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And here are some of the main ones on our site this morning.
- The National Crime Agency is to investigate allegations of multiple criminal offences by Arron Banks and his unofficial leave campaign in the Brexit referendum, prompting calls from some MPs for the process of departing the European Union to be suspended.
- A criminal investigation has begun into allegations of antisemitic hate crimes within the Labour party, Scotland Yard has said.
- Labour has announced that it would strengthen the 2004 Hunting Act if elected and remove legal loopholes that campaigners say allow blood sports to continue under the guise of trail hunting.
- Heatwaves in the UK are lasting twice as long as they did 50 years ago, ice days are disappearing and tropical nights are starting to occur as far north as Middlesbrough, according to a Met Office report.
- Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, has labelled the rumoured return of David Cameron to frontline politics as “bizarre”.
On Thursdays local council byelections take place. There were three yesterday. Britain Elects has two of the results.
Three council by-elections tonight: a Conservative defence in Kirklees, a Labour defence in Newham, and a Liberal Democrat defence in South Gloucestershire. @andrewteale previews them here: https://t.co/UYiWCulEvt
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) November 1, 2018
Liberal Democrat HOLD Dodington (South Gloucestershire).
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) November 1, 2018
Dodington (South Gloucestershire) result:
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) November 1, 2018
LDEM: 49.3% (+8.4)
CON: 39.4% (+16.8)
LAB: 11.2% (-1.6)
LDem HOLD.
No UKIP (-23.7) as prev.
Boleyn (Newham) result:
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) November 1, 2018
LAB: 74.8% (+4.3)
CON: 14.2% (-4.4)
GRN: 7.5% (-3.4)
LDEM: 3.6% (+3.6)
Labour HOLD.
h/t @natehiggins
