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Council tax to rise after councillors agree budget plans at meeting where Tory described as 'Tameside Trump'

On Tuesday night, a majority of members of the full council voted in favour of the budget for 2023/24 which includes a maximum council tax rise of 4.99 pc and £15.776m in cuts

Manchester Evening News

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns accuses Labour of 'scraping the barrel'

A quote given by a Labour spokesperson to the Irish Mirror was heavily criticised by new Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns on Thursday morning

Irish Mirror

David Cameron talks about trouser trouble nightmares in surprise lecture to students

The former prime minister made a rare public appearance at City University

Evening Standard

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Keir Starmer considers appointing Sue Gray as Labour chief of staff

Senior civil servant led Partygate inquiry in Boris Johnson government

The Independent UK

Yousaf plans £1m community fund to boost cost-of-living support

The SNP leadership candidate also vowed to ‘hold the Tories to account’ for the costs crisis.

The Independent UK

Key revelations from leak of Hancock WhatsApps

The messages shed light on government decision-making around Covid testing, school closures and care homes.

The Independent UK

Humza Yousaf pledges £1 million support for community cost of living projects

HUMZA Yousaf has committed to a £1 million Scottish Government fund for “small, community-based” organisations helping people with the cost of…

The National (Scotland)

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Labour's election war chest boosted by £6m from private donors and companies in 2022

The party said the cash injection from wealthy individuals is the highest in a non-general election year since 2008. The biggest individual gift - of £2million - came from Lord Sainsbury, figures show.

Daily Mirror

'It's Scotland's energy': What would a renewables campaign look like today?

DO Scots nowadays understand the immense potential of renewables outside their doors?

The National (Scotland)

The 18 Liverpool councillors set to quit the council

A host of elected members are departing the political scene - some by choice, others less so

Liverpool Echo

A 6.8% council tax rise is approved as Carmarthenshire councillors set a £450 million revenue budget

There was a stark warning about the impact of staff pay rises on the council's finances

Wales Online

Union 'dismayed' at Labour 'blocking' Nottinghamshire councillor from standing as MP

Labour says it has "robust processes" to make sure its candidates are "of the highest calibre"

Nottingham Post

How is the next SNP leader and Scottish first minister chosen?

Either Ash Regan, Kate Forbes or Humza Yousaf will replace Nicola Sturgeon.

The Independent UK

Sunak's Northern Ireland deal highlights the weakness of devolution to Wales | Shipton

Changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol expose a significant anomaly in the UK’s devolved arrangements, argues political editor-at-large Martin Shipton

Wales Online

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The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Trimming the tail of the superannuation tax tiger is no easy task

If you were being really cynical, you might say the government should have hacked into those stage 3 tax cuts, while leaving super alone. That would have received much the same political angst, but saved a heap more revenue.

Daily Record

SNP leadership candidates must show impatience to achieve independence if they want to win

Record Deputy Political Editor Chris McCall spoke to SNP members before last night's leadership hustings in Cumbernauld.

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway Council's coalition crumbles after less than a year

Disagreements over financial plans saw council leader and SNP leader Stephen Thompson step down on Tuesday with Tory leader Gail Macgregor set to take over

The National (Scotland)

'Well that was a porky': SNP MP slams Tories for Brexit promises

SNP MP John Nicolson said Scotland is the only country that hasn’t got what it wanted after the Northern Ireland Protocol was finalised as he…

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The Conversation

Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Theresa May (and soon Nicola Sturgeon): the strange backbench lives of former national leaders

Former prime ministers are currently making a habit of intervening in government policy. Boris Johnson deployed sources to urge current prime minister Rishi Sunak not to abandon his Brexit policies and to send fighter jets to Ukraine. Liz Truss also used her first speech on the backbenches since leaving Downing…

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak is shaping up to be a prime minister Keir Starmer should be wary of

Sunak’s handling of the NI protocol suggests a leader – and a Tory party – with more left in the tank than some think, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Daily Record

Alister Jack should resign for 'misleading' MPs on Deposit Return Scheme, claim SNP and Greens

The Scottish Secretary's claims that the Holyrood government has failed to ask for a special exemption required under UK law have been contested.

Wales Online

Revamped Brexit deal ‘keeps reality of Irish Sea border’, warns Dodds

Rishi Sunak sealed a deal with the EU on Monday (February 27) that ended dispute over the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol

Tribune News Service

Boris Johnson’s comeback dreams shattered by Sunak’s Brexit win

LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s success in securing a new settlement for Northern Ireland with the European Union has killed off any lingering prospects of a return to U.K. power by Boris Johnson, Conservatives said.

Wales Online

WalesOnline St David's Day state of the nation survey 2023: What people think of the Welsh Government, the Prince of Wales and the NHS

We asked our readers their opinions on the huge questions and problems that define life in Wales

Wales Online

King Charles III retains popular support in Wales, new poll shows, but there is a cloud over the monarchy's future

The new King has retained very similar levels of support to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II

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