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When reality bites: the rapid rise and chaotic fall of Reform UK in Cornwall

Resignations, suspensions and infighting lead to party losing crown of highest number of seats in the county

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer has had ‘500 days of failure’ in office, says SNP

SNP Westminster deputy leader Pete Wishart highlighted issues such as pensioner winter fuel payments and the two-child benefit cap.

Evening Standard

Two arrested over phone hidden in Commons to reportedly play sex noises during PMQs

Police believe device was deliberately planted near frontbench to disrupt proceedings, prompting heightened security in parliament

The Guardian - UK

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Have Reeves and Starmer missed the chance to ditch stealth taxes?

Retreat from plans to increase income tax means Labour is unlikely to make system fairer and more coherent

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage is today’s Enoch Powell and his appeal down to slow economy, says minister

Business secretary Peter Kyle says appeal of far-right parties like Reform due to ‘their dogma of disruption, division and despair’

The Guardian - UK

Wave of London Labour defections grows as another councillor quits party over ‘financial mismanagement’

Hounslow councillor Vickram Grewal blamed his former party’s financial “mismanagement” as he announced he was joining the Conservatives

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage is ‘incarnation of Enoch Powell’s politics’, says minister

Business Secretary Peter Kyle hit out at the leader of Reform UK while speaking at the Co-operative Party conference.

Evening Standard

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MP quits Jeremy Corbyn's Your Party as infighting chaos continues

MP Adnan Hussain said he had been ‘deeply troubled’ by the way ‘certain figures’ within the new party had been treated

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on income tax is needless, cowardly – and wrong

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The chancellor’s decision to break a manifesto pledge cannot so easily be flipped from yes to no, especially when there has been no change in the economy to warrant it. This is no way to run a government

The Independent UK

Reeves’s tax U-turn: how Labour changed course on budget plans

Chancellor spent weeks preparing the ground for breaking manifesto pledge but events this week appeared to change her mind

The Guardian - UK

‘They all think Keir is done’: how push to protect Starmer’s job backfired spectacularly

Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Man, 61, guilty of stalking former Tory minister Penny Mordaunt

Brandt sent at least 17 emails and three phone messages to Ms Mordaunt, as well as turning up at her Portsmouth constituency office out-of-hours

The Independent UK

No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies

Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’

The Guardian - UK

‘The speculation is ridiculous’: Readers vent frustration over Budget uncertainty

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is split over Rachel Reeves’ upcoming Budget, with many frustrated by speculation and uncertainty, while others defend her cautious approach

The Independent UK

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Londoners who own expensive homes face being hammered in Budget after Reeves U-turn to dump income tax rise

A new ‘mansion tax’ or higher council tax bands for costly properties are measures the Chancellor could announce

The Guardian - UK

What are Rachel Reeves’s options after U-turn on income tax rates?

From freeze on income tax thresholds to reforming capital gains tax, we look at how much the alternatives could raise

Evening Standard

Ex-councillor found guilty of stalking former MP Penny Mordaunt

Edward Brandt was convicted by a jury sitting at Southampton Crown Court.

The Guardian - UK

MP Adnan Hussain quits Your Party over ‘persistent infighting’

Blackburn MP criticises ‘struggle for power’ amid tensions between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana

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Evening Standard

Sarwar urges Reeves to scrap two-child cap in Budget

The Chancellor will unveil her Budget later this month.

Evening Standard

Nightmare on Downing Street: 'Iron Chancellor' loses her mettle with Budget U-turn and Starmer in coup chaos

Commentary: Two startling own goals in a week have damaged Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ authority

The Independent UK

Chancellor abandons planned income tax hike because of improved forecasts

The PA news agency understands the strength of tax receipts has improved the numbers from the OBR, allowing for the U-turn.

Evening Standard

Streeting says he and Starmer ‘extremely frustrated’ by leadership row

Health Secretary Wes Streeting was targeted by briefings suggesting he was plotting a coup against Sir Keir Starmer.

The Guardian - UK

Treasury won’t cut threshold for higher rate income tax, say sources – UK politics live

Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bn

Evening Standard

Reeves not ‘playing fast and loose with people’s money’ amid tax U-turn reports

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy would not be drawn into speculation that Ms Reeves has abandoned plans for the manifesto-breaking tax hike.

Evening Standard

Reeves dumps plan to raise income tax in screeching Budget U-turn sending spooked markets into slide

Chancellor abandons plans to raise income tax over fears they could spark a huge backlash among voters and backbench Labour MPs

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