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As Tory after Tory defects to Nigel Farage, I say this: be careful which turncoats you wish for

As a chief whip, I came to know a thing or two about those who flee their parties. Often they are more trouble than they are worth, says government chief whip from 2022 to 2024, Simon Hart

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Fury as millions of voters face elections being delayed for another year as government plans hit setback

Ministers have written to 63 councils scheduled to hold elections in May 2026

Evening Standard

Merry Christmas, Keir Starmer: despite everything, you’re still the best man for the job

Rumours of the prime minister’s demise are premature. Yes, the polls look bad – but these days they reflect little more than voters’ passing whims, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other MPs’ loyalty to UK

Exclusive: Labour says Nigel Farage’s party should swiftly condemn Chris Parry after further comments emerge

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Lib Dems call for inquiry into hostile foreign state interference to include US

Party says US government’s explicit support for far-right nationalist parties in Europe amounts to outside interference

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Local elections face further delays as councils struggle to reorganise in time

Opposition parties say Labour is ‘scared of voters’ but government says merging authorities have voiced concerns

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Plans show £60m ‘gap’ in Reform council’s budget even with council tax increase

Kent County Council was won by Reform at local elections in May, when their candidates promised to cut council spending and keep taxes low.

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Journalists condemn surprise shake-up of No 10 lobby briefings

Scrapping of afternoon press conferences could limit scrutiny and transparency, say reporters

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How support for Labour crumbled in Britain in 2025 with Rachel Reeves' popularity plunging

Backing for the Tories also fell, went up slightly for Reform UK, was unchanged for the Liberal Democrats while the biggest gainers this year were the Greens

Evening Standard

From Keir as Eliot Ness to Radon Liz on YouTube – the 2025 alternative politics awards

With the Christmas recess stopping our politicians causing more havoc, it’s time for the Guardian’s parliamentarian of the year awards

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Farage avoids police investigation over alleged electoral law breach

Essex force says report is outside time limit for prosecution, while Electoral Commission says it has not found any undeclared spending

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Sadiq Khan reveals what really happened when Rachel Reeves 'kicked him out of her office'

Mayor speaks for first time about alleged bust-up with Chancellor after being asked if she ‘turned into Peggy Mitchell’

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Swinney ‘content’ Justice Secretary did not breach ministerial code

Angela Constance has been accused of misrepresenting comments made by grooming gangs expert Professor Alexis Jay in Holyrood.

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Keir Starmer planning new king’s speech after May elections

Timing seen as moment to reset after potential loss of hundreds of council seats in England and defeat in Wales and Scotland

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Badenoch says teaching boys about misogyny shouldn’t be a priority because migrants more dangerous to women and girls – as it happened

Tory leader dismisses the government’s newly published strategy as a ‘complete distraction’

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Labour MPs revolt over ‘madness’ of jury-scrapping plans

Letter from 39 backbenchers threatens rebellion over proposal to expedite court backlog in England and Wales

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Starmer faces threat of rebellion from Labour MPs over jury trial plans

Thirty-nine Labour MPs have put their name to an open letter which brands the proposals ‘an ineffective way of dealing with the crippling backlog’.

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Nigel Farage told to ‘come out of hiding’ over alleged election overspending

Labour chair urges Electoral Commission to investigate claims Reform leader spent too much in Clacton campaign

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A black swan event: Keir actually cracked a good joke at PMQs

MPs from most corners of Commons laughed at the festive gag – but stony-faced Farage failed to see the funny side

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Reeves’s rejection of North Sea job cuts claim a ‘new low’, say Flynn

The Chancellor said she does not believe 1,000 jobs are being lost every month in the oil and gas sector.

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Starmer’s Cabinet branded ‘bunch of turkeys’ in final PMQs before Christmas

The Prime Minister said Kemi Badenoch is going to be left home alone, following the number of Tory defections to Reform UK.

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Ex-Labour metro mayor and Your Party organiser Jamie Driscoll joins Greens

Move by former North of Tyne mayor comes days after five London Labour councillors defect to Zack Polanski’s party

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£570m cost of Erasmus is ‘money coming back to UK’, says minister – as it happened

Nick Thomas-Symonds says a 30% discount for the UK’s participation in EU scheme has been agreed

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A warning for Keir Starmer from his own past: if you’re not bold on Brexit and Europe, your Labour rivals will be

Leave support is falling. That’s an opportunity the PM should seize before pro-Europe challengers for the Labour leadership do, says Tom Baldwin, author of Keir Starmer, The Biography

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage's old Dulwich College schoolmates pen open letter urging Reform leader to apologise amid racism claims

Some 25 former pupils and one ex-teacher at Dulwich College have signed an open letter to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage urging him to apologise

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