptable risk'.