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Scottish Tory council boss steps down 'temporarily' as police probe secret recording

A SCOTTISH Tory council leader has stepped down “temporarily” amid a police probe into a secret recording that saw him offer jobs for “pals”…

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Scottish Greens enter Holyrood by-election race as charity director named candidate

The Scottish Greens have announced their candidate for the upcoming Holyrood by-election ...

The National (Scotland)

Tory plight could worsen, warns William Hague as Nigel Farage's Reform firms up poll lead

The Conservatives are predicted to lose hundreds of council seats on Thursday, May 1

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Maggie Chapman speaks out after Tory bid to oust her over Supreme Court attack fails

MSP Maggie Chapman has issued a statement after surviving a Tory-led vote to remove her from a key Holyrood committee role.

The National (Scotland)

Greens’ Maggie Chapman survives committee vote after gender ruling remark

MSPs on Holyrood’s Equalities Committee voted down a motion to remove her.

Evening Standard

Scottish by-election candidates to face grilling on nuclear weapons

CANDIDATES in a Scottish by-election are set to face questions from anti-nuclear weapon campaigners in a hustings organised for next month.

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Maggie Chapman survives in key Holyrood committee role as SNP oppose Tory motion

MSP Maggie Chapman faces a full Scottish Parliament vote which could see her stripped of her senior position on a key Holyrood committee ...

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Senior Labour council leader says Government must do more to counter Reform UK

Sir Stephen Houghton, chairman of the body representing metropolitan district councils, questioned benefits changes and investment strategy.

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Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy – as it happened

‘Any strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,’ says former PM

The Guardian - UK

Labour to press on with pylons as study shows underground cables more costly

IET report says running cables below ground about four and a half times more expensive than overhead lines

The Guardian - UK

Why is Labour getting bolder on Europe? It knows even leave voters can now see the benefits

With Labour losing votes to pro-European parties, an intriguing new deep-dive makes clear that the public mood has shifted, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Hard-right Upstarts Eye Big Gains In Local UK Polls

Britain's anti-immigrant Reform UK party is seeking to prove its credentials as a credible political force at local elections this week that will test the popularity of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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Kneecap apologises to families of murdered MPs after concert video clip furore

The Irish band said a video extract in which a band member appeared to voice support for killing MPs had been deliberately taken out of context.

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Foreign sex offenders will be banned from claiming asylum in the UK, says Home Office

Amendment to bill would affect anyone who qualifies for sex offender register, but charities concerned that move is being rushed

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No 10 bullish about immigration, despite Labour MPs’ concerns about rightward shift

Reform looks set for success in local elections, but government insiders say they aren’t chasing Farage with approach

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on England’s local elections: we must build something better than this

Editorial: This week’s polls could mark the end of two-party dominance. A more proportional, progressive politics must be ready to replace it

Evening Standard

Jess Phillips ‘more than happy’ to talk about co-operation on grooming inquiry

Independent MP Rupert Lowe said he was ‘pleased that Government is willing to engage’ with his inquiry.

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Local grooming gang inquiries will ‘go further’ than five towns, says Phillips

The Government has faced pressure to act on grooming gangs and child sex abuse.

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Kneecap is a ‘hate fest’ promoting division, says DUP leader

Gavin Robinson accused the band of performing in ‘a grotesque way’ and called them ‘totally inappropriate’.

The Guardian - UK

Labour and Conservatives face a challenging electoral test

Letters: Readers respond to the upcoming local elections in England and the possibility of disillusioned voters abandoning the main parties

Evening Standard

Swinney’s message to trade unions: Scottish industry must not be ‘hollowed out’

The First Minister said the Scottish Government was prepared to act with UK ministers to help industry.

The Independent UK

Voices: Nigel Farage is on the brink of another election breakthrough… but at what cost?

COMMENT: With voters set to desert Labour and Tories at the local elections in favour of Reform UK, will the populist protest party be able to run services and balance the books of hard-pressed city councils? Of course not, says Sean O’Grady

Evening Standard

Thursday’s elections will be ‘tough’, PM admits as campaigning enters final week

The upcoming Runcorn and Helsby by-election will run alongside local elections and it is expected to be a tight contest between Labour and Reform UK.

Evening Standard

Downing Street and Kemi Badenoch hit out at Kneecap over ‘dead Tory’ allegation

A member of the rap group allegedly said ‘the only good Tory is a dead Tory’, prompting condemnation in Westminster

The National (Scotland)

Reform urged to reveal funding sources after chasing super-wealthy donors

REFORM UK have been urged to reveal who funds them and to rule out donors with links to Russia – after the party bragged it was targeting wealthy…

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