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OPINION - London isn't a Labour city any more — the three key questions that new polling raises

“London is a Labour city” was always something of an exaggeration but it’s even more misleading today than it has been for quite a while. Polling just released by the Mile End Institute (MEI) at Queen Mary University of London suggests that the capital’s falling out of love with Labour.…

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan joins growing Labour rebellion against disability benefit cuts

Exclusive: London mayor is most senior party figure to call for plans to be dropped, as Starmer vows to press ahead

The Guardian - UK

Public’s ‘gut instinct’ should count in reviewing criminal cases, says Tice

It comes after Lucy Connolly, the wife of Conservative councillor Ray Connolly, was jailed last year for 31 months for inciting racial hatred.

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PM tells Cabinet ‘we will reform welfare’ amid backbench rebellion over plans

The Prime Minister on Tuesday said the Government must ‘fix what is broken’.

Evening Standard

Reform’s ludicrous ‘Britannia Card’ is a masterpiece in political manoeuvring

While it promises to enrich the poor, the proposal offers a subtle tax break to the wealthiest. But Farage knows better than Labour that headlines matter, says Faiza Shaheen, the incoming executive director of Tax Justice UK

The Guardian - UK

Voices: I’m leaving the UK because of how Labour has treated wealthy non-doms like me… ciao!

COMMENT: Multi-millionaire businesswoman Dr Ann Kaplan Mulholland – who is moving from her Kent castle to Italy, for the more favourable tax jurisdiction – says Labour is running out of time to rethink its flagship plan to scrap non-dom status… and that Nigel Farage’s idea for the super-rich to pay…

The Independent UK

More than 100 Labour MPs threaten to halt welfare cuts in biggest rebellion yet

MORE than 100 Labour MPs have signed their names to a Commons bid to halt the UK Government's welfare reforms ...

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UK politics: Starmer to ‘press forward’ with welfare cuts despite rebellion – as it happened

PM says current system is ‘broken’ and there is a ‘clear moral case for change’

The Guardian - UK

Labour support plunges in London as it 'sheds votes' to Reform, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens, new poll shows

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is on 32% - an 11 point drop since the general election last July, according to the new poll

Evening Standard

Labour MPs rebel against welfare cuts with bid to kill Bill

Dozens of MPs, including 11 select committee chairs, are understood to have backed an amendment.

Evening Standard

Liz Kendall says welfare reforms will create ‘a better future’

The Work and Pensions Secretary’s appearance at a Parliamentary Labour Party meeting came amid warnings from MPs about her welfare reforms’ impact.

Evening Standard

Labour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare bill

Amendment intended to kill off legislation that would cut benefits could be backed by up to 100 Labour MPs including senior figures

The Guardian - UK

What is Reform UK's proposed Britannia Card? Nigel Farage's 'bonanza for billionaires' explained

The party said the policy would ‘encourage the return of wealth and talent to the United Kingdom’

Evening Standard

Welfare reforms will lead to ‘appalling poverty’ – Labour MP

Andy McDonald asked for further evidence on how many people will lose out on Personal Independence Payments (Pip) as a result of welfare reforms.

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Fergus Ewing's solo Holyrood bid 'unnecessary as he could've run for SNP', FM says

VETERAN SNP MSP Fergus Ewing could have stood for the party again in 2026, the First Minister has said ...

The National (Scotland)

'Unionists join together' as Labour councillors survive no-confidence vote

LABOUR councillors in Stirling have survived a vote of no-confidence but have been accused of being joined at the “political hip” with the…

Evening Standard

Farage claims Reform nom-dom plan would see £600 paid to poorest workers as tax expert issues warning

Labour branded Nigel Farage’s plan ‘simply a bonanza for billionaires’

Evening Standard

Tory defects to Reform UK on flagship London council as Nigel Farage eyes political gains across the capital

EXCLUSIVE: Westminster councillor Laila Cunningham is quitting the Conservatives saying she can no longer ‘defend failure’

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Scottish Labour MSPs 'failing to turn up to do their jobs' amid rise in no-shows

Scottish Labour MSPs have been accused of failing to "turn up to do their jobs" amid a rise in the number of MSPs missing Holyrood votes

Evening Standard

Farage plans to charge non-doms £250,000 fee which will be given to poor

The Reform UK leader said the policy would ‘encourage the return of wealth and talent’ to the UK.

The Guardian - UK

‘Billionaires’ bonanza’: Labour derides Reform plan to offer tax exemptions to wealthy

Nigel Farage defends policy to top up poorest workers from £250,000 ‘landing fee’ on rich UK newcomers

The Guardian - UK

Look at Labour’s cruel attitude towards disability benefits, then tell me Keir Starmer cares about ‘human dignity’

These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The National (Scotland)

Fergus Ewing says SNP will 'throw everything' at his bid to become independent MSP

Fergus Ewing says he believes his former party the SNP will “throw everything” against his attempts to be elected as an independent MSP next…

The National (Scotland)

Douglas Alexander refuses to set out democratic route to Scottish independence

DOUGLAS Alexander has refused to set out how Scotland could democratically achieve independence despite being repeatedly pushed on the issue.

The National (Scotland)

SNP the only pro-indy party not to sign pledge condemning Gaza genocide

The SNP have been called out for being the only pro-independence party not to sign a pledge condemning Israel's atrocities in Gaza

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