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The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Lawmakers Skewer EU Chief Over Contested Job Pick

European lawmakers will cast votes Thursday on a contested appointment to a plum Brussels job, with Ursula von der Leyen suspected of playing favourites to aid her own re-election as commission chief.

International Business Times

Former Lib Dem candidate urges voters to back Sadiq Khan - four years after criticizing 'two-horse race' argument

Siobhan Benita spent 18 months campaigning against Sadiq Khan in the last mayoral race - but now urges voters to back him

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Labour and the tax gap: a £5bn question for a coterie of insiders

Editorial: Among the party’s experts on tax avoidance is a former City lawyer who wrote that ‘taxation is legalised extortion’

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Labour candidate in Scotland suspended over ‘racist’ social media activity

Constituent reported tweets liked and shared by Wilma Brown, who was to stand in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

The Guardian - UK

‘We have to get the basics right’: Labour’s Chris McEwan in Tees Valley

Party hopes to take mayoralty from Tories but incumbent Ben Houchen is still popular with voters, defying national mood

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak appeals to Reform UK defectors to stick by the Conservatives over immigration and net zero

PM says he still plans to call election ‘in the second half of this year’

Evening Standard

When Rishi Sunak speaks, the nation shrugs. There’s no coming back from that

Flirting with leaving the European court of human rights has failed to move the dial for the PM, and has highlighted his deficiencies, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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William Wragg resigns Tory whip after divulging MPs’ phone numbers

MP will now sit as independent after admitting passing details to someone he met on dating app

The Guardian - UK

William Wragg gives up Tory whip after divulging MPs' phone numbers to suspected scammer

Mr Wragg admitted he had given the phone numbers to someone on a dating app amid fears intimate images of him would be leaked

Evening Standard

Labour creates tax panel to help it clamp down on avoiders

Group will advise on how to modernise HMRC after shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves reveals plan for £5bn crackdown

The Guardian - UK

Simon Harris pledges 'new ideas, energy' after becoming Ireland's youngest PM

Lawmaker Simon Harris was elected Ireland's prime minister by a vote in parliament Tuesday, becoming at 37 the country’s youngest-ever leader.

France 24

The Tories let tax dodgers go unchecked. Labour won’t put up with it

By cracking down on tax avoiders and closing non-dom loopholes, Rachel Reeves will help revive UK public services, says Labour MP Margaret Hodge

The Guardian - UK

London Tube and rail journeys should have flat fare, Green mayoral candidate Zoë Garbett says

Zoë Garbett said she would ‘set an ambition to flatten fares and create a single zone for tube and rail’

Evening Standard

Simon Harris becomes Ireland’s youngest-ever prime minister

The 37-year-old replaces Leo Varadkar, who said he was quitting as party leader and PM for personal, political reasons.

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Evening Standard

We planted fake news to win votes, says former Tory spinner

But Conservative Campaign Headquarters doesn’t ‘recognise’ his account

Evening Standard

OPINION - Sadiq Khan: Europeans of London, it’s a vote for me or a Farage-supporting Tory in this mayoral election

Dear European Londoner,

Evening Standard

How vocal is your MP in the commons, and which haven't spoken at all this year?

MPs are meant to represent their constituents’ interests in the House of Commons, yet many haven’t spoken at all this year

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Labour's non-dom tax plans are a lesson in risk and reward

A cautious Labour Party has been loath to highlight any taxes it may raise to fund public services with just one or two exceptions, including on wealthy “non-doms” — those not domiciled in the UK for tax purposes.

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The Guardian - UK

Closing the UK’s tax gap is ‘not rocket science’, says Rachel Reeves

Shadow chancellor says Labour would ‘ramp up’ number of HMRC staff to close gap between what is owed and paid

The Guardian - UK

No change to UK’s arms exports to Israel but position kept under review, says David Cameron – as it happened

UK foreign secretary also defended his meeting with Donald Trump during a press conference in Washington

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan makes direct plea to Europeans in London ahead of Mayoral election

In an open letter, published in Tuesday's Evening Standard, the Labour Mayor said "there has never been a starker choice" for European citizens in capital

Evening Standard

Liz Truss says Queen Elizabeth told her to 'pace herself' and admits she didn't listen

Former PM says monarch’s death came as ‘profound shock’ in new memoir Ten Years To Save The West

International Business Times

Irish Parliament To Confirm Simon Harris As New PM

Simon Harris will be formally appointed as Ireland's prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, replacing Leo Varadkar after he abruptly quit last month citing personal and political reasons.

The Guardian - UK

Senior Labour figures call for ‘life-transforming’ Sure Start policy

Gordon Brown and three former education ministers say New Labour’s acclaimed early-years programme benefited millions

The Guardian - UK

William Wragg resigns from two Commons roles after divulging MPs’ phone numbers

Tory MP resigns committee roles after apology for role in parliamentary sexting scandal

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