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OPINION - The Standard View: The Tories' mayoral selection process was a dereliction of duty to Londoners

When this newspaper endorsed Sadiq Khan for a third term as London’s Mayor, it was not simply because of who he was not: Susan Hall. The Evening Standard believes that Khan was the best candidate, and Londoners agreed by a significant margin. Yet it is difficult to escape from the…

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Who is John Swinney, Scotland’s new first minister after Humza Yousaf quit?

Mild-mannered 60-year-old Swinney, who joined the SNP at 15, is the party’s third leader in 14 months.

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Labour should be ‘less tribal’, says Keir Starmer after Elphicke defection

Party leader welcomes MP in Dover speech as he announces plan to replace Rwanda scheme with new border security unit

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Starmer’s Home Office immigration plan does not answer call for safe routes

Plans for head of border security with access to home secretary will not satisfy all critics of Labour’s immigration policies

The Guardian - UK

It’s Labour’s turn to crash and burn as party can’t defend Elphicke’s defection

Anneliese Dodds drew the short straw and was sent out to pretend Nat had always been Labour through and through

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on John Swinney’s Scotland: a new start but also more of the same

Editorial: The new first minister gets it that the public want better government, but he has not got much time to deliver

The Guardian - UK

Natalie Elphicke ‘sorry’ for defending ex-husband jailed for sexual assault

Newest Labour MP apologises for comments about Charlie Elphicke’s victims amid criticism of her admission to party

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How savage Tory cuts hollowed out all our public services

Letters: Readers respond to an article by John Harris on the devastating impact of the austerity years on councils and communities

The Guardian - UK

Should Labour be embracing the likes of Natalie Elphicke?

Letters: Readers respond to the news of the staunch rightwing Tory MP defecting to the Labour party

The Guardian - UK

Kate Forbes elected Scotland deputy first minister despite Green opposition

Fresh row erupts over Forbes’s conservative views on equality – but appointment is approved by narrow majority

The Guardian - UK

'Men sometimes stray, wives always wish they wouldn’t': Natalie Elphicke’s most controversial moments

The former Tory defected to Labour in the most unexpected change of team since Lewis Hamilton announced he was leaving Mercedes

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer should be embracing the Tories’ disgruntled voters – not their turncoat MPs

After Natalie Elphicke’s welcome, would Labour turn any Tory dregs away? This is beneath the dignity of a party on the verge of power, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Dining across the divide: ‘I thought, Oh God, I hope I don’t get a dyed-in-the-wool Scottish Tory’

One is pro-Scottish independence, the other against – can they find common ground on taxation or the new laws on hate crimes?

The Guardian - UK

John Swinney scraps post of minister for independence to focus on economy

New first minister says case for Scottish independence best made by creating ‘vibrant economy’

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UK politics: Tory defector Natalie Elphicke apologises for comments about women who were sexually assaulted by her ex-husband – as it happened

Comments made after Charlie Elphicke jailed for two years criticised by new colleagues in Labour party

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EU Elections Signal Rise Of Extreme Right And Climate Policy Shift

EU elections approaching with potential right-wing gains impacting climate policies and global influence.

Evening Standard

Nadhim Zahawi to stand down at general election in new blow to Rishi Sunak's Tories

He is the latest ex-Cabinet minister quitting at the election

The Guardian - UK

If Keir Starmer isn’t careful, Gaza could do for him what the Iraq war did for Blair

Many Muslim voters turned against Labour in the local elections, and the continuing conflict only heightens the risk of alienating others, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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‘I understand why she moved’: Dover voters on Natalie Elphicke switching parties

Most people speaking to Guardian consider former Tory MP linchpin of community

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer faces criticism over decision to accept Natalie Elphicke into Labour

One leftwing MP quipped: ‘I think even this one would have strained the generosity of spirit of John the Baptist’

The Guardian - UK

Admitting Elphicke leaves some in Labour asking how far Starmer will go

Brexit and immigration hardliner surprises politicians from both sides with her defection

The Guardian - UK

Natalie Elphicke’s queasy welcome shows Labour will turn no one away

A quick win is a quick win for Keir Starmer. Never mind the politics, just feel that Tory majority weakening

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer sparks Labour anger with decision to admit Natalie Elphicke

MP says many in party think rightwing Tory defector is ‘vile’, while shadow minister asks: ‘Are we welcoming Farage next week?’

The Guardian - UK

Scottish first minister John Swinney appoints Kate Forbes as deputy

Announcement comes after Swinney is sworn in as seventh first minister ‘for everyone in Scotland’

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on MPs crossing the floor: a triumph of political theatre over substance

Editorial: Natalie Elphicke is not a comfortable fit for Labour, but her defection is eloquent in expressing the decline of Rishi Sunak’s Tories

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