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Local elections face further delays as councils struggle to reorganise in time

Opposition parties say Labour is ‘scared of voters’ but government says merging authorities have voiced concerns

The Guardian - UK

Plans show £60m ‘gap’ in Reform council’s budget even with council tax increase

Kent County Council was won by Reform at local elections in May, when their candidates promised to cut council spending and keep taxes low.

Evening Standard

Journalists condemn surprise shake-up of No 10 lobby briefings

Scrapping of afternoon press conferences could limit scrutiny and transparency, say reporters

The Guardian - UK

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How support for Labour crumbled in Britain in 2025 with Rachel Reeves' popularity plunging

Backing for the Tories also fell, went up slightly for Reform UK, was unchanged for the Liberal Democrats while the biggest gainers this year were the Greens

Evening Standard

From Keir as Eliot Ness to Radon Liz on YouTube – the 2025 alternative politics awards

With the Christmas recess stopping our politicians causing more havoc, it’s time for the Guardian’s parliamentarian of the year awards

The Guardian - UK

Farage avoids police investigation over alleged electoral law breach

Essex force says report is outside time limit for prosecution, while Electoral Commission says it has not found any undeclared spending

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan reveals what really happened when Rachel Reeves 'kicked him out of her office'

Mayor speaks for first time about alleged bust-up with Chancellor after being asked if she ‘turned into Peggy Mitchell’

Evening Standard

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Swinney ‘content’ Justice Secretary did not breach ministerial code

Angela Constance has been accused of misrepresenting comments made by grooming gangs expert Professor Alexis Jay in Holyrood.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer planning new king’s speech after May elections

Timing seen as moment to reset after potential loss of hundreds of council seats in England and defeat in Wales and Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch says teaching boys about misogyny shouldn’t be a priority because migrants more dangerous to women and girls – as it happened

Tory leader dismisses the government’s newly published strategy as a ‘complete distraction’

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs revolt over ‘madness’ of jury-scrapping plans

Letter from 39 backbenchers threatens rebellion over proposal to expedite court backlog in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Starmer faces threat of rebellion from Labour MPs over jury trial plans

Thirty-nine Labour MPs have put their name to an open letter which brands the proposals ‘an ineffective way of dealing with the crippling backlog’.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage told to ‘come out of hiding’ over alleged election overspending

Labour chair urges Electoral Commission to investigate claims Reform leader spent too much in Clacton campaign

The Guardian - UK

A black swan event: Keir actually cracked a good joke at PMQs

MPs from most corners of Commons laughed at the festive gag – but stony-faced Farage failed to see the funny side

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Reeves’s rejection of North Sea job cuts claim a ‘new low’, say Flynn

The Chancellor said she does not believe 1,000 jobs are being lost every month in the oil and gas sector.

Evening Standard

Starmer’s Cabinet branded ‘bunch of turkeys’ in final PMQs before Christmas

The Prime Minister said Kemi Badenoch is going to be left home alone, following the number of Tory defections to Reform UK.

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Labour metro mayor and Your Party organiser Jamie Driscoll joins Greens

Move by former North of Tyne mayor comes days after five London Labour councillors defect to Zack Polanski’s party

The Guardian - UK

£570m cost of Erasmus is ‘money coming back to UK’, says minister – as it happened

Nick Thomas-Symonds says a 30% discount for the UK’s participation in EU scheme has been agreed

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A warning for Keir Starmer from his own past: if you’re not bold on Brexit and Europe, your Labour rivals will be

Leave support is falling. That’s an opportunity the PM should seize before pro-Europe challengers for the Labour leadership do, says Tom Baldwin, author of Keir Starmer, The Biography

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage's old Dulwich College schoolmates pen open letter urging Reform leader to apologise amid racism claims

Some 25 former pupils and one ex-teacher at Dulwich College have signed an open letter to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage urging him to apologise

Evening Standard

Labour’s workers’ rights bill to become law after Lords battle

The ‘historic’ bill has been praised by trade unions and MPs who pushed to get it through the House of Lords

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s employment rights bill set to become law after Lords battle

Unions hail ‘generational shift’ as legislation introduces new rights on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts

Evening Standard

Deportations of foreign offenders has 'skyrocketed' under Labour Government

David Lammy announced that more than 2,700 foreign national offenders were deported over the past year

The Guardian - UK

Penitent Tice tussles with The Unbearable Lightness of His Being

Another day, another Reform UK press conference: this time the deputy leader’s turn to apologise for his Send remarks

Evening Standard

Government urged to go further than Windsor Framework review recommendations

Unionists have argued the review led by Lord Murphy failed to address ‘fundamental problems’ with the framework.

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