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Starmer says he cannot ‘turn the taps on’ to fix council funding crisis

Labour leader was asked how party would plug £4bn gap at launch of its local election campaign in West Midlands

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘The Lords needs reform – people shouldn’t just be put there by Boris Johnson’

One wants to fix the second chamber. The other would scrap it and bring in the ‘Danish system’. Can they meet halfway?

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What is a cabinet reshuffle? Tory ministers Robert Halfon and James Heappey stand down

The total number of Conservative MPs departing at the next election is currently 63

Evening Standard

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Rishi Sunak to call general election for November 14 or 21, suggests Cabinet minister Michael Gove

As William Hague says most Tories back an autumn election

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Rayner denies wrongdoing over council house sale amid police review

Labour deputy leader says she can provide tax advice given at time after Tory complaint to Manchester force

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner defends sale of council home as row threatens to overshadow Labour election launch

Labour deputy leader said: ‘I am confident that I have done absolutely nothing wrong’

Evening Standard

Starmer launches Labour local election campaign and defends ‘difficult decisions’ over dropped pledges– as it happened

Opposition leader says some commitments were made before ‘the Tories did enormous damage to the economy’

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Photo ID rules could deter voters in London mayoral election, poll warns

The poll puts Sadiq Khan on 45% to 21% for Susan Hall

Evening Standard

Tory ‘performance art’ nearly over, Labour to say at local elections launch

Keir Starmer expected to accuse Conservatives of failing on levelling up and ‘preying’ on hopes of voters

The Guardian - UK

Uxbridge Tory MP who started petition for local fish and chip shop voted against one in 2019

Steve Tuckwell wants to see a local fish and chip shop in his constituency

Evening Standard

Police review decision not to investigate Angela Rayner after Tory complaint

MP James Daly asked Greater Manchester police to examine claims Labour’s deputy leader did not declare main residence accurately

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting mocks Just Stop Oil activist who broke police bail to deliver him letter - but went to wrong house

The politician poked fun at the environmental campaigners

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Controversial attack ad on Sadiq Khan made solely by Tory HQ, source says

Spurious video on London mayor’s record on crime allegedly had no input from team of Tory candidate Susan Hall

The Guardian - UK

‘You’ve got to be joking’: Mandelson dismisses prospect of UK rejoining EU

Labour peer says there is little desire among voters for a referendum and in Brussels for renegotiations

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Penny Mordaunt: I'm on even more manoeuvres than you think

Her allies maintain that she isn’t plotting against the PM

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Commuters hit by train delays and mortgage bill hikes told by minister: 'You're being grumpy'

Science minister Andrew Griffith took the seemingly unusual approach of trying to woo voters as his party flatlines in the polls on around 20 per cent

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: The bizarre Tory attack on Sadiq Khan – and what the London mayoral race might bring

In today’s newsletter: Inside the buildup to the 2 May vote, and what the result might mean for Labour at the general election

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan promises 1,300 new police officers - but only with a Labour Government

The mayor has been criticised for the Met Police falling short in its recruitment targets last year by more than 1,000 officers

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The poor need the money, the rich may not – but I say hands off the state pension triple lock

The policy has its critics, but as Tories and Labour vow to keep it, I back its retention. It can be made fair, and a state should care for its people, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Splitting the left-leaning vote risks another Tory victory

Letters: Readers respond to columnist Owen Jones’s decision to leave the Labour party and try to persuade others to vote for Green or independent candidates instead

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Exit of two more Tory ministers forces Sunak into mini-reshuffle

Robert Halfon and James Heappey join exodus of Tory MPs from Commons as party languishes in polls

Evening Standard

Two ministers quit with Rishi Sunak now facing more than 60 Tory MPs standing down at election

Two respected ministers announced they are quitting their roles as the Tory exodus from the Commons grew.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Reality check: Susan Hall might win the London mayoral election

In the course of three or so years and more than 700 editions, this newsletter has been known to drop the odd clanger. Typos, of course ('guilt-edged' still haunts me late at night) and even once contriving to use an image of Tower Bridge to illustrate a story about Hammersmith…

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Sunak and Starmer told to provide more than ‘sketchy’ details on proposed peers

Concern that quick succession of prime ministers has filled House of Lords with donors, junior aides and MPs who have lost seats

Evening Standard

Controversial fast-track Single Justice Procedure needs reforming, admits Cabinet minister

An Evening Standard investigation has revealed a shocking list of cases handled by the Single Justice Procedure

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