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Veteran councillor John Hood's Labour resignation sparks calls for party inquiry

Councillor Hood, a representative for Johnstone South and Elderslie, recently quit the party.

Daily Record · Nov 28, 2022

Scots left 'destitute' as DWP claws back £250 from claimants each month in sanctions on average

EXCLUSIVE: A total of £2.3 million was taken from benefit claimants in Scotland in just one month - an average of around £250 per household.

Daily Record · Nov 28, 2022

All the Tory MPs stepping down as party fears election wipeout under Rishi Sunak

Miserable Tory MPs are already turning their eyes to the possibility of a Labour victory - and even a 29-year-old is stepping down rather than face the music in 2024

Daily Mirror · Nov 28, 2022

Matt Hancock’s political career ‘pretty much done’, says Grant Shapps

‘It’s often said that politics is showbusiness for ugly people. He should be with us uglies back in the House rather than the jungle down under’

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2022

Robert Jenrick says migrants with diphtheria symptoms will no longer be dispersed around country – as it happened

Immigration minister confirms 50 cases of diphtheria linked to Manston asylum accommodation

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022

Kingswood Conservative MP Chris Skidmore to stand down at next election

His constituency is being split in two

Bristol Post · Nov 28, 2022

PPRP, UTN 'like one party', says Prawit

Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwon denied reports he was worried by the number of PPRP MPs considering defecting to the United Thai Nation (Ruam Thai Sang Chart) Party, saying the two were "like one party".

Bangkok Post · Nov 28, 2022

Legalise Cannabis and other progressive parties could hold balance of power in Victorian upper house

Counting suggests Legalise Cannabis party, Greens and Reason Party are likely to win seats in Legislative Council

The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2022

Victorian Liberals raise ‘faith values’ and Labor-style broad appeal in jostle for party’s leadership

Ryan Smith confirms he would reinstate controversial MP Renee Heath to the party room while John Pesutto urges the party to connect ‘more widely’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2022

All In by Lisa Nandy review – why Labour must give power to the people

The shadow levelling up secretary argues that communities should have more control in her persuasive manifesto for a better Britain

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022