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Castles outside London to escape 'mansion tax' as one-bed flats in capital hit by new levy in Budget

Nearly one in four of the properties caught by the ‘mansion tax’ are in just three London boroughs, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Camden

Evening Standard

Zipcar parking bays left empty when firm quits London 'should be converted into e-bike parking'

Councils urged to repurpose car club bays for e-bikes to help tackle capital’s pavement parking problem

Evening Standard

Chancellor ruling out another independence vote does not carry weight – Flynn

The SNP MP claimed Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will both be ousted if the SNP wins next year.

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It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on what is really needed

Palliative care is deeply underfunded and unequal. Assisted dying cannot go ahead until politicians right that wrong, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for

Labour backbenchers have been cheering it as a win for the most vulnerable in society. In fact it was aimed at the bond markets, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

Study reveals major north-south divide in access to EV charging points

Westminster has more chargers than Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle combined

The Independent UK

Ex-Labour councillor appears in court over ‘Westminster honeytrap’ allegation

Oliver Steadman is charged with blackmailing then-senior MP William Wragg

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Watchdog urged to investigate pre-Budget briefing over deficit claims

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn described the Budget as ‘built on a lie’.

Evening Standard

Calls to investigate claims Treasury misled the public

The Treasury has been accused of giving ‘deliberately false and misleading’ briefings ahead of the Budget

The Independent UK

Flynn warns foundations of UK ‘can’t and won’t be fixed’ as SNP eyes indyref2

The SNP Westminster leader has urged Scots to back his party at next year’s election.

Evening Standard

'Mansion tax' could wipe £150,000 off top-end homes in London targeted by Reeves Budget

One in four of the properties hit by the new surcharge are in just three London boroughs; Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Camden, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies

Evening Standard

Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security

Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster

The Guardian - UK

Mansion tax to wipe £10,000s off value of London homes hit by new levy in Reeves Budget

One in four homes which will pay the property surcharge are in just three London boroughs; Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Camden

Evening Standard

London councils enact emergency plans after three hit by cyber-attack

Kensington and Westminster councils investigating whether data has been compromised as Hammersmith and Fulham also reports hack

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Cyber attack hits London councils triggering ‘emergency’ response plans

Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea town halls said they are urgently working with the National Cyber Security Centre

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Twin tower student block sparks 'red on red' clash between Sadiq Khan and Westminster council

The 605-bed canalside development near Paddington station will be 90m tall and ‘block out daylight’ in surrounding homes

Evening Standard

London visitors to pay tourist tax under Rachel Reeves Budget plans

Rachel Reeves, who is set to deliver her Budget on Wednesday, has signed off measures that will give English cities and regions the power to charge tourists

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Plaid Cymru accuses First Minister of having ‘no influence’ on UK Government

Eluned Morgan came under scrutiny in the Welsh Parliament ahead of the Budget on Wednesday.

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Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but convicted of damaging phone

Irish comedy writer cleared at Westminster magistrates court of harassing Sophia Brooks on social media

Evening Standard

Graham Linehan 'proud to stand up to trans activists' after he's cleared of harassment but guilty of phone damage

Linehan is expected to appeal against his criminal damage conviction, his lawyer told the court

Evening Standard

Father Ted writer Graham Linehan cleared of harassing transgender activist

However, the 57-year-old was found guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court of criminal damage of Sophia Brooks’ mobile phone.

Evening Standard

Revealed: The 600,000 London homes that could be revalued under Budget 'mansion tax'

Homes in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden, Barnet, Richmond, Wandsworth and Hammersmith and Fulham are in the Chancellor’s firing line

Evening Standard

'Red tape lunacy' to land London accountant with £16,000 bill to replace two windows in his ground floor flat

A Westminster councillor said the requirement to get sign-off from the Building Safety Regulator to change the windows is ‘ridiculous’

Evening Standard

Soho toilet called 'top cottaging spot in the UK' could become café

The Broadwick Street site opposite The Ivy was shut in 2021 due to repeated reports of sexual activity

Evening Standard

Police say 47 arrested after latest demo in support of banned Palestine Action

Defend Our Juries said demonstrators sat outside the Ministry of Justice building in Westminster on Thursday afternoon.

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