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Scottish Greens pledge integrated transport ticketing system

The system would be funded by scrapping road-building projects, the party said.

Evening Standard · Mar 30

Voices: As energy costs soar, Rachel Reeves is now the price-gouging queen

COMMENT: The chancellor dismisses sharp rises at the petrol pumps and in our energy bills as ‘global turbulence’ – but her bad policy choices have left consumers exposed to market shock, says Kemi Badenoch: she should give drivers a break by abandoning her planned fuel duty hike, and help householders…

The Independent UK · Mar 30

Zack Polanski tells NEU teachers’ union that Greens would abolish ‘toxic’ Ofsted – as it happened

The Green party leader said Ofsted is a ‘failed institution’ and that teaching should move ‘toward a genuinely collaborative model’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30

Keir Starmer won't quit as PM even if Labour suffers disastrous losses in local elections, says minister

Polls suggests Labour will lose hundreds of seats in London and more in other parts of the country at the May elections

Evening Standard · Mar 29

NHS restructure is greatest danger to Streeting’s effort to revive service

Health secretary still confident of success but critics say scrapping of NHS England has been ‘a total car crash’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29

Labour has left its loyal supporters disillusioned

Letters: Readers take stock of the party’s missteps in government and Keir Starmer’s leadership

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29

Yousaf: SNP must reflect on criticism in case of sex offender ex-council leader

Jordan Linden was convicted of 10 separate offences on Thursday, including five sexual assaults.

Evening Standard · Mar 29

Dining across the divide: ‘He kept saying, “Bring them all in, borders are just a line in the sand.” I didn’t agree’

One thinks mirgrants take advantage of Britain being a generous country, the other thinks they need more safe routes. Can they find common ground in the rise of the Green party?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29

Reform insiders fear links to extreme figures such as Andrew Tate will scare off voters

Nigel Farage has called Tate an ‘important voice’ for young men and held back from criticising his misogynistic views

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29

Kemi Badenoch to launch ‘Get Britain Drilling’ campaign amid living cost hikes

The Conservatives will put the campaign at the heart of their proposals for bringing down the spike in energy prices.

Evening Standard · Mar 28