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Mike Amesbury writes to Chancellor to formally resign as MP

The former Labour MP was given a 10-week prison term after punching a constituent, which was reduced to a suspended sentence after an appeal

Evening Standard

Kendall promises welfare reforms ‘imminently’

The Work and Pensions Secretary – who is expected to lay out her plans on Tuesday – told MPs that reforms would be published ‘imminently’.

The Independent UK

Former Tory branch treasurer will face no further action for £1m VAT fraud

A FORMER Conservative party branch treasurer involved in a £1 million VAT fraud and money laundering scheme will have no further action taken…

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Nigel Farage names 29 councillors joining Reform as he tries to move on from rifts

Divisions continue to simmer after suspension of MP and Farage’s claims of ‘outright racism’ towards party chair

The Guardian - UK

Which benefits is Keir Starmer’s government planning to cut and why?

PM is under increasing pressure over targeting of incapacity and disability benefits. We look at some key questionsUK politics live – latest updates

The Guardian - UK

Amesbury says he will quit as an MP today

Amesbury told GB News that ‘as from today I will no longer be the Member of Parliament for Runcorn and Helsby after nearly eight years as being an MP’

Evening Standard

Ex Better Together chief 'hypocrisy' exposed amid welfare cuts

THE former chief of Better Together has been accused of “hypocrisy” for backing the UK Government’s welfare reforms ...

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Nigel Farage reveals 29 councillors defected to Reform UK amid 'turbulent' infighting

NIGEL Farage has announced that more than two-dozen councillors have defected to Reform UK, as he attempts to put a bust-up in his parliamentary…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - Diane Abbott: These benefit cuts will hit the poorest — the very people Labour was set up to defend

The furious response to their proposed welfare cuts seemed to come as a shock to this government. But, perhaps emboldened by his success on the Ukraine issue, Sir Keir Starmer has made it clear that he intends to plough on with his cuts.

Evening Standard

Tory attacks on Nicola Sturgeon ‘classic example of abuse women face', FM says

THE Scottish Conservatives provided a “classic example” of the abuse women face in politics with their attacks on Nicola Sturgeon ...

The National (Scotland)

29 councillors defect to Reform as Farage attempts to moves on from infighting

The Reform leader said the fallout with MP Rupert Lowe had caused ‘some consternation’, but insisted ‘that upset is very much at the edges’.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage announces 29 councillors have defected to Reform as he says Rupert Lowe row 'at edges' of party

Report into Lowe could be published this week, Reform UK leader suggests

Evening Standard

SNP does not have a woman problem, says Swinney

The First Minister said his party does not have a woman issue despite 14 female MSPs signalling their intention to stand down from Holyrood.

Evening Standard

Cutting benefits is ‘not a Labour thing to do’, says Diane Abbott

Party’s longest-serving MP says she agrees with Ed Balls and Andy Burnham, who have criticised planned welfare cuts

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SNP MP denies 'talent drain' with more than 20 party MSPs to quit in 2026

THERE is a “huge amount of talent” among proposed SNP candidates for next year’s Holyrood election despite a raft of resigning MSPs ...

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK would be a disaster for Wales – but its rivals have left the door wide open

Labour mismanagement of Welsh public services and an unambitious Conservative party are a gift to Nigel Farage, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

Evening Standard

SNP proposed candidates for Holyrood election show ‘huge’ talent, says Blackman

Former health secretary Michael Matheson is the latest MSP to announce he will not stand next year.

The Guardian - UK

How far will Starmer risk pushing Labour MPs to swallow welfare cuts?

Many MPs will feel that pushing people in to poverty to balance the books is not what they came into politics to do

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Many said the Starmer era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence

He’ll be radical, the PM’s allies claimed. Well, look now, as the poor are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The National (Scotland)

Cut Tory spending rules not disability benefits, Stephen Flynn urges Keir Starmer

STEPHEN Flynn has called on Keir Starmer to ditch reported plans to cut disability benefits as well as the party’s “broken Tory spending…

Evening Standard

'Moral case' to slash Britain's benefits bill as Keir Starmer faces outcry from backbenchers

Diane Abbott, the Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP, says cutting money for disabled people ‘is not a Labour thing to do’

Evening Standard

Tories bid to ban phones from classrooms as schools Bill returns to Commons

The Conservatives have launched a petition urging the public to back their proposal to require schools to ban phones.

The Independent UK

Is Liz Kendall’s U-turn on disability benefits a sign of weakness or a victory for Labour rebels?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The work and pensions secretary’s unexpected reversal on disability benefit cuts signals a major shift in government welfare policy, sparking debate among Labour backbenchers and ministers alike

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Runcorn and Helsby byelection: a punch we will all feel

Editorial: These Cheshire voters will choose a new MP and set the course of British politics for the next four years

The Guardian - UK

Getting to grips with civil service reform

Letters: Readers respond to government proposals to cut thousands of civil service jobs

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