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Is No 10 seeking its own destruction? Why else would it botch its council plans and hand a victory to Farage?

Labour promised ‘ambitious reforms’, but it was fixing things that were not broken. And the moral: focus on what matters and stop making stupid mistakes, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Fallout from Epstein and Mandelson puts Britain's House of Lords under scrutiny

Britain’s House of Lords is facing scrutiny as an indirect result of the Jeffrey Epstein files

The Independent UK

Robert Jenrick to outline Reform UK plans for Bank of England and OBR

Nigel Farage named his top team on Tuesday, which included Conservative defectors Mr Jenrick and Suella Braverman.

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Keir Starmer to make first public appearance since council elections U-turn

The Prime Minister is due in Wales on Wednesday, where Labour faces pressure from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru ahead of a crunch Senedd vote.

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Norfolk council leader pulls out of long-awaited devolution deal over election U-turn

Kay Mason Billig accuses Steve Reed of forcing council to agree to poll delay in return for extra funding and powers

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on local government elections: fix the system, not the timetable

Editorial: Labour can justify local government reform. It cannot justify delaying elections. Tweaking maps won’t enrage voters; stagnant pay and broken services will

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage assumes Anne Robinson role in political remake of The Weakest Link

Reform UK leader snaps at reporters as he tries to maintain control over announcement of shadow cabinet

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What do we know about Reform UK’s frontbench team of four?

Here are the briefs – and some of the views – of Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman, Richard Tice and Zia Yusuf

The Guardian - UK

The Labour Together scandal goes right to the heart of No 10 – Starmer has nowhere to hide

He can sack who he wants to protect himself, but all roads currently lead back to the prime minister, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage unveils Reform UK frontbench team and warns over dissent

Leader says move should end claims of one-man band and shows party is ‘creating a machine for government’

The Guardian - UK

London local elections leave Labour 'nowhere to hide' with Greens on march in the capital, new analysis

But the city is such a Labour stronghold that it may cling onto many wards, says Professor Sir John Curtice

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage unveils 'shadow cabinet' with two Tory defectors on Reform UK's frontbench

The Reform leader proposed a ‘new super economics and business department’ modelled ‘on what the Germans did after World War Two’

Evening Standard

Farage promotes Jenrick and Braverman as he unveils new Reform front bench

Richard Tice, the deputy leader, was named as the spokesman for business, trade and energy.

Evening Standard

‘Betrayed’: 21 Hartlepool councillors threaten to quit Labour over care budget

Exclusive: Council in one of England’s poorest areas says it needs urgent help with ballooning children’s social care bill

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MPs could try to speak to Andrew on trade envoy claims – committee chairman

Documents appear to show the former duke sharing confidential reports from his role as the UK’s trade envoy with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Guardian - UK

What’s the state of this Starmer-led nation? Speak to angry voters in Gorton and Denton and it all becomes clear

I had so many conversations with people fed up with all the chaos, deceit and U-turns. Politics must respond to this disenchantment, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Evening Standard

Minister defends Reed amid calls for him to resign over local elections U-turn

Stephen Kinnock said Steve Reed was doing ‘an excellent job’ amid widespread criticism after the move to abandon plans to delay 30 ballots.

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act – as it happened

Party leader tells FT journalist she should ‘write some silly story’ after press conference revealing roles for his top team

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The Guardian - UK

Farage expected to name Jenrick as potential future chancellor

Former Tory minister one of a raft of likely appointments to counter accusations Reform is a ‘one-man band’

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: The factors that will shape the future of Scotland

In today’s newsletter: As Scottish voters prepare to go to the polls, how can Labour, Reform and the Conservatives capitalise on weakening trust in the SNP?

The Guardian - AU

Angus Taylor unveils Coalition frontbench with Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer and Nationals returned

Liberal leader also promotes Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Andrew Hastie to shadow cabinet

Evening Standard

Councils ‘race against time’ to organise elections in time for May after U-turn

Months of planning had been lost, according to the deputy chief of a professional body for election administrators.

Evening Standard

East London borough will get 'independence' vote on leaving capital under Reform UK, Nigel Farage rally told

Romford MP Andrew Rosindell told the Reform UK event that Havering residents would get a choice to remain Londoners or rejoin Essex

The Guardian - UK

English councils face ‘race against time’ to arrange elections, leaders say

Government drops plan to delay May ballots for 30 councils undergoing reorganisation, leaving 11 weeks to prepare

The Guardian - UK

Why Starmer’s latest U-turn over local elections could be a gift for Reform

Ditching plans to delay votes in 30 English councils gives Nigel Farage chance to capitalise on Labour unpopularity

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