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Polls close in local elections with Tories expecting heavy losses

Conservatives predicted to lose 500 council seats in England – about half the number they are defending

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson turned away at election ballot box after forgetting photo ID

The former PM fell foul of a law his own government brought in

Evening Standard

England, Wales vote in local elections as Tories brace for big losses

Millions of voters in England and Wales will cast their ballots on Thursday in an array of local elections that will be the last big test before a UK general election that all indicators show will see the Conservative Party ousted from power after 14 years.

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Andy Street and Ben Houchen turn to Boris Johnson in mayoral election run-in

Incumbents promote messages of support from ex-PM despite largely avoiding linking themselves with wider Tory party

The Guardian - UK

Red walls and green dreams: what are the key battlegrounds in England’s local elections?

From Hartlepool to Bristol, successes in 2 May’s polls will set the tone for the impending Westminster race

The Guardian - UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg is just posing as a GB News anchor, but Ofcom doesn’t care if we’re confused

Thanks to the watchdog’s liberal pre-election advice, drawling condescension will pass as impartiality

The Guardian - UK

‘It would be seismic to win in Sunak’s backyard’: is Labour about to paint England red?

Thursday’s local elections are a chance for Keir Starmer to show his party’s breadth of support – not least in the embattled PM’s North Yorkshire

The Guardian - UK

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Tony Blair had it, Boris Johnson too... the quality that wins Angela Rayner support despite her gaffes

Politicians who speak their minds and believe what they say are so rare that voters will forgive them almost anything

The Guardian - UK

Lies, confections, distortions: how the right made London the most vilified place in Britain

Our capital has many problems, but it is time to push back against attacks from those who neither know nor understand it, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner tells ministers to focus on no-fault evictions, not her house sale

Deputy Labour leader also criticises watering-down of leasehold reform plans while facing Oliver Dowden at deputy PMQs

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Standard View: How are we to fund defence spending?

In a dangerous world, it is all to the good that the Prime Minister has committed an extra £500 million to help defend Ukraine — a useful adjunct to the billions committed by the US Congress — and intends to increase military spending to 2.5 per cent of national income…

Evening Standard

Nottingham Forest embarrassed themselves by calling an official's integrity into question... no matter how aggrieved they feel

Nottingham Forest released a strong statement following their defeat by Everton expressing their anger at the match officials

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It’s clearer than ever that Brexit has failed – let’s not inflict its miseries on young people

A scheme to allow British under-30s to live and work in the EU has been flatly rejected. Why punish them for older voters’ mistakes, asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Did Boris Johnson really sabotage peace talks between Russia and Ukraine? The reality is more complicated

A recent study shows the reasons the 2022 talks failed are more nuanced than critics suggest, says Emma Ashford of the Stimson Center, Washington DC

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Andrew Neil needs to be more Vorderman, less Voldemort

Larger-than-life TV personalities should be using their fame to highlight the connections between thinktanks, media outlets and policymakers – not pretend they don’t exist

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Saving us from ourselves: how Britain is learning to accept the nanny state

Despite detractors, the tobacco bill shows the public will support policies that would once have been thought draconian

The Guardian - UK

‘Five-year-old on acid’: Liz Truss’s Ten Years to Save the West, digested by John Crace

Sketchwriter’s take on memoir of PM who screwed up catastrophically and quickly but thinks there’s still work to do

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Boris Johnson ‘refused to be open’ with watchdog about hedge fund role

Acoba chair Eric Pickles says rules on post-ministerial jobs are ‘unenforceable’ after former PM avoids answering questions

Evening Standard

Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall: Passengers who play music out loud should be thrown off the Tube

Crackdown would also target people making calls on speakerphone and ‘disruptive filming’ by influencers

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office accused of 'systemic racism' by former civil servant

Rowaa Ahmar accused officials in Boris Johnson’s government of bullying and discrimination, in an employment tribunal claim which has now been dropped.

Evening Standard

Trump's eclectic inner circle in London: from Nigel Farage's former adviser to pop princess Holly Valance

Nigel Farage, Woody Johnson and Holly Valance are among those expected to attend a glitzy Trump fundraiser in London tonight — so who else has made it into the former POTUS’ UK power base? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

PMQs sketch: Liz Truss is gone from No10 but still haunts Rishi Sunak

PM hits back at Labour attacks over Truss book by telling Keir Starmer to read Angela Rayner’s tax advice instead

The Guardian - UK

Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss review – shamelessly unrepentant

The former PM’s account of her time in office is unstoppably self-serving, petulant, and politically jejune

The Guardian - UK

There’s a gaping hole at the centre of the Tory party where ideas should be. The risk is Liz Truss will fill it

Sunak likes to pretend his predecessor never happened. But are the moderates going to sit back and cede their party to fanatics, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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