Singapore Politics

‘I’m not running away’: Koh Poh Koon bids farewell at his final event as senior minister of state

Senior Minister of State for Health Koh Poh Koon had announced that he would resign from office on June 1.

One year after GE2025

In GE2025’s closest contested wards, the ground game continues a year on

Posters of Tampines GRC candidates from Workers' Party, People's Action Party and National Solidarity Party seen near Block 701 Tampines Street 71 on April 26, 2025.

One year after GE2025

‘In good company’: New Nee Soon MPs not afraid to ask questions, view Shanmugam as ‘fatherly figure’

Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam (centre) and fellow Nee Soon GRC MPs (from left) Jackson Lam, Syed Harun Alhabsyi, Goh Hanyan, and Lee Hui Ying speaking to ST on May 7.

One year after GE2025

New MPs turn to social media, raise issues in Parliament to connect with Singaporeans

First-term PAP MPs Hamid Razak, Hazlina Abdul Halim and Gho Sze Kee, and first-term WP MP Kenneth Tiong.

One year after GE2025

New office-holders seek to balance perspectives, consult widely as portfolios grow

(Clockwise from top left) Acting Ministers Jeffrey Siow and David Neo; Ministers of State Dinesh Vasu Dash, Goh Pei Ming and Jasmin Lau; and Senior Parliamentary Secretaries Goh Hanyan and Syed Harun Alhabsyi.

Govt defers consideration of political salaries until impact of Middle East conflict is clearer

An eight-person committee was formed in January to review the salaries of Singapore’s political appointment holders.

Recap: WP and Chee Hong Tat clash over laws to retroactively validate fees charged by MND’s agencies

A new normal in the House a year after GE2025; external challenges take centre stage

Opening of the Fifteenth Parliament on Sept 5, 2025.

News analysis

Workers’ Party put on the defensive by internal and external pressures

Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh's appeal against his conviction was upheld by the High Court, triggering uncertainty for the party.

News analysis

PAP juggles energy crisis and other key priorities

Voters will likely expect the PAP government to steer the country through the crisis, before looking at more long-term issues.

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