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Dowden is perfect fit as Sunak’s dependably mediocre deputy

Olive’s one purpose is to make his boss look good – just what a PM heading for opposition needs

The Guardian - UK

By confronting the Brexit shambles, Labour can offer hope for the future

Letters: Readers respond to Alastair Campbell’s article about Labour, the Lib Dems and the prospects for rejoining the EU

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer does have a vision – and it’s not New Labour 2.0

Defying political orthodoxy, the leader believes he can win an election outright by reuniting his party’s working- and middle-class wings, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

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Who is Mhairi Black? MP to step down at next election

SNP MP was scolded after breaking Commons rule over politeness

Evening Standard

Oliver Dowden handled PMQs with all the gravitas of a career middle-manager

The hotly anticipated 'battle of the gingers' wasn't so much 'Holly vs Phil' as it was 'Angela Rayner vs two kids in a trenchcoat'

Daily Mirror

Alister Jack to stand down at next general election but won't take peerage from Boris Johnson

Jack, who was first appointed Scottish Secretary by Boris Johnson, won't trigger a by-election by resigning his seat for a peerage.

Daily Record

Senior SNP figures ranked among 'most influential' among the UK's left

Humza Yousaf and Stephen Flynn were the only SNP politicians on the list

The National (Scotland)

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OPINION - Labour will build on green belt, says Starmer

Keir Starmer has built up a reasonably static 15-point lead in the polls without doing or saying anything too radical. This strategy has been vindicated by a strong, albeit not spectacular showing in local elections, where Conservative losses surpassed even Greg Hands’s attempts at expectations management. The Labour leader is,…

Evening Standard

Daughter of man who interrupted Jacob Rees-Mogg was killed fighting against Islamic State

The Bristol plumber was killed five years ago in Syria

Bristol Post

Dis Life: Voter ID tantamount to 'gerrymandering' – and biggest election losers? Disabled people

While many activists rail against Conservative policies, there are, as Jacob Rees-Mogg points out, many Disabled people who do still vote Tory

Daily Mirror

Brexit to the fore again in Northern Ireland local elections

Northern Ireland holds elections to local councils on Thursday that the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is pitching as an opportunity to bolster its call for further concessions from Britain on a revised post-Brexit trade deal.

Reuters

Labour-led council delay proposed cuts amid backlash

THE Labour/LibDem coalition of South Lanarkshire Council has voted down proposals to discuss a reversal of cuts they were forced to delay due to…

The National (Scotland)

Labour MP hits out at party’s ‘putsch’ against Birmingham council chief

Ian Ward has said he will fight to stay on as city council leader after a critical Campaign Improvement Board report.

The Independent UK

Independence Minister declines to say if he supports a civic-led Yes Convention

Hepburn was also probed on the upcoming Scottish Government whitepapers by opposition MSPs

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Manchester Evening News

Labour take control at Bolton Council as new leader elected

The new leader of the council is Labour's Nick Peel

The Guardian - UK

Senior Met officer denies political pressure to arrest coronation protesters

Republic members were detained despite anti-monarchy group having liaised extensively with force over protest plans

Liverpool Echo

Hundreds of voters turned away in Liverpool after ID changes

Many returned to a polling station but hundreds did not have the correct ID earlier this month

Liverpool Echo

Hundreds of voters turned away from Wirral polling stations

Voters were required to have photo ID with them for the first time

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Liverpool Echo

Tears and ceremony as Sefton's new mayor sworn in

Fighting back tears, outgoing mayor Cllr Carragher said: "Sefton I love you."

The Independent UK

‘Nigel Farage can admit Brexit has failed. Why can’t Oliver Dowden?’ – SNP

Mhairi Black accused the UK Government and the Opposition of ignoring the economic damage caused by the UK’s exit from the EU.

Daily Record

Mhairi Black mocks top Tory at PMQs following gaffe over SNP time in power

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden wrongly told Mhairi Black that the SNP had been in the Scottish Government for 13 years.

Liverpool Echo

Lib dems call on deputy council leader to make statement over failure to declare company properties

Cllr John Fairclough was cleared after a Sefton Council investigation

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner are ‘Phil and Holly of British politics’, Oliver Dowden claims at first PMQs

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner said the Conservatives were ‘stuck in a conveyor belt of crisis’ after 13 years in office during clashes at Prime Minister’s Questions

Daily Record

Anas Sarwar accuses Mhairi Black of wanting Tories reelected at Westminster to hide SNP faults

The Scottish Labour leader mocked the Nationalists for having so far failed to select a candidate for a looming by-election in Rutherglen.

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner accuses Tories’ ‘Trump tribute act’ of preparing for opposition

Labour’s deputy leader, facing Oliver Dowden at PMQs, criticises the government for stirring up culture wars

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