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Former Tory councillor convicted of drugging and raping wife for years admits making indecent images of children

Philip Young earlier pleaded guilty to drugging and assaulting his wife over a period of 13 years

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Conservative Party apologises for Bloody Sunday social media video

The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill was designed to repeal and replace the controversial Legacy Act introduced by the previous Conservative government.

Evening Standard

Too good to be true: on the road with Nigel Farage – photo essay

Guardian photojournalist Sean Smith has been following the Reform UK leader as he criss-crosses the country on a busy schedule of walkabouts and meet-ups with prospective councillors and supporters before the May elections

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Election is opportunity to ‘chart new course’ for Scotland, Swinney says

The Scottish First Minister and SNP leader made a stump speech in Stirling ahead of the final weekend of the campaign.

Evening Standard

'We'll win Havering,' declares Nigel Farage as Reform targets three more London councils in local elections

Exclusive: Reform UK leader convinced party will win Havering - and could seize Bexley, Bromley, and Barking and Dagenham

Evening Standard

My advice to Hannah Spencer? Before calling out MPs’ boozing, try to understand the reasons behind it

The new MP is right that parliament’s drinking culture is fundamentally weird. But to change it, we need to reset the whole institution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Nearly twice as many men as women standing in May elections in UK

Exclusive: women ‘massively underrepresented’ in next week’s local and devolved elections, campaigners say

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Tony Blair’s thinktank urges Labour to scrap ‘unaffordable’ pension triple lock

State pension was ‘built for a different era’, says former PM’s organisation amid pressure on government finances

The Guardian - UK

Voting SNP could bring independence and lower energy bills, says Swinney

The SNP leader said Scotland’s energy was its ‘superpower’ as he urged voters to back him with less than a week to go before polling day.

Evening Standard

Scottish Greens urge SNP to match universal free childcare pledge

The Scottish Greens say the SNP’s manifesto promises on childcare are ‘lacking in detail’.

Evening Standard

Zack Polanski’s criticism of Golders Green attack arrest will have ‘chilling effect’, says Met chief

Mark Rowley defends officers who arrested suspect in Wednesday’s incident and calls on Green party leader to show solidarity

The Guardian - UK

Where does Starmer’s leadership stand – and who are his potential challengers?

With PM on shaky ground as May elections approach, we take a look at who could take a run at the Labour leadership

The Guardian - UK

Starmer restores powers to ousted hereditary peers in Lords shake-up

Dozens handed life peerages in apparent concession, enabling their return to red benches

The Guardian - UK

Met police arrest two Green election candidates over alleged antisemitism

Lambeth council candidates Saiqa Ali and Sabine Mairey understood to have been detained over social media posts

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London Tory local election candidate suspended after saying 'Hitler was right'

Helena Kanaan, who was running for the Roehampton seat on Wandsworth council, made the comment in response to an online argument between Piers Morgan and self-described misogynist influencer Andrew Tate

The Guardian - UK

Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that

As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Chaos within Labour has paused for now, but after the May elections the leadership contest begins in earnest

A different kind of stasis waits after the polls: a candidate gridlock where all Starmer’s potential successors are problematic in their own way, says writer Morgan Jones

Evening Standard

Two London Green Party local election candidates arrested over 'antisemitic posts'

The two women were detained under section 19 of the Public Order Act

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Labour calls on Jenrick to give £37,500 campaign donation to charity amid electoral law investigation

Electoral Commission is investigating claims money given to MP came from US businessman now convicted of wire fraud

Evening Standard

Becoming Scotland’s next first minister is my only focus, says Sarwar

He also said he aims to ‘persuade’ more people over the next week to vote Labour with a vow to ‘deliver change’.

Evening Standard

Tories are party of aspiration, says Findlay in warning over ‘politics of envy’

The Scottish Conservative leader was speaking after Reform UK Scotland boss Malcolm Offord said he owns six houses, five cars and six boats.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Ed Davey: We listen to local people, put in the hard graft and never take people for granted

London is desperate for something different, writes Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey

Evening Standard

OPINION - Nigel Farage: Londoners are fed up with being taken for granted and betrayed by the old political parties

Fourteen years of Conservative government broke Britain. Almost two years of this Labour government has only made things worse, writes Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

The Guardian - UK

Could Lib Dems become the biggest party in English local government?

With voter loyalty a distant memory, the Lib Dems’ cost of living policies and criticism of Trump could gain them ground

Evening Standard

Local elections 2026: Labour to lose 75% of council seats, polling guru predicts

Lord Hayward said Sir Keir Starmer's party will be down some 1,850 councillors after the polls close on May 7

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