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Chagos deal definitely going ahead, minister signals, after suggestions of pause

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer told the Commons on Wednesday the deal had been ‘paused’, though Government officials later said he misspoke.

The Independent UK

Revealed: Nine London councils to get emergency bailouts worth over £530million to stave off bankruptcy

A record number of London boroughs will be granted access to millions of pounds of extra support to provide services, despite increasing council tax bills

Evening Standard

Revealed: Ministers plot £150 'stealth' rise in council tax in London boroughs

The Conservatives are accusing the Government of ‘burying’ the proposed tax increase in the small print of local government funding reforms

Evening Standard

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Reform-led authority set for England’s largest council tax rise – despite Farage pledge to cut rates

Worcestershire County Council has been given special permission to increase its council tax by the maximum 9 per cent, citing a ‘financial emergency’

The Independent UK

Opponents label Jenrick a ‘chancer’ and a ‘charlatan’ as he defects to Reform – as it happend

Former shadow justice secretary turns fire on Tories and Labour as he joins Nigel Farage’s party

The Guardian - UK

Local elections face further delays as councils struggle to reorganise in time

Opposition parties say Labour is ‘scared of voters’ but government says merging authorities have voiced concerns

The Guardian - UK

Six councils granted power to raise council tax without needing to consult residents

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has estimated that Wandsworth and Westminster councils would need to hike council tax by as much as 75 per cent to balance the books in the wake of government reforms

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UK politics: Polanski claims Green support surging in London as five Labour councillors defect in Brent – as it happened

Party leader says Labour ‘has abandoned any sense of progressive politics’

The Guardian - UK

Rough sleeping crisis in London is so bad 'I want to scream,' says homelessness minister Alison McGovern

Hundreds of people are sleeping rough in central London in the run-up to Christmas

Evening Standard

Homelessness minister promises to end use of B&Bs as emergency housing

Exclusive: Alison McGovern makes target for end of this parliament, but figures show homelessness has jumped

The Guardian - UK

Starmer sets out plans to cut child poverty by 550,000

The Prime Minister said action to tackle child poverty could help the economy in the long-term and ease pressure on public services.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on renewing municipal England: the Tories’ malign legacy lives on

Editorial: Labour is putting in place some laudable reforms. But councils need to be given financial sustainability and enabled to move beyond crisis management

The Guardian - UK

Councils in north of England and Midlands to get more funding in shake-up

The changes could see funding boosts for Reform-led councils in the north with high levels of deprivation

The Guardian - UK

Tim Davie ‘very, very proud’ of BBC journalists doing ‘wonderful job’

The outgoing director-general will address staff on Tuesday morning.

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Nandy rules out taking action to remove Robbie Gibb from BBC board – as it happened

Culture secretary also condemns MPs who dismiss BBC as ‘institutionally biased’ in swipe at Badenoch and Farage

Evening Standard

Starmer Government backtracks after telling BBC to apologise to Trump over 'fake news' storm

No10 declines to repeat comments from a minister telling the Corporation to say sorry to the US president over its mistake in editing one of his speeches

The Independent UK

Tim Davie to address BBC staff after Donald Trump’s legal threat

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is also expected to make a statement in the Commons on the issues facing the BBC.

Evening Standard

Two-child limit not policy for workshy and must be banished, says Gordon Brown

Campaigners argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.

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The Independent UK

Government approves two new Surrey councils as reorganisation milestone reached

A local government minister said the approved proposal is more likely to be financially sustainable.

The Independent UK

UK homeless deaths up 9% in a year including 11 children, say researchers

The Museum of Homelessness has been running the Dying Homeless Project since 2019.

Evening Standard

OPINION - London's rough sleeping crisis is far more than just a housing issue

The cold snap of autumn is already here. As Chief Executive of the homelessness charity St Mungo’s, this always reminds me of the first outreach shift I ever did.

The Independent UK

No coronation for Phillipson as she faces challenge from ex-minister in race to become deputy Labour leader

The prospect of a contested election threatens to overshadow Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool at the end of September, with some seeing it as a referendum on the prime minister’s leadership

The Independent UK

Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell set to face off in Labour deputy leader contest

The education secretary is first to get the 80 MP signatures needed for her nomination, but sacked former Commons leader Lucy Powell is just three short with 24 hours before the final deadline

The Guardian - UK

Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell set for two-horse race to be Labour deputy

Education secretary and Manchester MP look destined for face-off as three other candidates struggle for MP nominations

The Independent UK

McGovern quits Labour deputy leader race to back frontrunner Phillipson

Her withdrawal leaves five candidates competing to succeed Angela Rayner, who resigned last week amid a row over her tax affairs.

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