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The 21 alternative forms of photo ID accepted at local elections

Identification now required but Voter Authority Certificate not the only valid form

The Independent UK

Starmer goes quantum with Schrödinger’s tuition fees

Labour leader says they will be both going and staying – and he can’t say fairer or unfairer than that

The Guardian - UK

Apathy and mistrust on the streets of Oldham as borough's biggest local election battle in two decades looms

From 7am on Thursday, May 4, residents will go to the polls for their first all-out election since 2004

Manchester Evening News

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Why do we need voter ID for local elections?

Voters will be taking to the polls on Thursday

Liverpool Echo

Tory fury as Sue Gray refuses to cooperate with inquiry into her job with Labour

Civil servant won’t answer questions on whether she accepted offer from Keir Starmer while investigating Partygate

The Independent UK

Newcastle Labour councillor makes bullying allegations and hits out at 'underhand forces' in party

John-Paul Stephenson has spoken out against what he calls "thug" behaviour in his party, as his term as a councillor in the city's Heaton ward draws to an end

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Findings on Sue Gray departure held up after her refusal to cooperate

Cabinet Office says investigation paused until after watchdog decides whether to delay start of job with Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

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Coronation must be used as 'shot in the arm' for trade with Commonwealth, Labour demands

Shadow trade secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said Tory ministers are failing to grasp trading opportunities after Brexit as he urged them to take advantage of the Coronation

Daily Mirror

Which European countries have free universities?

Tuition fees were controversially raised to £9,000 per year over a decade ago, sparking large protests across England

Evening Standard

Bid to boost social carers' pay and ease chronic crisis clears first stage

A Labour backbencher's Bill to enforce rules around carers being paid for travel time has passed its first Commons hurdle - and is due to back in front of MPs in six months

Daily Mirror

Exact number of Brits turned away at polling stations due to Voter ID will NEVER be known

The Electoral Commission has admitted it will 'not be possible to accurately quantify' the impact of the new rules by counting who does or doesn’t have ID at the ballot box

Daily Mirror

Scotland has an excellent advocate overseas: it’s me – Cleverly

The SNP’s Drew Hendry suggested James Cleverly’s new guidance to heads of mission abroad is sabotaging ‘vital economic activity’ north of the border.

The Independent UK

Social care 'lowest paid of any job in Britain', spluttering top Tory is told

Care Minister Helen Whately faced a tough 90 minutes of questioning from MPs on the Commons Health and Social Care Committee over wage rates and chronic levels of vacancies

Daily Mirror

Yousaf should have ordered police to stop Stone of Destiny move, says Salmond

The former first minister said he would be attending a pro-Scottish independence march in Glasgow at the time of the coronation.

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The National (Scotland)

Salmond confirms he WON'T attend coronation – and will go to indy march instead

FORMER first minister Alex Salmond has confirmed he will attend a pro-independence rally rather than attending the coronation – as he fired a…

The Guardian - UK

‘Rock solid’ or rock bottom? What the papers say about UK support for royals

While the rightwing press claim to have uncovered a reignited love for the monarchy, polls paint a more complex picture

The National (Scotland)

Labour councillor condemns 'farce' as party's Rutherglen by-election row deepens

LABOUR’S selection process for a candidate to stand in a potential by-election has been branded a “complete farce” by a councillor from the…

The Independent UK

King and Queen Consort meet MPs, peers and staff at Westminster Hall reception

Between 650 and 750 parliamentarians gathered in the hall for the reception.

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The Guardian - UK

Contempt for rules is shaking the foundations of British democracy

With its voter ID ruse and a bid to capture the civil service, the government is emulating US Republicans’ winner-takes-all populism, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Evening Standard

Conservatives choose new City Hall leader

Top jobs go to two members elected to London Assembly in 2021

The Independent UK

Government will not know how many are put off by voter ID requirement, says MP

The Electoral Commission said collecting data from greeters outside polling stations would be ‘inherently unreliable’.

The National (Scotland)

How many of Keir Starmer's '10 pledges' HASN'T he dropped yet?

SIR Keir Starmer has triggered a furious backlash after signalling his party is set to abandon its commitment to free university tuition ...

Daily Record

SNP minister Angus Robertson 'concerned as anybody' over police investigation into party

Robertson, the Constitution Secretary, defended a secret deal that saw him paid an extra £33,000 a year while leader of the SNP group at Westminster.

The Independent UK

Crown comes to Parliament in pre-coronation Charles visit

Before the glory of his coronation weekend, King Charles III has visited Parliament to get a reminder that the monarch’s power has limits

The Independent UK

Who is Sue Gray? Career timeline of ex-Starmer chief of staff, from dismantling Partygate to £170k pay row

Veteran mandarin once held Boris Johnson’s fate in her hands but tensions have flared in Sir Keir’s operation after it was revealed she is paid more than the PM

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