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Chris Hipkins set to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand prime minister

Chris Hipkins, who played a significant role in New Zealand's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after emerging on Saturday as the only candidate to lead the ruling Labour Party.

Reuters

Chris Hipkins: 'I don't intend to lose in 2023'

Incoming PM Chris Hipkins says it's a "big day from a boy from the Hutt". Can he turn around the party's electoral fortunes?

Newsroom.co.nz

Prime Minister who promised ‘integrity’ fined for second time

Rishi Sunak is in hot water for failing to wear a seatbelt while filming a social media clip in the back of a moving car.

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'Voters can see through Sunak's market forces game - that's why they are backing strikes'

Brian Reade says the Tories are fine with huge salaries and bonuses in the private sector - it's the market - but won't apply the same logic to public sector wage rises

Daily Mirror

Nominations for leader to replace Jacinda Ardern to close shortly

Nominations to replace New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern close at 9 a.m. (2000 GMT) and if only one nomination is made then a result is expected Saturday.

Reuters

Tory Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi made to pay ‘million pound’ fine to taxman

Rishi Sunak under pressure to sack Zahawi from cabinet as Tory MPs say position is ‘unsustainable’

The Independent UK

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak receives fine from police for failing to wear seatbelt in social media video

It's the second fixed penalty notice the new PM has received while being high in office, following the Tory Partygate scandal which saw Rishi and his colleagues fined in April last year for breaching social distancing guidance during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Rishi Sunak FINED for failing to wear a seatbelt

THE Prime Minister has been fined for failing to wear a seatbelt while filming a social media clip in the back of a moving car.

The National (Scotland)

Prime minister receives 'fixed penalty' for not wearing seatbelt in moving car

The clip was filmed in Lancashire as Mr Sunak was announcing Levelling Up funds in Blackpool

Wales Online

Rishi Sunak fined by police for not wearing seatbelt in car in Instagram video

Lancashire Police have given Rishi Sunak a fixed penalty notice - after a spokesman for the Prime Minister said it 'was a brief error of judgement'

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seatbelt while filming social media clip

Rishi Sunak has been fined by police in Lancashire for failing to wear a seatbelt while filming a social media clip in the back of a moving car.

Evening Standard

Four KEY things we learned from our major new independence poll

SUPPORT for Scottish independence is currently at near-record high levels – and comfortably above the majority needed to end the Union come a…

The National (Scotland)

North Tyneside mayor slams 'disgraceful' levelling up fund snub and takes aim at Rishi's Catterick Garrison boost

A motion to write to the Prime Minister and Michael Gove pleading for them to reconsider a bid that would secure the cross Tyne ferry has caused a stir in North Tyneside Council's chambers

Chronicle Live

Labour could win big with shift to right on social issues, says thinktank

Right-leaning Onward claims Keir Starmer’s party needs to appeal more to ‘left authoritarians’

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Polling expert breaks down the results as independence poll puts Yes at 54 per cent

SINCE the 2014 independence referendum, we have seen two kinds of "shocks" in our politics that have coincided with increased support for…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish independence poll sees HUGE lead for Yes amid Section 35 row

SUPPORT for Scottish independence is at its second-highest level EVER reached, according to an exclusive new polling series commissioned for The…

Daily Mirror

Mega-rich Tory Nadhim Zahawi 'agrees to pay 30% penalty' to settle tax dispute

Reports emerged today claiming that Mr Zahawi agreed to settle a £3.7 million sum with an additional 30% penalty - with an expert suggesting this means he admitted carelessness

AAP

'We had no plan': Liberal frontbencher

Liberal MP Julian Leeser has delivered a scathing review on the party's faults as he tries to rally the organisation's youth wing to help win back voters.

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Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen says Paschal Donohoe shouldn't be 'hounded out of office'

The Fianna Fáil TD called for a mechanism to allow for political punishments like suspension or loss of pay

The Guardian - UK

Leicestershire crime commissioner settled tribunal claim after closing own ethics committee

Commissioner denies claim committee was closed because it raised concerns about Black Lives Matter comments

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street repeats apology for Sunak seatbelt ‘mistake’

Lancashire police investigating whether prime minister broke law when filming in back of car

Edinburgh Live

'No plans' to axe Edinburgh teachers after 'frightening' Glasgow proposals emerge

Opposition councillors have called for Edinburgh to "rule out" education cuts ahead of February's budget.

The National (Scotland)

Brexit, independence & the monarchy: Our polling series starts TODAY

BREXIT, the NHS, a de facto referendum on Scottish independence. These are some of the key issues defining Scotland’s – and the UK’s –…

Daily Mirror

Law to stop greedy bosses keeping workers' tips edges closer after SEVEN YEAR delay

If the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill does become law, companies could face punishment if they do not pass over tips - a move the government has repeatedly promised but failed to deliver

The Independent UK

Nadhim Zahawi ‘paid penalty in seven-figure tax dispute settlement’

Fresh questions swirled around former chancellor after reports he paid 30 per cent penalty

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