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Northern Ireland's DUP leader Donaldson steps down after sex offence charges

The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party has stepped down from the top job after being charged with sexual offenses of a historic nature, the party said in a statement on Friday.

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Rishi Sunak criticised for 'appalling cronyism' after knighting billionaire Tory donor Mohamed Mansour

Egyptian billionaire gave Conservative Party £5 million donation

Evening Standard

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson: DUP leader quits after being charged with historic sexual offences

Party said it had received a letter from Sir Jeffrey stating that he had been charged with allegations of a historical nature and that he would be stepping down as leader

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Sir Jeffrey Donaldson resigns as DUP leader after sexual offence charges

Donaldson has stepped down after being charged over ‘allegations of a historical nature’, party says

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Conservatives rule out pre-election pact with Nigel Farage

Some Tory MPs had reportedly called for Farage to be made ambassador to US in exchange for him not standing for Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

Khan tells Labour mayoral election still a two-horse race

Outcome hangs in the balance partly because new system requires voter ID, he warns shadow cabinet

The Guardian - UK

Tory donor’s knighthood is sign Sunak ‘believes he’s on way out’, Labour says

Anneliese Dodds says the honour for Mohamed Mansour appears clearly tied to his £5m donation to the Tories

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Tory MP faces lobbying questions over Treasury committee role

Co-owner of investment management firm called for ‘urgent’ post-Brexit changes to City rules at committee meetings

The Guardian - UK

Labour looks to local polls as dress rehearsal for general election

Mayoral races may be important indicator of Starmer’s political momentum as party seeks to turn 20-point national lead into results

The Guardian - UK

London mayoral election: George Osborne says Susan Hall campaign feels abandoned by Tory HQ

Former Chancellor speaks out as Paul Scully joins in criticism of Tories’ London campaign video

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer vows to do levelling up, but better. Will voters buy it?

It is a joke told and retold with such regularity that I'm a little self-conscious about resorting to it so early in a newsletter. Woody Allen says it best as Alvy Singer in the 1977 film, Annie Hall:

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OPINION - Is Britain doomed to terminal decline? It all depends on how you feel

Are we in a state of irreversible decline? What’s the reason, what can be done about it and, if there is a solution, who in earth is going to put into action?” So begins episode six of Chris Morris’s magisterial satire Brass Eye, filmed in 1996 and broadcast on Channel…

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Silvertown tunnel should be renamed 'Sadiq Khan Motorway' to shame mayor on road-building, says Lib-Dem

The Silvertown tunnel should be renamed the “Sadiq Khan motorway” to highlight the damage it will do to the mayor’s green credentials, the Lib-Dem mayoral candidate Rob Blackie said on Thursday.

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Starmer says he cannot ‘turn the taps on’ to fix council funding crisis

Labour leader was asked how party would plug £4bn gap at launch of its local election campaign in West Midlands

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Dining across the divide: ‘The Lords needs reform – people shouldn’t just be put there by Boris Johnson’

One wants to fix the second chamber. The other would scrap it and bring in the ‘Danish system’. Can they meet halfway?

Evening Standard

What is a cabinet reshuffle? Tory ministers Robert Halfon and James Heappey stand down

The total number of Conservative MPs departing at the next election is currently 63

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Rishi Sunak to call general election for November 14 or 21, suggests Cabinet minister Michael Gove

As William Hague says most Tories back an autumn election

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Rayner denies wrongdoing over council house sale amid police review

Labour deputy leader says she can provide tax advice given at time after Tory complaint to Manchester force

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Angela Rayner defends sale of council home as row threatens to overshadow Labour election launch

Labour deputy leader said: ‘I am confident that I have done absolutely nothing wrong’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer launches Labour local election campaign and defends ‘difficult decisions’ over dropped pledges– as it happened

Opposition leader says some commitments were made before ‘the Tories did enormous damage to the economy’

Evening Standard

Photo ID rules could deter voters in London mayoral election, poll warns

The poll puts Sadiq Khan on 45% to 21% for Susan Hall

The Guardian - UK

Tory ‘performance art’ nearly over, Labour to say at local elections launch

Keir Starmer expected to accuse Conservatives of failing on levelling up and ‘preying’ on hopes of voters

Evening Standard

Uxbridge Tory MP who started petition for local fish and chip shop voted against one in 2019

Steve Tuckwell wants to see a local fish and chip shop in his constituency

The Guardian - UK

Police review decision not to investigate Angela Rayner after Tory complaint

MP James Daly asked Greater Manchester police to examine claims Labour’s deputy leader did not declare main residence accurately

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting mocks Just Stop Oil activist who broke police bail to deliver him letter - but went to wrong house

The politician poked fun at the environmental campaigners

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