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No 10 rethinking winter fuel payment cut after Labour slump in local elections

Exclusive: government fears further electoral losses from unpopular policy as well as from planned £5bn of benefits cuts

The Guardian - UK

Labour must offer a hopeful vision to voters, not ape Reform

Letters: Imitating Reform’s socially rightwing policies puts off Labour voters but doesn’t convince Reform voters to switch either, says James Marsters. Plus letters from Richard Repper and Tim Gossling

The Guardian - UK

Look at how Reform speaks about minorities. Why would Labour want to mimic this nasty party?

The British public is more liberal and tolerant than you would believe from our politicians. Time for Keir Starmer to appeal to Britain’s best side, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Reform says county standards will fly as well as Union and St George’s flags

The party took control of 10 local authorities in England at last week’s local elections, including Durham, Lancashire and Staffordshire.

Evening Standard

‘The hypocrisy is staggering’: will swift bricks fall prey to government fears of Reform?

Campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor fears goal of requiring all new homes in England to include a hollow brick to help endangered cavity-nesting birds may be dropped

The Guardian - UK

Let’s be clear: this Conservative party is dead. Those who killed it should own up so we can move on

The local elections wipeout proves that out-Reforming Reform cannot and does not work. Both Tories – and Labour – need to rethink hard and fast, says writer and former Conservative MP Justine Greening

The Guardian - UK

Liberals mull over scars as path forward remains vague

A post-election blame game is in full swing as the federal Liberals face the challenge of pulling themselves off the mat and selecting a new leader.

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Green deputy launches leadership bid with UK ‘eco-populism’ vision

Exclusive: Surprise challenger Zack Polanski says party can learn from success of Nigel Farage and Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

Swinney says there is a ‘very real possibility’ Farage could be UK’s next PM

Scotland’s First Minister said he is ‘fearful of what lies ahead’ as he condemned the ‘alien values that Nigel Farage is peddling’.

Evening Standard

Even though they have control of 10 councils, Reform may find that running them as they want is a lot harder than they think

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Now that Nigel Farage’s party has a foothold, the country will be able to judge them on what they do, not just on what they say

The Independent UK

Labour must avoid ‘naive’ lurch to right after Reform success, Haigh warns

Exclusive: former transport minister criticises party’s direction and calls on Starmer to focus on issues like taxation and welfare reform

The Guardian - UK

Dave Spooner obituary

Other lives: Director of the Global Labour Institute in Manchester

The Guardian - UK

Reform rise sees Unionist parties shifting further to the right

THE rise of Reform has seen Unionist parties move further to the right, giving Yes parties an opportunity to put forward a different vision for…

The National (Scotland)

The English question now isn’t about Reform or party politics: it’s the rage that means we can’t talk to each other any more

My time in Lincolnshire highlighted our country’s most serious problem: the disconnection that means solutions can’t be reached, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Ex-Scottish LibDem minister faces probe over lobbying and 'verbal attack' claims

A FORMER LibDem minister is reportedly under investigation over allegations he verbally “attacked” a Tory MSP and broke lobbying rules.

Evening Standard

Reform will use ‘every instrument’ to resist asylum hotels in areas it runs

Party chairman Zia Yusuf said he was ‘realistic’ about the fact the levers of change at a local level ‘pale in comparison’ to Westminster powers.

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar blames SNP and Tories for Grangemouth job losses

ANAS Sarwar has claimed the SNP and Tories are to blame for job losses at Grangemouth oil refinery after he was challenged on previous promises he…

The National (Scotland)

Many Reform candidates in Scotland are 'nationalists', claims Russell Findlay

SCOTTISH Tory leader Russell Findlay has claimed “many” Reform candidates in Scotland are “nationalists”.

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The Guardian - UK

Streeting says Reform are real threat and may become Labour’s main rivals

Health secretary asks public to give government time as he calls Farage’s party a ‘serious opposition force’

The National (Scotland)

Labour planning asylum crack down on students after brutal election losses to Reform

LABOUR ministers are reportedly planning on cracking down on international students applying for asylum in the UK after suffering huge losses to…

The Guardian - UK

No 10 backs Lucy Powell after her apology for grooming gangs remark

Commons leader had appeared to suggest Reform commentator was using a political ‘dog whistle’

The National (Scotland)

Schools will be made to teach students to 'love Britain' if Nigel Farage becomes PM

SCHOOLS will be forced to teach pupils to love the UK and that the British Empire did “more good for the world than it did bad” if Reform UK’s…

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: New Reform mayor suggests 10% cut to council workforce – as it happened

Andrea Jenkyns says she wants a ‘lean, mean local government’ and says she is ‘up for a fight’ with unions

International Business Times

UK Hard Right Sets Sights High After Local Election Triumphs

With a thumping success in local elections this week, the hard-right Reform UK party has loosened Britain's two-party stranglehold and is already eyeing Downing Street.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Susan Hall is back — and Sadiq Khan and Labour should be very worried

She was once dubbed “the one Sadiq Khan fears”. The phrase was splashed on billboards, blared from vans and echoed across social media. For a while, Susan Hall was everywhere. But it was more than just a line, it was a warning. A warning to a Mayor who had coasted…

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