60% of Welsh voters unaware of how new system will work in May elections Voters remain unsure about which policy decisions sit with Cardiff Bay and which with Westminster The Guardian - UK · Mar 4
Former Labour councillors join Reform UK Sir Robin Wales, the former Labour mayor of Newham, and Clive Furness, who also served on the council, have joined Reform UK. Evening Standard · Mar 4
Top supermarket boss accuses Labour of ‘constraining’ British businesses Allan Leighton was CEO of Asda in the 1990s and said governments engaged and supported firms more back then The Independent UK · Mar 4
Wednesday briefing: Was the chancellor’s spring statement already out of date? In today’s newsletter: Against a backdrop of global turbulence, Rachel Reeve’s surprisingly upbeat tone failed to reassure when our supposed economic stability rests on forces mostly outside of the government’s control The Guardian - UK · Mar 4
Labour 'risks losing 600 seats' in London local elections in worse nightmare than Gorton disaster Sir Keir Starmer’s party is facing tough battles against the Greens, Reform UK, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems Evening Standard · Mar 4
Want to stop Farage with your vote? At the moment you can’t – and Starmer must fix that The PM’s in-tray is overflowing. But he can’t afford to neglect the real issue that is distorting our politics and the way we live, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Mar 4
Most Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds Nigel Farage’s recent efforts to woo centre-ground voters may cause tension in party’s right flank, says Hope Not Hate The Guardian - UK · Mar 3
UK parliament to debate whether all suicides linked to domestic abuse to be investigated as homicide Lib Dems table amendment to crime and policing bill, saying system ‘simply not doing enough to protect women’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 3
What will Rachel Reeves’s spring forecast mean for household finances? The chancellor promises more money in people’s pockets, but the Iran crisis makes steeper inflation a pressing worry The Guardian - UK · Mar 3
Rachel Reeves claims UK economy can beat forecasts again – is she right? Our writers discuss The chancellor insists Labour has ‘the right economic plan’ for a world that has become ‘yet more uncertain’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 3
Al Quds protest in London explained - timings, locations and controversy Protesters and counter-protesters will be separated by the Thames amid fears of violence at the demonstrations on Sunday Evening Standard · Mar 3
Chancellor blew chance to end Energy Profits Levy, say opposition parties The SNP and Tories accused Rachel Reeves of a missed opportunity to support the North Sea in her spring statement. Evening Standard · Mar 3
Reeves warns of risk of higher energy bills as Iran war sends oil and gas prices soaring Gas prices have almost doubled since the start of the attacks on Iran Evening Standard · Mar 3
Spring forecast: Reeves insists Labour has ‘right economic plan’ as 2026 growth downgraded Unemployment predicted to continue rising to 5.3% as chancellor says she is meeting energy firms amid soaring oil and gas prices The Guardian - UK · Mar 3
Evening Standard · Mar 3 MPs urge ban of London 'hate march' linked to Iranian regime Critics of the annual Al Quds march have accused it of platforming anti-semitism and extremism
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3 Labour to scrap government power over elections watchdog amid fears of abuse MPs and campaigners had warned law imposed by Tories could be used by future leaders to ‘undermine democracy’
Evening Standard · Mar 3 Zack Polanski's Greens surge in London - could they even be in first place ahead of Labour? New poll comes ahead of the May local elections when Labour is expected to suffer heavy losses in the capital
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3 Minorities in adverts are menaced, footballers observing Ramadan are booed. Is this the Britain we want? Intolerance is in vogue and leaders are failing to meet the moment. When King Charles seems the best and bravest hope, the problem is clear, says Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye
Evening Standard · Mar 2 ‘Mainstream majority’ do not want Farage or Polanski as PM, Keir Starmer says The Prime Minister spoke to backbenchers at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party on Monday.
Evening Standard · Mar 2 Angela Rayner 'distressed' by threats to kill, court hears Elizabeth Harker, 63, of Luton, Bedfordshire, previously pleaded guilty to sending a communication that was ‘grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2 UK politicians are in a race to the bottom – but there is a simple, unexpected way to help refugees The home secretary is seeking to make refugee status temporary. Let’s go in the opposite direction and fight for an essential right, says Zoe Williams
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2 Ken Weetch obituary Stalwart Labour MP for Ipswich who fought against the monopoly that solicitors held over property conveyancing
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2 MPs’ basic salary to rise to £110,000 by end of parliament, watchdog says Ipsa cites rising abuse and constituency workloads as reasons for above-inflation increase of 5% from April
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2 Farage emulating ‘his hero Trump’ in deriding byelection results, says new Green MP Reform leader says without evidence that his party’s candidate came first among UK-born voters, as Hannah Spencer takes seat in parliament
Evening Standard · Mar 2 Farage: Reform candidate would have won by-election if only UK citizens voted The Green Party’s Hannah Spencer triumphed in the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Reform’s Matt Goodwin coming second.