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I was told my body parts got me the job, female former minister says

Caroline Nokes slates ‘deliberate belittling and demeaning of women MPs’

The Independent UK

Abortion services in Northern Ireland almost nonexistent despite legalisation

Stormont has failed to fully put into effect 2019 law passed by Westminster leaving women with ‘deplorable options’

The Guardian - UK

Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5

May 5 sees a big set of elections across the UK. In England, there are contests across 146 councils. In London, every council seat is up for election across all 32 boroughs. Elsewhere where there are elections, at least one-third of the council seats are being contested, with some authorities…

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Election leaflets distance ‘Local Conservatives’ from Boris Johnson

Tory candidates ask voters not to punish them for ‘mistakes’ in Westminster in wake of Partygate

The Guardian - UK

Chelsea 27 days away from potential Premier League expulsion as sale thrown into doubt

The clock is ticking on sale to be completed with fresh concerns around the process in Westminster and questions over Russian billionaire's view of whether £1.6bn debt should be repaid

Daily Mirror

‘Don’t punish us’: Tory candidates brand themselves ‘local Conservatives’ to escape Partygate

‘This Thursday, please don’t punish local Conservatives for the mistakes made in Westminster – we are local and proud of where we live’

The Independent UK

Nick Robinson in impartiality row with Tory minister in radio ding-dong

NICK Robinson has told a Tory minister he’ll take no “lectures” from him on impartiality during a heated debate about Westminster scandals.

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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

Campaigning in the most marginal ward in Leeds where no one knows if Labour or the Conservatives will win

At the last local election, Labour held onto their seat by just 12 votes

Leeds Live

Scottish council elections campaign enters final day as leaders urge public to vote

Turnout at council elections in Scotland is usually much lower than Holyrood or Westminster contests but politicians are urging the public to make their voices heard.

Daily Record

Getting degenerate MPs to change is wildly optimistic

The problem with reporting improper behaviour in any workplace which is institutionally discriminatory is that, too often, the victim is seen as the problem.

Daily Record

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

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.

The Independent UK

London elections 2022: Will partygate help Labour snatch Westminster from Tories?

Conservative candidates Councillor Robert Rigby and Ralu Other-Osoka in St John’s Wood High Street

Evening Standard

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Man found guilty of threatening Labour MP with makeshift gallows and noose

Lance O’Connor was convicted at Westminster Magistrates’ Court of harassing Hove MP Peter Kyle in Parliament Square, central London, last October.

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

Protester holding gallows told MP ‘this is what we do to traitors’, court hears

Shadow minister Peter Kyle, 51, told Westminster Magistrates’ Court that he felt ‘chilled’ and ‘threatened’.

Evening Standard

Super-strength vapes aimed at children seized in West End raids after Standard probe

Vapes were among items seized in raids by trading standards (Yui Mok/PA)

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Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon accuses Anas Sarwar of 'political immaturity' over council coalition ban

EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with the Daily Record's Political Editor Paul Hutcheon, Sturgeon also spoke about the cost of living crisis and indyref2.

Daily Record

SNP have clear vision for Glasgow at this vital council election

In her Daily Record column, MP Alison Thewliss says the SNP-led council in the city should be re-relected.

Daily Record

Stamping out sexist attitudes in politics must happen now to truly represent Scotland

Record View says that it’s a sad reality that all politicians can expect a degree of abuse online – but women do seem to get it worse.

The Guardian - UK

Calls for compulsory MP training to tackle sexist culture in parliament

Boris Johnson urged to back courses for lawmakers amid allegations of sexual misconduct

The Guardian - UK

Byelections: will recent scandals at Westminster cause upsets at the polls?

Voters may choose to punish governing party in two forthcoming contests, as they have in previous byelections

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on local democracy: make it matter

Editorial: Thursday’s council elections are undermined by a political system in which power and resources are hoarded by Whitehall

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MP was warned who to avoid in Parliament when first elected

The SNP MP for Airdrie and Shotts has said it shouldn't be up to women to change issues such as misogyny and harassment.

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