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Is that Simon Cowell? Boris Johnson 'mistaken' for BGT judge as he goes to vote in local elections 2022

The Prime Minister was casing his vote in the local elections

Wales Online

Local elections 2022: Polling stations open in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Millions of voters expected to cast ballots in council seats and Northern Ireland assembly election

The Independent UK

Abusive man battered girlfriend, dad stabbed school friend and local elections 2022

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What is an NHS Covid pass and when do I need to use it?

Requesting proof of vaccination left to discretion of venues after restrictions relaxed

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon refuses to apologise over Ferguson ferry fiasco

Scottish Conservative leader makes final political attacks before the local authority election

Insider UK

Voters head to polls in local elections as Tories brace for big losses

Conservatives fear they will be punished for the Partygate saga while Keir Starmer's Labour aims to pick up support

Daily Mirror

Whatever you do, don't vote Tory

Scotland has many mainstream political parties but only one is genuinely beyond the pale – the Tories.

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Parties manage expectations as voting in local elections begins

Results will be seen as test of Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer at likely mid-point of current UK government

The Guardian - UK

London and UK local election 2022 results LIVE: Boris Johnson under pressure while Sinn Fein becomes becomes biggest party in Northern Ireland

The Tories have claimed Harrow from Labour after losing strongholds Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet to Sir Keir Starmer’s party

Evening Standard

Thursday briefing: What to look out for in today’s crucial votes across the UK

In today’s newsletter: As voters across the country head to the polls, much more is at stake than who collects the bins. Guardian correspondents share their conclusions from the campaign trail

The Guardian - UK

Frustration at Met as Boris Johnson not sent key Partygate questionnaire

Officials call Met approach to investigations ‘scattergun’ with some facing police action after assisting Sue Gray

The Guardian - UK

Anas Sarwar accuses 'disgusting' Douglas Ross of using Ukraine suffering to protect Boris Johnson

Sarwar called on voters to reject the "toxic, out of touch, corrupt Tory party" at today's local elections

Daily Record

UK Election results - live: Tories brace for loss of key councils as Lib Dems take Hull

Council election candidates ask not to be punished for ‘mistakes made in Westminster’

The Independent UK

What the papers say – May 5

The front pages are led by today’s local elections.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Voters head to the polls across the UK to elect new local leaders

Thousands of council seats are up for grabs across England, Wales and Scotland, while Northern Ireland will elect Assembly members.

Daily Mirror

UK and Japan to agree landmark defence pact seeing armies working side by side

Japan's Prime Minister Kishida is to meet with Boris Johnson today where they are set to sign a "landmark" defence agreement which will allow their armed forces to work together

Reuters

As scandals overshadow vote, UK PM Johnson faces election test

Voters in Britain went to the polls in local government elections on Thursday where they are expected to punish Prime Minister Boris Johnson over a cost-of-living crisis and fines for breaking his own COVID-19 lockdown rules.

The Independent UK

UK and Japan set to agree ‘landmark’ new defence agreement

Boris Johnson said the Japanese prime minister’s visit will ‘accelerate our close defence relationship and build on our trade partnership’.

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Reuters

UK's Johnson to meet Japan's Kishida to bolster defence, trade ties

Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday to bolster defence and trade cooperation, part of Britain's post-Brexit policy to deepen ties with nations in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Independent UK

Minister labelled ‘out of touch’ for suggesting shoppers swap to value brands

Food campaigner Jack Monroe said Environment Secretary George Eustice was in ‘no position to tell other people to get cheaper biscuits’.

The Independent UK

Martin Lewis condemns minister’s ‘patronising’ advice to buy value food brands amid cost-of-living crisis

‘Bulls***’ to suggest poor people don’t know to shop cheap, Martin Lewis says

Daily Mirror

Prices at 'value brand' Tory minister's family farm shop dwarf supermarket rates

George Eustice is a 'trustee of a family discretionary will trust which owns shares' in a Cornish fruit and veg farm - which sells products at higher rates than supermarkets

Daily Mirror

6 times Tories were branded 'out of touch' as minister tells poor Brits to buy value goods

Environment Secretary George Eustice was the latest to come under fire for saying hard-up families should buy supermarket own-brand products to cope with the cost of living squeeze

Daily Mirror

Martin Lewis slams 'value brand' minister's 'patronising' cost of living advice

Money-saving guru Martin Lewis told Andrew Marr on LBC that PM Boris Johnson "ironically" could be the one able to bring "hope" amid the cost of living crisis

Liverpool Echo

Martin Lewis issues sweary response after minister's supermarket own brands advice

George Eustice told shoppers to switch to cheaper alternatives as calls grow for government to take direct action in cost of living crisis

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