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Former Labour councillors join Reform UK

Sir Robin Wales, the former Labour mayor of Newham, and Clive Furness, who also served on the council, have joined Reform UK.

Evening Standard

Top supermarket boss accuses Labour of ‘constraining’ British businesses

Allan Leighton was CEO of Asda in the 1990s and said governments engaged and supported firms more back then

The Independent UK

Wednesday briefing: Was the chancellor’s spring statement already out of date?

In today’s newsletter: Against a backdrop of global turbulence, Rachel Reeve’s surprisingly upbeat tone failed to reassure when our supposed economic stability rests on forces mostly outside of the government’s control

The Guardian - UK

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Labour 'risks losing 600 seats' in London local elections in worse nightmare than Gorton disaster

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is facing tough battles against the Greens, Reform UK, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems

Evening Standard

Want to stop Farage with your vote? At the moment you can’t – and Starmer must fix that

The PM’s in-tray is overflowing. But he can’t afford to neglect the real issue that is distorting our politics and the way we live, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Most Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds

Nigel Farage’s recent efforts to woo centre-ground voters may cause tension in party’s right flank, says Hope Not Hate

The Guardian - UK

UK parliament to debate whether all suicides linked to domestic abuse to be investigated as homicide

Lib Dems table amendment to crime and policing bill, saying system ‘simply not doing enough to protect women’

The Guardian - UK

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What will Rachel Reeves’s spring forecast mean for household finances?

The chancellor promises more money in people’s pockets, but the Iran crisis makes steeper inflation a pressing worry

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves claims UK economy can beat forecasts again – is she right? Our writers discuss

The chancellor insists Labour has ‘the right economic plan’ for a world that has become ‘yet more uncertain’

The Guardian - UK

Al Quds protest in London explained - timings, locations and controversy

Protesters and counter-protesters will be separated by the Thames amid fears of violence at the demonstrations on Sunday

Evening Standard

Reeves warns of risk of higher energy bills as Iran war sends oil and gas prices soaring

Gas prices have almost doubled since the start of the attacks on Iran

Evening Standard

Spring forecast: Reeves insists Labour has ‘right economic plan’ as 2026 growth downgraded

Unemployment predicted to continue rising to 5.3% as chancellor says she is meeting energy firms amid soaring oil and gas prices

The Guardian - UK

MPs urge ban of London 'hate march' linked to Iranian regime

Critics of the annual Al Quds march have accused it of platforming anti-semitism and extremism

Evening Standard

Labour to scrap government power over elections watchdog amid fears of abuse

MPs and campaigners had warned law imposed by Tories could be used by future leaders to ‘undermine democracy’

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Zack Polanski's Greens surge in London - could they even be in first place ahead of Labour?

New poll comes ahead of the May local elections when Labour is expected to suffer heavy losses in the capital

The Guardian - UK

Minorities in adverts are menaced, footballers observing Ramadan are booed. Is this the Britain we want?

Intolerance is in vogue and leaders are failing to meet the moment. When King Charles seems the best and bravest hope, the problem is clear, says Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye

Evening Standard

‘Mainstream majority’ do not want Farage or Polanski as PM, Keir Starmer says

The Prime Minister spoke to backbenchers at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party on Monday.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner 'distressed' by threats to kill, court hears

Elizabeth Harker, 63, of Luton, Bedfordshire, previously pleaded guilty to sending a communication that was ‘grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character’

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The Guardian - UK

UK politicians are in a race to the bottom – but there is a simple, unexpected way to help refugees

The home secretary is seeking to make refugee status temporary. Let’s go in the opposite direction and fight for an essential right, says Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Ken Weetch obituary

Stalwart Labour MP for Ipswich who fought against the monopoly that solicitors held over property conveyancing

The Guardian - UK

MPs’ basic salary to rise to £110,000 by end of parliament, watchdog says

Ipsa cites rising abuse and constituency workloads as reasons for above-inflation increase of 5% from April

The Guardian - UK

Farage emulating ‘his hero Trump’ in deriding byelection results, says new Green MP

Reform leader says without evidence that his party’s candidate came first among UK-born voters, as Hannah Spencer takes seat in parliament

Evening Standard

Farage: Reform candidate would have won by-election if only UK citizens voted

The Green Party’s Hannah Spencer triumphed in the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Reform’s Matt Goodwin coming second.

Evening Standard

New Green Party MP Hannah Spencer sworn in to Parliament after by-election win

The new Gorton and Denton MP was called forward by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle at the start of parliamentary business on Monday.

Evening Standard

The old union is finished, says Plaid Cymru leader

Rhun ap Iorwerth used a speech at the Institute for Government to outline his vision for an independent Wales.

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