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OPINION - Reform can take credit for Labour's crackdown on visa overstayers

Labour is stealing Reform’s clothes... how about taking more of them?

Evening Standard

'Don't panic,' says William Hague as Tory grandee clashes with Liz Truss on how to save party after elections rout

The Conservatives lost 674 council seats on May 1 as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surged

Evening Standard

Pressure on Starmer over winter fuel cash squeeze after local election results

Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ while Cabinet minister Wes Streeting acknowledged voters’ unhappiness over the policy.

Evening Standard

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Reform’s chairman is right: young Britons are demoralised. But it’s not because they hate their country

Waving the flag won’t buck them up. Tackling the climate crisis and the economy might, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Runcorn MP Mike Amesbury urges Labour backbenchers to oppose welfare cuts

MP who stood down after assaulting constituent says election results showed government was making ‘some big political mistakes’

The Guardian - UK

Disgraced former MP Mike Amesbury ‘disappointed but not surprised’ by Reform win

The by-election held in Amesbury’s former seat in Runcorn and Helsby was won by Reform by just six votes last week.

Evening Standard

Winter fuel squeeze anger was factor in Labour election losses – Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘reflecting on what voters told us last Thursday’.

Evening Standard

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Wes Streeting admits winter fuel payment cuts was factor in Labour election losses as he refuses to rule out rowback

But he said there was no ‘formal review’ under way in Government

Evening Standard

Badenoch says UK-India trade deal is one she rejected as business secretary – as it happened

Tory leader says she refused to sign the deal due to a number of sticking points

The Guardian - UK

Britain has one of most difficult voter registration processes, report finds

UK system makes it a ‘real outlier’ among liberal democracies, according to study examining 62 countries

The Guardian - UK

The lesson for Labour? Until it can improve local lives and stop fearing Farage, more losses are coming

Rapid, highly visible action in communities and a forthright attack on the new right – that is what’s needed now, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Eluned Morgan to set out ‘red Welsh way’ in speech criticising Starmer

Exclusive: First minister of Wales hoping to counter threats to Welsh Labour from Reform and Plaid Cymru

The Guardian - UK

Cuts leave voters doubting Labour’s ability to deliver change

Many are giving up on the government after the winter fuel allowance cut, on which there may now be a partial U-turn

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

Evening Standard

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.

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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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

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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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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’.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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