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Northern Ireland: what is the power-sharing deal – and could it be blocked?

DUP approves post-Brexit legislation, meaning devolved government could soon be functioning again

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage: Good riddance to UKIP

The party, which once got four million votes, has quietly imploded

Evening Standard

Northern Irish parties meet to chart Stormont return after DUP backs deal

Ministerial posts could be filled within days after DUP’s decision to end boycott of power sharing

The Guardian - UK

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Unionists To End Boycott Of N. Ireland Government

Northern Ireland's main pro-UK party, the DUP, said on Tuesday it endorses a deal with the UK government allowing it to end a long-running boycott of the province's devolved administration.

International Business Times

Goods to flow freely from GB to NI as part of deal to restore Stormont power sharing, says DUP – as it happened

DUP leader says checks on goods moving from GB to NI and staying in the UK to end unless there is a suspicion of criminality

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer in record 13-point poll lead over Rishi Sunak as UK's 'most capable Prime Minister'

Labour on huge overall lead of 49%-27% over Tories in the survey conducted for the Standard

Evening Standard

Wales has been brave enough to completely rethink the hated council tax. Take note, England

The Senedd’s plan to shift the burden of this levy away from those on lower incomes shows how real levelling up can work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

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Stormont power sharing in sight as Northern Ireland DUP accepts post-Brexit deal

Sinn Féin will get to nominate its inaugural first minister after Westminster legislates to end checks on goods moving within UK and imposition of EU law

The Guardian - AU

Beleaguered Rishi Sunak on a wing and a prayer – and now a fasting regime

PM battling to salvage his party from predicted electoral obliteration but Tories carry on plumbing the depths

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch is member of ‘Evil Plotters’ Tory WhatsApp group

Exclusive: Business secretary who has told party rebels to stop ‘stirring’ and back PM is in group along with Michael Gove

The Guardian - UK

Let’s rekindle the spirit of 1924: lifelong learning for all

Letters: John Holford reflects on the funding for adult education enabled by the first Labour government a century ago, and hopes for something similar today. Plus letters from Ian Barge, Jennifer Basannavar and Jenny Braithwaite

The Guardian - UK

Minister quit ‘because he could not afford rising mortgage costs’ on £120,000 salary

George Freeman, who left government role in November, said payments were now £2,000, up by £1,200

The Guardian - UK

Households in England face above-inflation £2bn council tax raid

Exclusive: Maximum possible 4.99% rises expected in April while PM plans pre-election cuts to income tax

The Guardian - UK

DUP mulls ending of power-sharing boycott in Northern Ireland

Jeffrey Donaldson under pressure from UK and Irish governments to recommend revival of Stormont

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Tory ex-minister 'quit because he could not afford mortgage hike from £800 to £2000 a month'

Ex-science minister George Freeman said he resigned because his ministerial salary of nearly £120,000 would not cover his rising mortgage repayments.

Evening Standard

University friend of Liz Truss and alleged Remainer Olly Robbins tipped to run Keir Starmer's government

Olly Robbins is rumoured to become one of the most powerful men in Britain

Evening Standard

Thames ferry crossing proposals are rejected by Sadiq Khan

The mayor insisted TfL remains supportive of 'the principle' of new river crossings, but has limited funds to deliver them

Evening Standard

Conservatives 'have failed the nation', says Iceland boss Richard Walker as he defects to Labour

Former Tory donor Richard Walker, who last year attempted to become a Conservative MP candidate, endorsed Sir Keir Starmer to be the next Prime Minister

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Ominous signs for Tories but 2024 different in many ways to 1997 defeat

Keiran Pedley, director of politics at Ipsos, analyses Rishi Sunak's chances of avoiding a landslide defeat for the Conservatives at the next election

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Heir to Blair? Keir Starmer has a long way to go

The 1997 election is about as close in time to the switch to a decimal currency in 1971 as it is to today. In other words, the world has changed since then. Still, the signs of a repeat in 2024 for Rishi Sunak are ominous.

Evening Standard

Labour promises 'proper and fair' investigation after London MP Kate Osamor suspended for Gaza genocide post

Edmonton MP Kate Osamor issued an apology for “any offence caused” by the message she wrote on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day

Evening Standard

OPINION - Election polls predict big Labour win but parallels with Tony Blair's 1997 landslide end there

Blair surged to power with a Nineties soundtrack of optimism and Tory economic success. For Keir Starmer, if the polls are right, it will be a case of hard graft from day one, writes George Chesterton

The Guardian - UK

Iceland supermarket boss and ex-Tory donor backs Starmer for PM

Richard Walker says Labour leader understands how cost of living crisis puts ‘unbearable strain’ on families

The Guardian - UK

Betty Boothroyd planned to criticise PMs for abusing patronage powers

Draft of former speaker’s final speech said prime ministers should not give peerages to friends or people with ‘fat bank accounts’

The Guardian - UK

Labour suspends Kate Osamor over Gaza comments in Holocaust message

Party investigating MP for Edmonton after she said Gaza should be remembered as genocide on memorial day

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