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Elected mayors have made their mark, but still Westminster hogs power. That’s a national embarrassment

Devolution has been too cautious, and England has less say about community affairs than almost any other democracy, says academic Tony Travers

The Guardian - UK

Westminster show dogs: "Are they happy?"

Shadowing a champion named Striker, author Tommy Tomlinson unlocks the mysteries of joy and "Bucket Bitches"

Salon

It’s clearer than ever that Brexit has failed – let’s not inflict its miseries on young people

A scheme to allow British under-30s to live and work in the EU has been flatly rejected. Why punish them for older voters’ mistakes, asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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London mayoral election poll shows Susan Hall closing gap on Sadiq Khan as City Hall race hots up

Exclusive YouGov survey puts Tory contender on 27 per cent and her Labour rival on 46 per cent

Evening Standard

Friday briefing: The many scandals rocking Westminster, explained

In today’s newsletter: The number of MPs who have lost their party’s whip now totals 18. The damage to public trust could be even more widespread

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Tory decline: splits, sleaze and a rush for the exit

Editorial: Fresh allegations against a backbench MP highlight an end-of-era atmosphere in the Conservative party

The Guardian - UK

Andy Street ditches Tories in West Midlands mayoral campaign material

Mayor says ‘brand Andy’ move is utterly deliberate as people are ‘sick and tired of Westminster’

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Surge in young Londoners using shisha cafes raised in Parliament as MPs vote on tobacco sales ban

Cities of London and Westminster Tory MP Nickie Aiken sounded the alarm over the growing trend

Evening Standard

Thai woman stabbed to death in London

Police in London are facing public criticism of their slow response to calls from worried friends of a 27-year-old Thai woman who was found stabbed to death in her home in Westminster.

Bangkok Post

‘Sunak has failed on the NHS’ says shadow health secretary as waiting list figures remain high – as it happened

Prime minister has ‘missed his own targets to cut ambulance and A&E waits’, says Wes Streeting as England waiting list figures remain near record levels

The Guardian - UK

Courtier demanded assurance king could not be prosecuted under new Welsh law

Palace official secured assurance under archaic custom that requires UK parliaments to get monarch’s consent for draft bills

The Guardian - UK

Pennsylvania Trial Court Rejects Pseudonymity in Defamation Suit Over Sexual Assault Allegations

(as well as other allegations).

Reason

Met Police refers itself to watchdog after woman found stabbed to death in Bayswater property

The house is a Grade II-listed three-storey, five-bedroom terraced home

Evening Standard

Tory MP caught in 'Westminster honeytrap' guilty of 'exceptionally inappropriate' behaviour - minister

Tories face calls to suspend whip from William Wragg MP

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Head North by Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram review – northern mayors’ manifesto for hope

The pair’s study of the neglect of northern regions carries persuasive ideas for their renewal and a reminder that history favours the brave

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the Westminster honeytrap: it was too easy to set for our WhatsApp-addicted MPs

Politicians believed the illusion of privacy and safety, but government by such apps undermines democracy

The Guardian - UK

‘Extreme’ US anti-abortion group ramps up lobbying in Westminster

The UK branch of the Alliance Defending Freedom has increased its spending and is forging ties with key MPs

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP Luke Evans reveals he was targeted in Westminster sexting scandal

Evans says he was first to alert authorities after receiving messages in what is suspected to be part of wider attempt to target MPs

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The Guardian - UK

Who is behind the Westminster WhatsApp ‘honeytrap’ stings?

Senior figures suggest a foreign state, others believe a political insider is the more likely culprit

The Guardian - UK

At least a dozen Westminster insiders targeted in WhatsApp phishing attack

A minister, political advisers and journalists were among those who received potentially compromising messages over six-month period

The Guardian - UK

We have seen the failure of Tory levelling up, so in Manchester we have radical plans to help ourselves

At a defining moment for English devolution, my manifesto has clarity, ambition and three big ideas, says Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester

The Guardian - UK

How council taxes and the budget are pushing owners to de-list second homes in England and Wales

Wales led the way in tackling the problem of empty properties and priced-out locals – and now Jeremy Hunt has weighed in

Evening Standard

Farmers stage Westminster tractor protest over ‘threat to food security’

Around 100 tractors staged ‘go-slow’ convoy around Westminster in protest against conditions for farmers

The Guardian - UK

Sir Jonah Walker-Smith obituary

Barrister who assisted in the Oz trial of 1971 and joined the libertarian Doughty Street chambers

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel safer outside’: Commons staffer tells of bullying and absurd workloads

Those who work for MPs are close to breaking point ‘because we are unable to address our concerns in-house’

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