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Local elections 2022: Eight key battlegrounds – and what the results might tell us

Thursday’s voting is ostenciably about potholes and bin services but could these key council areas indicate the direction of a future general election – and the fate of Boris Johnson?

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer slams Tory smear campaign over lockdown event as he confirms no police contact

Last month Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the Prime Minister's wife Carrie Johnson were all fined for attending a party in Downing Street in June 2020 during lockdown.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson has lost the Tories’ respect – so why has he not lost their support?

Jovial ‘Boris’ is giving way to a sullen, brooding figure, but even a poor local election result may not deal the hammer blow, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

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Wednesday briefing: Would a windfall tax on BP’s soaring profits work?

In today’s newsletter: Nimo Omer breaks down BP’s enormous profits, and why some are calling for a windfall tax amid a cost of living crisis nationwide

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson news - live: Tories may lose ‘hundreds’ of seats, says elections guru

Council election candidates ask not to be punished for ‘mistakes made in Westminster’

The Independent UK

Party leaders make their pitch in last day of campaigning before local elections

Voters go to the polls in local elections on May 5

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson says more could be done to help Brits - but rejects calls for windfall tax

During a television interview with Susanna Reid, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was told of a pensioner who rides buses all day to keep warm. He struggled to set out what could be done to help her

Daily Mirror

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Centre-left parties worldwide have struggled to reinvent themselves – what kind of ALP is fighting this election?

With due caution about the (in)accuracy of opinion polls, Australian voters may bring in a Labor government on May 21. If so, what kind of government would they get?

The Conversation

All you need to know about windfall tax as PM reject calls to impose levy on oil giants

Keir Starmer has been urging the government to introduce a one-off levy on oil and gas giants as rising energy bills boost profits. However, Boris Johnson has rejected Labour's calls

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson ‘out of touch and mired in sleaze’ claims Davey ahead of elections

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey compared the situation to the dying days of Sir John Major’s administration.

Evening Standard

Q&A: key questions facing Keir Starmer over office beer during lockdown

Labour leader continues to be asked about claims he broke Covid rules, but legal and police consensus is he did not

The Guardian - UK

Starmer warned expelling Nato-sceptic MPs could spark Labour civil war

The Labour leader hinted he could take action against MPs questioning the party’s ‘unshakeable support’ for the alliance.

The Independent UK

Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenager resigns at last

Imran Ahmad Khan was convicted three weeks ago but held off resigning for three weeks.

Daily Record

Former Tory MP Ahmad Khan quits his seat after sexual assault conviction

FORMER Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan has formally quit his Wakefield seat following his conviction for sexual assault, the Treasury said.

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The Independent UK

Disgraced Imran Ahmad Khan formally quits as MP

The former Conservative resigned after being convicted of sexual assault.

Daily Mirror

Former Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan finally quits Wakefield seat following sex assault conviction

The disgraced politician had been resisting calls to resign before conceding it would be it “intolerable” for voters in the West Yorkshire constituency

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson again rejects windfall tax on energy giants despite BP's soaring profits

Downing Street has denied there is a rift between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak over tax oil and gas giants

The Independent UK

Johnson ‘out of touch and mired in sleaze’ claims Davey ahead of elections

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey compared the situation to the dying days of Sir John Major’s administration.

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Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of being ‘out of touch’ on cost of living crisis over ‘Elsie’ response

‘If ever there was a reason to send the Prime Minister a message in these elections, Elsie is the reason,’ the Labour leader said

The Independent UK

Strong BP profit renews call for energy sector windfall tax

BP posted its highest quarterly profit in more than a decade thanks to surging oil and gas prices

Evening Standard

Anne McElvoy: New era of Westminster sleaze caused by party leaders turning blind eye

The voters’ backlash on Thursday is all but sealed. In local council elections across London and large swathes of the country, the Government will pay a price, not only for cost of living hikes and Covid miscalculations, but also for a torrent of damaging revelations about a new era of…

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accuses Tories of ‘mud-slinging’ over beer photo

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan is the latest Cabinet minister to back a further police investigation into allegations.

The National (Scotland)

Nadine Dorries accused of 'spreading disinformation' in Covid rules row

NADINE Dorries has been accused of spreading “disinformation” amid her dogged defence of the law-breaking Prime Minister.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer accuses Tories of ‘mud-slinging’ over lockdown beer photo

Labour leader says Durham police ‘came to a clear conclusion’ that no rules were broken

Daily Mirror

Labour confirms Durham Police have not contacted Keir Starmer again over lockdown beer

Keir Starmer accused Conservative MPs of 'chucking mud' with local elections on the horizon as he insisted 'no rules were broken'.

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