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Reports Sadiq Khan could join Starmer’s cabinet dismissed by allies

London mayor could however join the House of Lords while still remaining in his current role

The Guardian - UK

‘An unjust transition’? Teesside locals divided over net zero after deindustrialisation

In the third in a series, the Guardian hears how Reform UK is targeting voters over green policies – which business says are bringing new jobs to the area

The Guardian - UK

Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan for ‘national active travel network’

Exclusive: Unprecedented move to focus initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely

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Tories urged not to ‘panic’ into uniting with Reform or removing Badenoch

Former ministers warn that leader must not be ‘pushed off course’ as Conservatives expect disastrous local elections

The Guardian - UK

Tory mayor joins calls for deal with Reform UK at next general election

Ben Houchen, the Tees Valley mayor says there will ‘have to be a coming together’ of the two rightwing parties

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch falls further behind Starmer and Farage in new poll

Exclusive: The latest tracker poll from Techne UK has seen the Conservatives drop another point in a week where Kemi Badenoch was strongly criticised for her performance in PMQs

The Independent UK

Amazon confirms Darlington as proposed site for UK drone deliveries

The tech giant said it will lodge a planning application to build flight operations at its Darlington fulfilment centre.

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Amazon announces location for launch of first drone deliveries in UK

If the project is successful, it could be rolled out to the rest of the UK

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch tells Tories: don’t expect big policy plans for two years

Tory leader says focus until 2027 will be on regaining voters’ trust, while others want to see more detail on immigration

The Guardian - UK

Tory mayor warns of plot to end British steel production in favour of Chinese alternative via Brazil

Exclusive: Lord Ben Houchen raised fears have been raised that the UK will lose domestic steel production for the first time since the Industrial Revolution

The Independent UK

Tories only have themselves to blame for terrible election defeat, warns Ben Houchen

Exclusive: Ben Houchen, Britain’s only senior Tory left in power, says his party can turn things around in five years but should have listened to Rishi Sunak to avoid calamity

The Independent UK

Conduct Tory leadership bid ‘with civility’, Lord Houchen urges Braverman

It came after the former home secretary said the party could do better than being ‘a collection of fanatical, irrelevant, centrist cranks’.

Evening Standard

Top Tory calls for Rishi Sunak to stay as party leader until November as succession battle looms

Shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell said it is important to ‘run the leadership contest long’ to ensure leadership candidates ‘come under scrutiny’

The Independent UK

Monday briefing: Will the attempt on Donald Trump’s life be a watershed moment – or a new source of division?

In today’s newsletter: On Saturday, the former president was shot at during a campaign rally leaving two dead, and two others with serious injuries – here’s what we know about that day and what might happen next

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Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen warns against protracted Tory leadership race

Houchen says party must avoid seeming self-indulgent as other Conservatives attack Liz Truss over new intervention

The Independent UK

What is devolution and how will Keir Starmer’s Labour change Westminster’s relationships with the UK?

In the UK, devolved authorities operate in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales as well as in other areas including London, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and Tees Valley

The Conversation

What role England’s mayors have to play in the general election

One of the least spoken about shifts in English politics over the last decade is the move towards mayors. Starting with the establishment of the Mayor of London by Tony Blair in 2000, successive Conservative governments have created 11 mayoral combined authorities, each with its own directly elected mayor, since…

The Guardian - UK

Tories must face hard truths: Reform-lite wreckers like Braverman are why the public just don’t like us

The PM has danced to their tune and the dreadful election results were the inevitable outcome. The solution can’t be more of the same, says the former Conservative MP Justine Greening

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Monday briefing: Local election catastrophe for the Conservatives

In today’s newsletter: Rishi Sunak’s party were expecting a difficult contest – but the results were even more dire than predicted, as political correspondent Kiran Stacey explains

The Guardian - UK

Little sign that Sunak will tack towards centre after local elections rout

PM and allies seemingly intent on staying the course in face of conflicting calls on how to avoid wipeout when country goes to polls

The Guardian - UK

Desperate Tories left in disarray as Labour celebrates seismic swing

Rishi Sunak’s government tries to limit the damage as the Conservatives’ worst fears prove correct in the English local elections

The Guardian - UK

Local elections drubbing shows time is nearly up for the Conservatives

Rob Ford was part of the BBC team analysing the local election results as they poured in over the past 48 hours. Here he tells how a dramatic set of results for the government unfolded

The Guardian - UK

Stunning Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands leave Sunak reeling

Keir Starmer says the prime minister has no option but to call a general election

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives need to discover the Houchen touch

Victory for the Tees Valley mayor should show the way for the Tories to refind their election mojo

The Guardian - UK

After the local election rout, will the panicked Tory herd now stampede over Rishi Sunak?

Devastating defeats give Tory MPs more reasons to fear what will befall them when the country delivers its verdict

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