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Wanna hear the one about the low-paid dad who took paternity leave?

MPs will tell ‘dad jokes’ in parliament to highlight ‘real joke’ of UK paternity leave, which is a class issue

The Guardian - UK

New build managers ‘undercutting’ buyers’ prosperity, MP warns in crackdown call

Alistair Strathern described ‘a new homes stealth tax’ affecting some new-build estates.

Evening Standard

‘Normal politics won’t stop it’: housing crisis dominates election in Hitchin

Gentrification is pricing out people from Hertfordshire town where voters are divided over plans to build new homes

The Guardian - UK

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Chicken runs, boundary changes and a battle of economists: On the campaign trail in new constituency Hitchin

Labour’s Alistair Strathern tells Archie Mitchell that as well as life-long Tories, he is winning the backing of Green and Lib Dem voters against Bim Afolami

The Independent UK

Canvassing to empty houses: knocking on doors in the smart doorbell era

Campaigning door-to-door is nothing new, but selling your party’s vision in the UK election to someone when you can’t see them can be a mixed blessing

The Guardian - UK

New Labour MP denies doing 'chicken run' months after winning seat

Alastair Strathern overturned a large Conservative majority in Nadine Dorries' old seat

Evening Standard

Spanish woman removed from UK after returning from Christmas holiday

Woman was detained overnight and removed despite presenting Home Office documents showing her right to work and live in UK

The Guardian - UK

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New Mid Beds MP promises to continue Nadine Dorries’ ‘opposition’ to Government

Former Tory culture secretary Ms Dorries was an ardent supporter of Boris Johnson’s premiership.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accuses Government of telling people to ‘eff off’

The Labour Leader suggested voters want a chance to ‘return the compliment’ at a general election.

The Independent UK

Labour’s double whammy of byelection victories should make the Tories more scared

Sir Keir Starmer’s party will depict Rishi Sunak as a leader without a mandate and serial loser who flunks every electoral test he is set

The Guardian - UK

‘Even our safe seats are in play’: Tories despair at scale of byelection defeats

After a crushing week, MPs fear they will need a miracle to hold on to power

The Guardian - UK

I’m the heir to Blair, says Starmer after Tory ‘armageddon’ by-election defeats

Labour leader hails ‘game-changer’ victories that put his party on the path to power

The Independent UK

Twin byelection success is unalloyed good news for Labour

Ability to regain marginals as well as eat into Tory heartlands shows party is on course for stunning general election win

The Guardian - UK

Labour declares historic byelection wins a ‘political earthquake’

Party says it is redrawing the map after overturning large Tory majorities in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire

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The Independent UK

Labour has ‘made history’ with by-election result, Starmer says

The party leader vowed to ‘repay’ people who lent Labour their vote in the two seats.

The Independent UK

Polling guru: Boris Johnson and Liz Truss scandals to blame for Tory disaster

John Curtice says Starmer could win even bigger landslide than Blair in 1997 – amid warnings Tories face ‘Armageddon’ next year

The National (Scotland)

Tories humiliated in double by-election defeat as Labour overturn huge majorities

LABOUR have dealt the Conservatives a humiliating double whammy of by-election defeats by overturning huge majorities in Tamworth and Mid…

The Guardian - UK

Labour success will send chill through spines of Tory MPs

Party’s ground troops stayed away and its voters stayed at home in two traditionally very Conservative areas

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The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Double defeat for Tories as Labour takes two seats in byelection victory

In today’s newsletter: The Conservative party suffered a crushing defeat as Labour wins Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire seats in historic byelections

Evening Standard

Tories may lose election by 'more than Blair 1997 landslide' after Labour by-elections shock

Sir Keir Starmer’s party has overturned huge Conservative majorities in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire

The Guardian - UK

Labour takes Nadine Dorries’ former seat in Mid Bedfordshire byelection

Alistair Strathern overturns huge Tory majority to win seat vacated by former culture secretary

The Independent UK

Labour wins Mid Bedfordshire in historic by-election result

The party overturned a Conservative majority of 24,664 votes.

The Independent UK

Labour says victory is ‘long shot’ as votes counted in Mid Beds and Tamworth

The two seats were safely Conservative in 2019, but the Tories said by-election success would be tough for a governing party.

The Guardian - UK

‘People are looking for change’: Labour eyes byelection clean sweep as Tories go to ground

Spectres of Nadine Dorries and Chris Pincher haunt Conservatives in Mid Beds and Tamworth, as Labour claims momentum going its way

The Independent UK

Labour threaten to report Lib Dems to police over by-election ‘lies and smears’

Campaign to win Nadine Dorries’ old seat turns nasty, with Labour accused of ‘cheap stunts’

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