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Nothing to see here, say Tories of their hero, 30p Lee

Even Rish! has tied himself in knots trying to work out what Anderson should apologise for. Because Lee’s not racist or Islamophobic, is he?

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Speaker accused of breaking promise as he rejects call for new Gaza vote

Sir Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs he was advised that granting fresh vote could be further breach of Commons protocol

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The Guardian view on Islamophobia and the Tories: the problem is bigger than Lee Anderson

Editorial: The remarks from the senior Conservative are symptomatic of the party’s longstanding failure to tackle the issue

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Is Sadiq Khan a good mayor of London? Let’s not pretend the far right cares

From Trump and his supporters to the ‘meatheads’ on GB News, Khan has been under attack ever since he was elected in 2016. Facts don’t come into it, writes Zoe Williams

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‘He’s very controversial, isn’t he?’: how Lee Anderson’s constituents reacted to his comments about Sadiq Khan

In Kirkby-in Ashfield, some call their MP an ‘embarrassment’ while others say ‘he’s telling the truth a lot of people daren’t say’

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Lee Anderson stands by attack on Sadiq Khan and launches fresh broadside

Former Tory deputy chair says ‘when you think you are right, you should never apologise’ because it would be a sign of weakness

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Sunak, his media allies – maybe even Lee Anderson – know Sadiq Khan is no Islamist. This is tactical racism

The label ‘Islamist’ is being used to stir up anti-Muslim feeling for political ends, says Archie Bland, Guardian First Edition newsletter editor

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OPINION - The Standard View: Lee Anderson's comments were Islamophobic and must be condemned by all

By suggesting that Islamists had “got control of [Sadiq] Khan” and “control of London”, former Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson was speaking in patently Islamophobic terms. The Mayor is a Muslim, as are approximately 1.3 million Londoners. To remark that leaves Khan in the pocket of Islamists is racist.

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Don't let hate win: Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall make unity plea amid Lee Anderson 'Islamophobia' storm

London mayoral rivals join forces to condemn antisemitism and Islamophobia

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Total London bus miles cut by 22 million in six years

The number of miles covered by London buses has reduced from 304 million to 282 million

Evening Standard

Sunak says no Islamophobia issues in Tory party despite Anderson remarks

PM says prejudice unacceptable but refuses to address anti-Muslim concerns after comments about London mayor

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SNP says Speaker has ‘broken his word’ by not allowing emergency debate on Gaza – as it happened

Sir Lindsay Hoyle says he will not allow further emergency debate, saying that MPs came to a resolution on Gaza only last week

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Rishi Sunak forced to deny Tory party has 'Islamophobic tendencies' as Lee Anderson storm grows

Row over Lee Anderson’s rant about Sadiq Khan intensifies after Cabinet members refuse to call the Ashfield MP out for racism or Islamophobia

Evening Standard

A faultline has opened in Keir Starmer’s pragmatic politics – and this time none of the usual fixes will work

Gaza is an issue that Labour cannot simply finesse away. It is about real life, real death and the sympathies of millions, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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UK public services will buckle under planned spending cuts, economists warn

Chancellor is considering cutting billions more from public spending to pay for reductions in tax or NI

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Put aside differences to focus on growth across UK, Ed Balls tells politicians

Former shadow chancellor is one of the authors of a new academic paper on how to bridge the regional divide

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Lisa Nandy says she carries a police alarm, as fears rise about MPs’ safety

Labour shadow minister has extra security arrangements in place and says that is a ‘very typical experience’ for MPs

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Our broken politics needs a major shake-up, from PR voting to citizens’ assemblies

Letters: Readers respond to Rafael Behr’s article about fixing a sclerotic political system

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Labour and the Tories are on political paths with a degree of difference

Brief letters: Labour v Conservatives | Getting a ceasefire in Gaza | Flagging distress | Tory MPs | First cuckoo of spring

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Eleanor Stanier obituary

Other lives: Hard-working local politician who served as mayor of Richmond Upon Thames

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Lee Anderson: from Labour councillor to Labour wind-up merchant

For the Tories he was a useful counterpart to the party’s pinstripes and privilege brigade, but then he went too far. Or did he?

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SNP to push for another Commons vote on ceasefire in Gaza

Move presents fresh challenge to speaker and Labour party after last week’s chaotic scenes in parliament

Evening Standard

Sir Ed Davey says he should have apologised sooner for Horizon scandal role

Sir Ed served as post office minister under the coalition government from 2010 to 2012.

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Labour ‘must spend billions on welfare or poverty will soar’

Britain’s benefits system needs urgent reform, at a cost of £12bn, charities and experts warn

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Forty years on from the miners’ strike, unions are flexing their muscles

While numbers may not have fully recovered the climate is now in very much in trade unions’ favour

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