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The UK’s 15-year-scandal no government has gripped: grooming gangs explained

Stretching back to 2012, the government investigation into grooming gangs has a controversial history

The Guardian - UK

Counting begins in Ireland’s presidential election

The choice is between three candidates, one of whom withdrew from campaigning three weeks ago.

Evening Standard

Powell expected to be named Labour’s new deputy leader

Labour’s struggles in the polls have already led to some questions among backbenchers about Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership of the party.

Evening Standard

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Protests on opposite sides of London amid police restrictions

Ukip supporters were blocked from meeting and marching near Whitechapel Station in east London.

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Chancellor declines to rule out income tax hike – reports

Raising the basic rate of income tax by 1p could raise around £8 billion, but would break a clear manifesto pledge.

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Expect more defections to Your Party in Scotland, Zarah Sultana says

The Your Party co-leader said she was in active talks with Scots politicians and hopes to make an announcement ‘very soon’.

Evening Standard

Local election wipeout would see off Starmer, MPs say after Caerphilly rout

Crushing defeat in Welsh byelection triggers renewed outpouring of anger and concern within Labour

The Guardian - UK

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Met Police impose strict conditions on UKIP demonstration and counter-protest amid 'serious disorder' fears

Scotland Yard announced there would be an ‘increased visible police presence’ in London this weekend

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on the Caerphilly byelection: Labour’s collapse in its Welsh heartland signals a wider loss

Editorial: Plaid Cymru’s win in Caerphilly marks more than a local upset. It exposes the exhaustion of Labour’s moral imagination – and a deeper British crisis of purpose

The Guardian - UK

Who is Nick Tenconi? The Ukip leader whose party was banned from holding Tower Hamlets protest

Here’s everything we know about the Ukip leader

Evening Standard

Ukip moves protest to west London after police impose restrictions

Officers have issued more Public Order Act conditions to ‘prevent serious disorder and disruption’, the Metropolitan Police said.

Evening Standard

Caerphilly byelection a triumph of positivity over division, says Plaid Cymru leader

Rhun ap Iorwerth says party’s win was more than just rejection of immigration-obsessed Reform or rudderless Labour

The Guardian - UK

‘Reform didn’t have any idea about south Wales’: Plaid Cymru supporters celebrate byelection win

Welsh nationalists secured a hefty 47% of votes in what had been framed as a close two-horse race against Reform

The Guardian - UK

Reform swaggered into Caerphilly, ready for a coronation. An unpleasant surprise lay in store

Predictions of a Reform win were wide of the mark. But Labour’s crushing byelection defeat offers important lessons too, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

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‘The world is watching Wales’ after by-election result, says Plaid’s new MS

Lindsay Whittle won the Caerphilly Senedd seat with a majority of 3,848 votes and a swing of almost 27% from Labour.

The Guardian - UK

What kind of country puts its pensioners ahead of children in poverty?

As long as a third of children are living below the poverty line, the government cannot justify keeping the pensions triple lock, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Plaid Cymru’s Caerphilly by-election win leaves Labour with ‘very tough fight’

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the result pointed to a ‘fractured political landscape’.

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Three councillors and top Scottish Green candidate defect to Your Party

The defectors hit out at the Scottish Greens leadership.

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Plaid Cymru’s victory in Caerphilly points to a new kind of electorate

The Welsh town’s byelection was a two-party race – but this time neither Labour nor the Conservatives were in it

The Guardian - UK

Caerphilly result is blow to Labour and Reform – and shows parties who cannot adapt will be crushed

Plaid Cymru’s byelection victory signals a seismic shift in Welsh politics that will rattle Westminster

The Guardian - UK

Ireland votes for next president as polls predict landslide for Catherine Connolly

Leftwing independent widely expected to succeed Michael D Higgins, amid concerns about turnout and spoilt ballots

Evening Standard

Voting in Irish presidential election begins

The race has boiled down to a head-to-head between Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys.

Evening Standard

Labour suffers crushing defeat in Caerphilly by-election with record vote collapse as Plaid Cymru holds off Reform

Labour came a distant third with only 11.02% of the vote - as swing of almost 27% from the party

The Guardian - UK

Plaid Cymru ousts Labour in Caerphilly byelection

Rhun ap Iorwerth’s party seizes Senedd seat, beating Reform UK into second place

Evening Standard

High turnout in vital Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election as votes counted

Plaid Cymru and Reform UK hoping to do well in Labour stronghold.

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