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OPINION - The Tories promise tax cuts, no matter what voters want

Election campaigns are not conversations. Political parties may crank up their instant rebuttal units for those few weeks but they are not debating with each other in any real sense. This is often because they want to talk about different things.

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London mayoral elections: What is the 'doughnut strategy' and does it help the Conservatives?

The term applies to ring doughnuts - there is no jammy middle for politicians here!

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When do train fares increase in 2024, and are they changing in London?

TfL pay-as-you go fares will remain at current levels until March next year

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Sadiq Khan: I need as much help as possible in tight mayoral race

The mayor will face Conservative Susan Hall and at least a dozen other challengers in May

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Which ‘crisis tribe’ do you belong to? These five factions will define Europe in 2024

From fear of migration to the rising cost of living, new political dividing lines will decide June’s European elections, say Ivan Krastev of the Institute of Human Sciences and Mark Leonard of the European Council on Foreign Relations

The Guardian - UK

An essentially conservative country? It’s a powerful myth that warps English politics

A network of privilege entrenches Tory power. To dismantle it, Labour must be bold about remaking the political landscape, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Tories hire coordinator to get expat supporters to vote in general election

Exclusive: Role is to boost turnout in key seats as extra 2.2 million overseas voters become eligible to take part by proxy

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Ramsay MacDonald forms Britain’s first Labour government – archive, 1924

22 January 1924: MacDonald was asked by George V to form a government when Stanley Baldwin’s small Conservative majority proved ungovernable

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Nigel Farage lobbied senior Tory minister over NatWest complaint

Emily Thornberry accuses Farage and Andrew Griffith of ‘secretly conspiring’ over de-banking issue

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to defend RNLI and National Trust from ‘desperate’ Tory culture war

Labour leader’s speech will be his most outspoken response to ‘woke’ politics criticisms by Conservatives

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Britons urged to use Holocaust Memorial Day as moment for community cohesion

Three politicians from Muslim and Palestinian backgrounds say Gaza war should not be used to inflame tensions

The Guardian - UK

Healthy politics needs activists – just don’t mention the door-knocking on your CV

Your local party may be in desperate need of your canvassing skills but employers are likely to look askance, research finds

The Guardian - UK

Art of the attack ad: six memorable angles the Conservatives have tried

Tory ads for general elections have ramped up paranoia over quality of life, the economy and Labour politicians’ integrity

The Guardian - UK

To hit the ground running rather than face first, Labour must prepare for power now

Sir Keir Starmer and his key personnel need to be thinking about how to do government not after the election, but before the weight of its pressures is on their shoulders

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Brexit cost the UK the only good thing Margaret Thatcher ever did

Now that the UK has been taken out of trade zone, we are left only with the damage she wreaked on the British polity

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Celebrities reveal their political allegiances, 1991

Ben Elton and Lenny Henry were backing Neil Kinnock; Bob Monkhouse and Steve Davis supported John Major

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives in chaos: is there a path to recovery for Rishi Sunak before next election?

The Rwanda shambles, critical byelections and a likely mauling in local polls in May, the PM’s troubles are mounting. Tory optimists do see a way to win, but admit it is narrowing

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'Skeletons In The Closet?' UK Govt Bashes Opposition Leader Starmer

Britain's ruling Conservatives are stepping up personal attacks on opposition Labour leader and former prominent lawyer Keir Starmer, who is tipped to become prime minister after the next general election.

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Jeremy Hunt claims Nigel Lawson’s mantle as he teases tax cuts

Hunt draws comparisons with Thatcher’s tax-slashing chancellor as he claims UK is ready for economic boom

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Sadiq Khan: ‘Free young people from Brexit work and travel ban’

London mayor calls for ‘youth mobility agreement’ in one of the most pro-European interventions by a Labour politician since EU exit

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Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt David Lammy speech in London

Shadow foreign secretary tries to continue as demonstrators shout and criticise Labour’s stance on Israel-Gaza war

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Who was behind poll predicting Tory wipeout – and what do they want?

Nobody seems to know mystery organisation that funded YouGov survey but its agenda is clear

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan hits out at ‘desperate, divisive narrative’ from Conservatives

Exclusive: London mayoral elections in May will be ‘toughest fight yet’, Khan will tell Fabian Society conference

International Business Times UK

Setback For Sunak As House Of Lords Sets Out Prolonged Timetable For Rwanda Bill

Sunak spent the morning urging his peers in the unelected chamber to pass his asylum bill as soon as possible, arguing it was the "will of the people" and they should see it as a "priority" for the country.

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Labour to hold crunch talks on future of £28bn green investment plan

Sources say no decisions taken but Keir Starmer could abandon plan if it is deemed damaging to election chances

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