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Market forces, not militancy, are pushing teachers towards strikes

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Warnings of possible industrial action by teachers next year during a worsening pay and retention crisis is about supply and demand and conditions – the government should be paying attention

The Independent UK

A defence of Labour was overdue, but Keir Starmer needs to listen to his opponents

Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article about Labour’s positive record in government

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘There’s nothing more irritating than being told you’re an idiot by a teenager’

Two film producers discuss second homes, the use of the word ‘woke’, and the importance of the BBC. Could they find any common ground?

The Guardian - UK

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Starmer criticised for celebrating democracy activist’s return from Egypt

Alaa Abd El-Fattah was released from an Egyptian prison in September after receiving a presidential pardon.

Evening Standard

Trade unions leader calls on Labour to forge closer relationship with Europe

In an exclusive interview, the head of the TUC Paul Nowak says a customs union with the EU could boost the UK’s economy

The Guardian - UK

Swinney ‘duping’ supporters into thinking he can win majority, says Anas Sarwar

The First Minister has made an SNP majority his target for a referendum on independence.

Evening Standard

Starmer needs to tell a better Christmas story about Labour

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If Labour is to avoid catastrophe in the May local elections, the prime minister and his cabinet need to pull together and deliver both action and good news

The Independent UK

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Did 2025 mark the end of British parliamentary democracy as we know it?

The conventions and rituals that define the way we do politics rapidly eroded this year – setting the UK on a course into the unknown, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Farage criticised for £400,000 job promoting physical gold as pension investment

Exclusive: Reform leader promotes Direct Bullion – but experts say commodity is not for everyday investors

The Guardian - UK

Welsh first minister vows to keep Labour ‘most successful democratic party on the planet’

Eluned Morgan says Welsh Labour would retain crown, despite polls indicating Reform UK and Plaid Cymru could win more seats in elections

The Guardian - UK

Don't deprive voters in London commuter belt from taking part in local elections, Starmer warned by watchdog

Elections in nine areas, including Essex, Surrey, Hampshire and East and West Sussex, have already been delayed by 12 months until next year

Evening Standard

Councils ordered not to adopt four-day week over 'failure' fears

Four-day working weeks have been said to boost morale and productivity amongst staff

Evening Standard

Free parking in London: Boroughs under pressure to follow Harrow's one hour with no charge

Local MP Bob Blackman stressed the benefits of free parking during a Commons debate

Evening Standard

Constance faces ministerial code investigation in grooming gangs comments row

The Justice Secretary has been accused of misrepresenting the views of expert Professor Alexis Jay in Holyrood.

Evening Standard

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Reform council’s plan to shut eight care homes ‘a betrayal of local people’

Announcement after proposed sale falls through prompts backlash and union says more than 200 jobs at risk

Evening Standard

Good Friday Agreement wording on border poll is ‘workaround’, McDonald says

Mary Lou McDonald said the clause around a border poll was the ‘beating heart’ of the Good Friday Agreement.

The Guardian - UK

Former Tory councillor in court accused of drugging and raping ex-wife

Philip Young appears at Swindon magistrates court charged with 56 offences relating to 13-year period

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves faces Labour revolt over pubs being hammered by huge increases in business rates

The Chancellor is being urged by landlords and some MPs to rethink the controversial policy

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The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What would a Reform-led country look like?

In today’s newsletter: Local government may offer some answers – after winning 677 council seats, Reform’s triumph quickly gave way to reports of chaos, infighting, and scandal

Evening Standard

Aberdeen MSP sends P45 to Starmer over predicted loss of oil and gas jobs

The document has been sent by special delivery.

The Independent UK

Non-crime hate incidents ‘to be scrapped’ in favour of ‘common sense’

The chairman of the College of Policing said that the system would be ‘scrapped and replaced with a completely different system’

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms

Labour urged to accelerate reset with Brussels as many exporters struggling to trade in the EU after Brexit deal

Evening Standard

West London Labour council suffers second Tory defection in six weeks amid scandals

The former Labour councillor said: ‘Locally and nationally, the Labour Party is driving our community and the country to the brink’

The Guardian - UK

Labour calls to rejoin EU customs union will become harder for Starmer to resist

Wes Streeting’s wish for deeper trade relations to help fight against Farage is shared by growing number of MPs

The Guardian - UK

Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t

It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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