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Ex-senior UK Tory Defects To Fringe Right-wing Party

Embattled UK leader Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh blow Monday when a former ally defected to a right-wing populist party that is worrying the ruling Conservatives ahead of this year's general election.

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Lee Anderson joins Reform UK after losing Tory whip over Khan comments

One Tory MP says it is possible ‘one or two’ other colleagues might also defect to join former Conservative MP and ex-deputy chair

The Guardian - UK

Both Labour and group of Conservative MPs say Lee Anderson defection highlights Tory failings – as it happened

Reform UK confirms Lee Anderson, former Conservative MP and ex-deputy chair, has defected to join party

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Lee Anderson defects to Reform after being suspended by Tories for 'Islamist' Sadiq Khan comments

The Ashfield MP was suspended by the Conservatives last month after refusing to apologise for claiming "Islamists" had "got control" of London Mayor Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

Three Tory ex-home secretaries warn against politicising anti-extremism

Exclusive: Intervention by Priti Patel, Sajid Javid and Amber Rudd comes just before Michael Gove is due to unveil official definition of extremism

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs criticise plans for memorial to Muslim soldiers who died in world wars

Exclusive: Marco Longhi and Jill Mortimer, allies of Lee Anderson, question Jeremy Hunt setting aside £1m for tribute

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Ireland’s ‘no-no’ vote is a victory for human rights – not a rejection of progress

The government’s inept referendum campaign got the result it deserved, says activist and journalist Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird

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Snake oil on steroids: the dishonesty at the heart of Jeremy Hunt’s budget

Unfunded pledges and election gimmicks – from Tories or Labour – are last thing Britain needs

The Guardian - UK

Ireland’s referendums: what went wrong, and what happens now?

Rejection of proposed changes to constitution represent stunning defeat for entire political establishment

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak and his desperate party needed the budget to be a gamechanger. It wasn’t

Whatever the Conservatives try, their huge deficit in the opinion polls isn’t shrinking

The Guardian - UK

Tories fear losing half their seats in May local polls as pre-election budget flops

Victories in councils won during Boris Johnson’s ‘vaccine boost’ of 2021 face wipeout, leaving Rishi Sunak’s regime in peril

The Guardian - UK

Fat-shaming Keir Starmer was wrong, but we all judge people by their appearance

What makes us believe in people we perceive as attractive, and can we ever break the habit?

The Guardian - UK

Spring budget: how Jeremy Hunt’s tax freeze is leaving pensioners out in the cold

The chancellor’s choices mark a shift in Conservative policy. For once, older people are not given priority

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‘People still worse off’: Hunt budget falls short in bellwether West Country seat

Chancellor’s move to slice a few pounds off national insurance fails to win hearts and minds in Stroud

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Hunt’s budget backfires as twice as many voters say taxes will rise – poll

Labour’s lead over Tories increases to 16 points as chancellor’s plans suffer reverse of a budget bounce, according to Observer Opinium survey

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak hints at welfare squeeze to fund plan to completely scrap national insurance

The PM said getting people off welfare and into work would make it possible to ‘sustainably keep cutting taxes’

The Guardian - UK

Labour steps up preparations to govern as Reeves attacks ‘unfunded’ Tory tax cuts

Shadow cabinet talk with Whitehall officials after Keir Starmer meets head of civil service

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Councillors warn of ‘threat to local democracy’ in England after budget cuts forced on Nottingham

Officials in Nottingham say they are no longer in control of financial decisions affecting hundreds of thousands of people

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Tories cut council funding down to the bone. Labour must restore it

Letters: Joan Twelves fears the government is determined to keep wielding the axe until there is nothing left; David Blunkett picks apart Jeremy Hunt’s fanciful proposal

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Momentum considers accepting members from outside the Labour party

Plan is intended to catch those who left the party under Keir Starmer and to create a broader leftwing movement before the election

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‘We’re stuffed’: have Conservatives given up on winning the next general election?

With over 60 Tory MPs standing down and councillors quitting before council elections, there is a sense party expects a heavy defeat

Evening Standard

UK Budget: Hunt sticks to what was expected, and markets are grateful for that

City Voices: The pressure is on the Bank of England to get it right

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s record on appointing female peers from party worst since Major, analysis finds

Unlock Democracy report notes that path to gender equality in Lords has slowed in recent years

Evening Standard

OPINION - The day Theresa May lost her temper with a stunned Sammy Wilson

Theresa May doesn't get angry – she gets to work. Like the rest of us, the former prime minister has doubts, ideas, emotions and ambitions, but for decades she kept them something of a secret. May managed to become leader of a nuclear-armed, permanent member of the UN Security Council…

Evening Standard

How long was Theresa May prime minister, and why is she standing down as an MP?

Theresa May joins 94 other MPs who are standing down at the next election – but why?

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