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Senior Tory MP reported to police by colleagues over rape allegations

A SENIOR Tory MP has been reported to the police over allegations of rape and sexual assault.

The National (Scotland)

Braverman return sets ‘dangerous precedent’, says Commons committee

Sunak’s decision to reappoint home secretary raises concerns over how breaches of code are dealt with, say MPs

The Guardian - UK

Prisons are an overflowing, squalid, absurd waste of money. So why do the public want more of them?

We know longer sentences do more harm than good. Let’s focus our resources on threadbare public services instead, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

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Mainpuri Byelection: Samajwadi Party Urges Election Commission To Hold Polls Under High-Level Officials

The Samajwadi Party has demanded the Election Commission to send a team of high-level officials of the Commission to the constituency and conduct the polls under their supervision. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Victorian election results declared in Hastings and Mornington as new Labor ministers revealed

Just three seats remain in doubt in Victoria as the Labor Party reveals its new ministers in the wake of the weekend's election victory.

ABC News

Documents show other Lehrmann allegations

Other women reported sexual assault and harassment allegations against a man accused of raping Brittany Higgins in 2019, court documents show.

AAP

Suella Braverman return ‘sets dangerous precedent’, says Commons committee

Ms Braverman was sacked from her role then given the job back six days later when Mr Sunak became PM.

Evening Standard

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Commons committee says reappointing Suella Braverman ‘sets dangerous precedent’

Ms Braverman was sacked from her role then given the job back six days later when Mr Sunak became PM.

The Independent UK

Labour retains Chester with 10,000 vote majority in first Sunak electoral test

Local councillor Samantha Dixon re-won the seat for Labour in the early hours of Friday

Evening Standard

Two fresh faces to join Vic Labor cabinet

A Victorian government minister has been dumped to make room for two cabinet newcomers after seven Labor MPs shifted their factional allegiance.

AAP

Push for national reforms in rape cases

Prosecutors have dropped the case against Brittany Higgins' accused rapist due to the impacts on her mental health and advocates say urgent reforms are needed.

AAP

The government will not send out Yes and No case pamphlets ahead of the Voice to Parliament referendum. Does this matter?

The Albanese government proposes to ditch the “Yes/No” case pamphlets that are ordinarily posted to voters before a referendum. Is this a good idea, and what, if anything, should replace it?

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak news - live: Starmer accused of trying to ‘out-Brexit the Tories’ at PMQs

Ian Blackford referred to the Britain’s exit from the EU as ‘the elephant in the room’

The Independent UK

UK politics news – live: Union warns parliament not ‘a safe place to work’ amid latest sex assault scandal

Claims of rape and sexual assault lodged against Tory MP span period of two years

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Chester by-election result: Labour ‘decisively’ win seat in ‘strong message to Conservative Party’

Newly-elected Samantha Dixon says Tory government has betrayed trust put in them at last general election

The Independent UK

Newly elected MP says voters think it is ‘Labour’s turn’

The poll was triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Christian Matheson, who resigned after complaints of ‘serious sexual misconduct’ were upheld.

Daily Mirror

Labour wins by-election in first electoral defeat for Rishi Sunak - almost doubling majority

New Labour MP Samantha Dixon increased the party's majority in Chester by more than 4,000 votes in a blow to Rishi Sunak's new Government

The Guardian - UK

Labour wins Chester byelection with ‘best result since 2010’

Rishi Sunak’s first test ends brutally, with 14-point swing pollsters say would give Starmer comfortable majority at election

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The Independent UK

Labour retains Chester seat in blow to Sunak in first electoral test

Local councillor Samantha Dixon re-won the seat for Labour in the early hours of Friday morning.

ABC News

Ung Services and director Nico Keat fined almost $500k after Labour Hire Authority probe

Ung Services and its director Nico Keat have been slapped with almost $500,000 in penalties following an investigation by Victoria's Labour Hire Authority.

The Guardian - AU

The rhetoric around the Indigenous voice to parliament shows it’ll be a rough campaign

If this week was an indication of the level of the debate, then Australia is in for a torrid time when referendum process begins in earnest

ABC News

Mark McGowan set to reshuffle WA cabinet but John Quigley dismisses 'nonsense' about future

The departure of one of WA's longest-serving parliamentarians has guaranteed an impending reshuffle of the McGowan government's cabinet, with the opposition saying John Quigley should be replaced as attorney-general.

Reuters

Australia's Albanese wins industrial relations vote, tougher challenges ahead

Australia's parliament passed legislation on Friday to reform industrial relations laws, boosting the ability of unions to negotiate with multiple employers and scrapping a construction industry watchdog.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak faces first by-election test as polls close in Chester

The result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak wrong to ‘wipe the slate clean’ on Braverman breach of standards, report finds

Committee calls for legal action against ministers who use ‘revolving door’ to private-sector jobs

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