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Life on benefits will not be an option under Labour, says Liz Kendall

In Demos speech, shadow work and pensions secretary takes tough stance on welfare as she lays out plans for young

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OPINION - Record-low Tory poll explains why there (probably) won't be a May election

Cast your mind back – if you can – to September 1978. Jim Callaghan announced he would not call an early election (which he might have won), Pope John Paul I died after 33 days of papacy and the Commodores were number one with their hit, 'Three Times A Lady".

Evening Standard

Who might befriend George Galloway in parliament?

His motley of acquaintances include Jacob Rees-Mogg and Jeremy Corbyn

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OPINION - The Standard View: Worse than Major, Johnson and Truss, the Tories under Sunak hit a record low in the polls

Worse than John Major amid sleaze, Boris Johnson following partygate and Liz Truss in the immediate aftermath of the calamitous “mini-Budget”. The Conservatives under Rishi Sunak have fallen to a record low of 20 per cent, according to an exclusive Ipsos poll. This is their weakest result since 1978, when…

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OPINION - Tories face collapse at general election as voters worry about ‘bread and butter’ issues

Ipsos director of politics Keiran Pedley explains the dire position for the Conservatives

Evening Standard

Ex London minister Paul Scully to quit as MP before general election as Conservative exodus grows

Exclusive: Paul Scully said the perception among Londoners was that the Tory party was “being disrespectful” to the capital and had “lost focus”

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UK Awaits Voter-friendly Budget Before Election

Britain's Conservative government unveils a pre-election budget Wednesday that could feature voter-friendly measures as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party badly trails main opposition Labour in polls.

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Sunak suffers defeats in House of Lords over Rwanda bill – as it happened

Prime minister suffers defeats in House of Lords over Rwanda bill. This live blog is closed

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Keir Starmer’s ratings for changing Labour for the better and being decisive drop, new poll

37 per cent of adults in Britain believe he has changed the party for the better since becoming leader, down from 48 per cent in February 2021

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Tories hit rock bottom with support across Britain hitting record low of just 20 per cent, new poll shows

The result is the worst for the Conservatives since 1978 when Ipsos regular poll tracker started and puts them 27 points behind Labour

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Budget plans risk ‘second lost decade’ of living standards, Jeremy Hunt told

Exclusive: Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds widening gulf between demand for tax cuts and reality for millions struggling

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on northern metro mayors: potential gamechangers

Editorial: An expanding municipal alliance with new powers can be at the heart of a new, better version of levelling up

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Ronnie Campbell obituary

Miner turned Labour MP known for his uncompromising principles and championing his Blyth Valley constituency

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Jeremy Hunt has given over £100,000 to local Tory party in bid to retain seat

Exclusive: Records show extent of chancellor’s donations since 2019 as polling suggests he is on course to lose at general election

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French Far Right Targets Immigration In European Campaign Launch

France's far right on Sunday hammered on its traditional theme of immigration and looked to surf on Europe's wave of farmers' protests at the launch of its campaign for European Parliament elections in June.

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Jeremy Hunt will try to talk a long game while scrambling to fund pre-election tax cuts

The chancellor should stress tax cuts are neither affordable nor a priority to UK voters

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Abolishing non-dom tax status would be humiliation for Tories, says Phillipson

Chancellor understood to be considering move towards headline Labour policy in this week’s budget

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Writing off George Galloway ignores his dangerous appeal to both far left and right

Muslims angry over Gaza and white conservatives joined in electing the new MP for Rochdale. Those who see him as a fringe figure do so at their peril

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Labour promises to make indecent exposure ‘red flag’ offence after Sarah Everard murder

‘Fundamental review’ prompted by killer Wayne Couzens’s record of sexual crimes as a police officer

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The budget: what Jeremy Hunt needs to do – and the pitfalls he must avoid

Financial experts give their advice on the best course of action for the chancellor to take on Wednesday

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Jeremy Hunt’s seat under threat as voters put NHS ahead of tax perks

A survey in the chancellor’s new Godalming and Ash constituency has prioritised health over Treasury cuts in Wednesday’s budget

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Jeremy Hunt knows Brexit Britain can’t afford to cut taxes

The chancellor is prepared to inflict yet more austerity to pay for a budget bribe. But the UK needs more spending, not less

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The Observer view on the budget: Jeremy Hunt is planning to steal from our long-term future

By taking money to fund tax cuts, the chancellor’s policy will be as disastrous as that of his predecessors

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Time’s up for inept Lindsay Hoyle

By allowing himself to be swayed by Labour arguments over Gaza, the House of Commons speaker has shown himself unworthy of the position

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Tax and spending cuts will backfire, economists warn Jeremy Hunt

Former Treasury aides say the chancellor is courting danger on UK debt and that fiscal rules must go

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