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You can read all today’s Guardian politics stories here.
And here are some of the main ones on our site this morning.
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The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is to tell Michel Barnier that the deal he is pulling together with Theresa May will not only damage the UK but the rest of Europe.
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Leading Brexiter Daniel Hannan has claimed to have seen an extract of the UK’s draft withdrawal agreement and says it will give voting rights to all EU citizens who stay in the UK.
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In more Brexit news, young people will be financial losers under all outcomes - facing losses of up to £108,000 over their lifetime under the worst-case no-deal scenario, according to a report.
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Developers are sitting on land for more than 130,000 homes in England that have never been built – the worst gap on record, according to new analysis. It has led to calls for tough new penalties to be enforced against developers who sit on land.
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The Department for Work and Pensions has a “fortress mentality” that prevents it from tackling the “unacceptable hardship” created by the switch to universal credit, a report from a committee of MPs has found.
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Government spending on England’s ageing school buildings has fallen by £3.5bn, leaving thousands of children in classrooms that are “leaking and crumbling around them”, according to Labour.
Local council byelections take place on Thursdays, and there were ten yesterday. Britain Elects has some of the results.
Coatbridge South (North Lanarkshire) first preferences:
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) October 25, 2018
LAB: 42.2% (+12.6)
SNP: 41.8% (-0.9)
CON: 13.8% (+1.9)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
UKIP: 0.4% (+0.4)
LDEM: 0.4% (+0.4)
Labour HOLD.
No Ind(s) (-15.9) as prev.
Wells St Thomas' (Mendip) result:
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) October 25, 2018
LDEM: 48.8% (+4.6)
CON: 40.5% (+5.2)
LAB: 10.8% (-9.8)
Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Belmont (Sutton) result:
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) October 25, 2018
CON: 46.7% (-9.6)
LDEM: 37.6% (+10.7)
LAB: 10.7% (-6.1)
GRN: 2.2% (+2.2)
UKIP: 1.8% (+1.8)
CPA: 1.1% (+1.1)
Conservative HOLD.
Linton (South Derbyshire) result:
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) October 25, 2018
CON: 62.5% (+23.8)
LAB: 32.7% (+2.8)
LDEM: 4.8% (+0.7)
Conservative HOLD.
No UKIP (-27.2) as prev.
Bosmere (Suffolk) result:
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) October 25, 2018
CON: 45.5% (-0.1)
LDEM: 44.2% (+5.1)
LAB: 10.2% (+2.4)
Conservative HOLD.
No Grn (-7.3) as prev.
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