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The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Fears ‘Trumpian’ rules could even see voters with ID turned away as UK goes to polls

Call for officials to be ‘sensible and flexible’

The Independent UK

Things you can't do in a polling station - from voting without photo ID to taking selfies

A new rule has been introduced as local elections take place this May - here is everything you can't do at a polling station

Manchester Evening News

Sue Gray will take up Labour role no matter how long the delay, says party

Labour leader’s spokesperson says Gray will become chief of staff even if watchdog recommends long delay to start date

The Guardian - UK

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Politicians clash over plans to house 1,800 asylum seekers after 'serious concerns' raised

This came after 'serious concerns' were raised with the Home Secretary over the plans

Liverpool Echo

SNP set to lose multiple MPs to Labour at next general election, poll suggests

The latest survey of Westminster voting intentions among Scots shows Labour is almost neck-and-neck with the Nationalists.

Daily Record

Tory chairman repeats 1,000 council seat losses claim and denies he will quit

Greg Hands said independent experts had made the prediction.

The Independent UK

Stephen Flynn brings Angela Rayner's words back to haunt her after Labour fees U-turn

LABOUR’S deputy leader has been called out by SNP MP Stephen Flynn after Keir Starmer indicated he would lead his party in a U-turn on their…

The National (Scotland)

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Plaid Cymru probe finds ‘toxic’ culture of bullying and misogyny

Party leader Adam Price said he has accepted the findings and is ‘deeply sorry’.

The Independent UK

Ministers accused of wanting to keep ‘loophole’ on foreign donations

A Lords amendment to the National Security Bill would have introduced new transparency measures on party donations received from foreign powers.

The Independent UK

Local election scenarios: what would a good result look like for each party?

How to interpret the outcome of what could be a pivotal night for both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

Chaos at Holyrood as Douglas Ross leads Tory jeers against SNP depute leader

HOLYROOD’S chamber descended into farce on Wednesday after Douglas Ross refused to stop jeering at SNP depute leader Keith Brown to give way…

The National (Scotland)

Trump: Sturgeon is a ‘negative force’ who ‘hurt Scotland’

The former US president commented on the former first minister as he visited his golf resort at Turnberry in South Ayrshire.

The Independent UK

Tight local election battle nears finish line in one of UK's richest neighbourhoods

Voters will go to the polls tomorrow to elect three councillors for the next four years

Liverpool Echo

Starmer says 1.7m people face higher mortgages as Tories used money like ‘casino chips’

‘Nearly a million people, paying more on their mortgage each month because his party used their money as a casino chip,’ Sir Keir told Rishi Sunak at PMQs

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Scottish Tory leader condemns SNP ‘secrecy, spin and cover ups’

Douglas Ross’s attack came after First Minister Humza Yousaf failed to attend Holyrood to take part in a debate about his party’s transparency.

Daily Mirror

‘We need to support younger people to see why voting still matters’

Writing for The Mirror, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater says not enough is being done to engage young people in politics especially now Voter ID presents another barrier to voting

The Week

Shades of Gray: what does appointment say about Starmer?

The row over senior civil servant and Partygate investigator Sue Gray’s appointment as chief of staff for the Labour Party has further intensified, with allies insisting that she is facing “a political witch hunt” over an inquiry into her departure from Whitehall.

Daily Mirror

Young people want elections extended over a WEEK and option to vote online, MP says

Kim Leadbeater criticised the Government for not doing enough to engage youngsters in politics ahead of tomorrow's local elections and said the introduction of Voter ID was 'extremely worrying' as it risked being an extra barrier

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The Guardian - UK

Revealed: senior Tory MP was paid £2,000 a month by lobbying firm

Bim Afolami ran a group calling for Rishi Sunak to overhaul the UK’s regulatory system

Wales Online

Damning report criticises failures in Plaid Cymru's handling of sexual harassment

The party has said it is 'deeply sorry' after a report found there were 'too many instances of bad behaviour by elected members'

The Independent UK

Yousaf dismisses Salmond’s Stone of Destiny ‘standoff’ plan

The First Minister oversaw a ceremony last week which saw the ancient artefact removed from Edinburgh Castle for use in the King’s coronation.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Parties play the local elections expectations game because it works

Perhaps my favourite aspect of economics is how expectations can become reality. If enough people believe something – say about the value of a commodity – it will often shift to that new price. In a world of randomness and chaos, I find it strangely satisfying.

The Independent UK

Tory council and police chief raise concerns about asylum seeker barge

Dorset Council and the local police and crime commissioner said the Home Office has failed to answer questions about the Portland Port barge plan.

Nottingham Post

'A dilemma' in one of few Conservative controlled wards in Gedling borough ahead of vote

Some people are 'split'

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer will no longer scrap tuition fees. Just what does his Labour party stand for?

No leader of a major party has so comprehensively junked their leadership platform in British democratic history, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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