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Who can vote in 2023 local elections?

Some new rules have been implemented for the upcoming 2023 local elections

Manchester Evening News

Full list of the votes taking place in the local council elections this May

Here are all of the elections taking place as voters head to the polls in England and Northern Ireland

Manchester Evening News

Eight Nottingham City Council employees paid more than £100,000

The authority says it needs "high-calibre managers to steer a wide range of complex services"

Nottingham Post

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New voter ID requirement sparks concern ahead of English elections

Voters in England will for the first time have to produce photo I.D. in order to cast their ballot when polling stations open in local elections next week, sparking concern that some parts of the electorate will in effect be disenfranchised by the change.

Reuters

Bid to let asylum seekers work six months after they arrive in Britain

Refugees could help tackle labour shortages and begin contributing to the economy sooner if they were allowed to get jobs while their applications are being considered, campaigners argue

Daily Mirror

Labour promises ‘tough’ new law against spiking to protect women and girls

Keir Starmer said spiking is ‘pernicious, dangerous and hateful’ and promised the Labour Party will ‘punish it as such’

The Independent UK

OPINION - Thanks to Diane Abbott, Keir Starmer now faces a decision he must not duck

Whatever happens next, Sir Keir Starmer will be remembered as a historically consequential Labour leader. In April 2020, he inherited a smoking ruin of a party that had suffered its worst election defeat since 1935, wrecked by Jeremy Corbyn’s disastrous leadership and stained by anti-Semitism. Three years on and, quite…

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Urgent warning as people only have hours left to apply for crucial document

Thousands will be heading to the polling station on May 4

Liverpool Echo

Calls for cameras in jail cells so cowardly killers like Thomas Cashman can't hide

The ECHO recently launched a campaign calling for an urgent change in the law to force killers to face their victims' families

Liverpool Echo

Tributes paid to departing Mid Ulster councillors

Six councillors from across the district will not seek re-election in May

Belfast Live

Tory revenge attack ad slams Starmer’s record on child sex offenders

A Conservative campaign email claims that Sir Keir, while director of public prosecutions, ‘saw convictions for sex offences plummet’

The Independent UK

SNP slam 'hypocrite' Unionist parties after they hide membership numbers

THE SNP have hit out at Unionist parties who refused to reveal their membership numbers – accusing them of “hypocrisy”.

The National (Scotland)

Labour would make spiking a specific offence, says Starmer

The Opposition leader also announced that the national curriculum would include teaching boys about respecting women.

The Independent UK

Controversial SNP MSP John Mason set to quit Holyrood at next election

Mason, the MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, has frequently clashed with his party colleagues over his pro-life and anti-abortion stance.

Daily Record

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The Independent UK

Deadline looms to apply for emergency photo ID for local elections

More than 80,000 applications for photo identification have been submitted so far.

Evening Standard

‘Think again!’ Council petition begs Sadiq Khan to delay Ulez expansion

Amid rowdy scenes at a council meeting, Sutton borough wants to pause the scheme until local public transport is improved

The National (Scotland)

Humza Yousaf: Finding auditor to meet SNP accounts deadline will be 'challenging'

HUMZA Yousaf has said it will be “challenging" to arrange an auditor to process the SNP’s accounts in time to meet the May 31 deadline.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry demands Tory ministers hand over WhatsApp messages

Public inquiry chair says she wants ‘all relevant WhatsApp messages’ from pandemic

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The Independent UK

MPs not taking lobbying ‘seriously enough’, say professional body

Westminster has been rocked by a series of lobbying scandals in recent years

The Guardian - UK

Election greeters mean voter ID impact may not be known, Labour says

Exclusive: staff placed outside polling stations will not record how many people leave when told they need ID

Manchester Evening News

Deadline day 'act now' plea over controversial voter ID ahead of local elections

'I feel it is a bit of scam by the ruling party to prevent people voting Labour' - the M.E.N. took to the streets to gauge opinion

Daily Record

Tory ministers holding Scotland back in global climate efforts, claims SNP Net Zero minister

EXCLUSIVE: Net Zero and Just Transition Secretary Mairi McAllan said recent Westminster moves to curb Scottish overseas diplomacy are 'completely unacceptable'.

The Independent UK

Yousaf: Finding auditor to meet SNP accounts deadline will be challenging

Separate accounts need to be submitted for the SNP Westminster group by May 31 in order to receive public funding known as ‘Short money’.

The Independent UK

MPs not taking lobbying problems seriously, professional body says

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations said MPs were not paying enough attention to flaws in lobbying rules.

The Guardian - UK

Labour to use tactic that finished off Truss to force Tories into sewage vote

If Tory MPs vote down opposition day motion, Labour can accuse them of thwarting attempts to clean up rivers, beaches and chalk streams

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