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OPINION - The Standard View: 100 days until London decides — it's a vital vote

In 100 days, Londoners will head to the polls to pick their next mayor. The campaign thus far has primarily been restricted to a clash of personalities, punctuated by uncertain media performances by Tory candidate Susan Hall. But this election is critical for the capital’s future.

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Jeremy Hunt has room for £20bn tax cuts after borrowing halves year on year

December deficit is less than expected at £14bn – the lowest for the month since 2019

The Guardian - UK

Afternoon Update: Scott Morrison’s resignation to trigger byelection; Australia backs new Yemen strikes; and Pat Cummins supports changing the date

Former PM announces he is leaving parliament to ‘pursue new challenges in the global corporate sector’

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Labour pushes bill to tackle persistent school absenteeism

Opposition day motion seeks to create a council-maintained register of children in England not on the school roll

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Keir Starmer keen to show he is not just ducking fights with the Tories

Labour leader’s latest speech is part of a broader strategy to take on the government

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Labour can be green, spendy and cheerful

Brief letters: Starmer, Galbraith and Dury | The Open University | Bookshelf arrangements | Tax us our fair share

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Peer who praised rising temperatures appointed to climate crisis committee

Labour says appointment of David Frost shows ‘wacky’ climate views no longer confined to Tory party fringes

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OPINION - The Tories promise tax cuts, no matter what voters want

Election campaigns are not conversations. Political parties may crank up their instant rebuttal units for those few weeks but they are not debating with each other in any real sense. This is often because they want to talk about different things.

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London mayoral elections: What is the 'doughnut strategy' and does it help the Conservatives?

The term applies to ring doughnuts - there is no jammy middle for politicians here!

Evening Standard

When do train fares increase in 2024, and are they changing in London?

TfL pay-as-you go fares will remain at current levels until March next year

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan: I need as much help as possible in tight mayoral race

The mayor will face Conservative Susan Hall and at least a dozen other challengers in May

Evening Standard

Which ‘crisis tribe’ do you belong to? These five factions will define Europe in 2024

From fear of migration to the rising cost of living, new political dividing lines will decide June’s European elections, say Ivan Krastev of the Institute of Human Sciences and Mark Leonard of the European Council on Foreign Relations

The Guardian - UK

An essentially conservative country? It’s a powerful myth that warps English politics

A network of privilege entrenches Tory power. To dismantle it, Labour must be bold about remaking the political landscape, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Tories hire coordinator to get expat supporters to vote in general election

Exclusive: Role is to boost turnout in key seats as extra 2.2 million overseas voters become eligible to take part by proxy

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Ramsay MacDonald forms Britain’s first Labour government – archive, 1924

22 January 1924: MacDonald was asked by George V to form a government when Stanley Baldwin’s small Conservative majority proved ungovernable

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Nigel Farage lobbied senior Tory minister over NatWest complaint

Emily Thornberry accuses Farage and Andrew Griffith of ‘secretly conspiring’ over de-banking issue

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Starmer to defend RNLI and National Trust from ‘desperate’ Tory culture war

Labour leader’s speech will be his most outspoken response to ‘woke’ politics criticisms by Conservatives

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Britons urged to use Holocaust Memorial Day as moment for community cohesion

Three politicians from Muslim and Palestinian backgrounds say Gaza war should not be used to inflame tensions

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Healthy politics needs activists – just don’t mention the door-knocking on your CV

Your local party may be in desperate need of your canvassing skills but employers are likely to look askance, research finds

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Art of the attack ad: six memorable angles the Conservatives have tried

Tory ads for general elections have ramped up paranoia over quality of life, the economy and Labour politicians’ integrity

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To hit the ground running rather than face first, Labour must prepare for power now

Sir Keir Starmer and his key personnel need to be thinking about how to do government not after the election, but before the weight of its pressures is on their shoulders

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Brexit cost the UK the only good thing Margaret Thatcher ever did

Now that the UK has been taken out of trade zone, we are left only with the damage she wreaked on the British polity

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Celebrities reveal their political allegiances, 1991

Ben Elton and Lenny Henry were backing Neil Kinnock; Bob Monkhouse and Steve Davis supported John Major

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Conservatives in chaos: is there a path to recovery for Rishi Sunak before next election?

The Rwanda shambles, critical byelections and a likely mauling in local polls in May, the PM’s troubles are mounting. Tory optimists do see a way to win, but admit it is narrowing

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'Skeletons In The Closet?' UK Govt Bashes Opposition Leader Starmer

Britain's ruling Conservatives are stepping up personal attacks on opposition Labour leader and former prominent lawyer Keir Starmer, who is tipped to become prime minister after the next general election.

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