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Sheffield Wednesday and Morecambe woes show the problem with modern football

SELL UP: An independent regulator is coming to the football pyramid but it may be too late for some, writes Miguel Delaney

The Independent UK

Sheffield Wednesday hit with ban on transfer spending until January 2027

Sheffield Wednesday have been banned from spending money on transfers until January 2027 following the repeated failure of the Championship club to pay players’ wages

The Guardian - UK

Home Office failure to record when migrants on visas leave UK 'means border system will continue to fail'

Former Labour minister Clive Betts urged the Home Office to properly record when migrants leave the UK after their visa expires

Evening Standard

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Patients facing 16-year wait for autism tests as MPs say waiting times must fall

Chairwoman of the Health and Social select committee Layla Moran says the public will be unhappy if standards do not improve.

The Independent UK

Hoop dreams in peril as British basketball’s crisis reaches boiling point

Clubs deeply unhappy with governing body’s handling of a transfer of power and are threatening to set up their own league

The Guardian - UK

Anger as council prioritises London hotel view over playground plan

Westminster council pays £84,000 towards school’s design cost – then advises against going ahead

The Guardian - UK

Dodds warns of ‘severe consequences’ if UNRWA aid is obstructed by Israel

The Government faced calls from both sides of the House to sanction Israeli ministers involved in passing laws to ban UNRWA.

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Millions facing ‘cruel winter’ without fuel payments, Labour MPs warn

Backbenchers say end to support schemes would be ‘wrong measure’ that ignores struggle of poorest households

The Guardian - UK

Sunak denies ‘crisis’ in local government funding despite bankruptcy warnings

Prime minister tells MPs the priority is to get inflation down even though English councils need another £4bn to maintain services

The Guardian - UK

Pressure grows on Premier League to crack down on club spending breaches

A Labour MP and a senior executive at a top-flight club have both called for the Premier League to take a tougher stance on spending breaches by clubs

The Guardian - UK

Calls to ensure Euro 2028 ticket prices accessible to all

Sports minister Stuart Andrew said he would raise the issue with the football authorities.

The Independent UK

Confiscate properties from rogue landlords, says senior Labour MP

Clive Betts says seizure threat would create ‘significant deterrent’ among those who treat fines as business cost

The Guardian - UK

Government accused of ‘kicking can down road’ on plans to ban no-fault evictions

The abolition of section 21 would not come in until court reforms and stronger possession grounds for landlords were in place, ministers said.

The Independent UK

Labour MP stopped from boarding flight to Canada ‘because his name was Mohammad’

Mohammad Yasin was due to fly to Canada with a group of other MPs from a Commons committee when he was delayed for extra questioning

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The Independent UK

MP stopped from boarding flight to Canada ‘because his name was Mohammad’

Labour’s Mohammad Yasin was due to fly to Canada with a group of other MPs from a Commons committee when he was delayed for extra questioning.

The Guardian - UK

MP stopped from boarding Air Canada flight as ‘his name was Mohammad’

Commons hears how Labour’s Mohammad Yasin was taken aside at Heathrow and Toronto despite travelling on official business

The Independent UK

Voter ID data needed to reveal impact on election turnout, senior MP says

Levelling Up committee chairman Clive Betts called on ministers to learn from the voter ID rollout to prevent electors being disenfranchised.

Reuters

Analysis-More than 13,000 people in England denied vote due to new ID law - Reuters survey

More than 13,000 people were denied a vote in English local elections this month because of the government's new identification law, with those in poorer areas most impacted, according to a Reuters survey of local authorities.

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The Independent UK

Voters reminded to take photo ID for local elections

The Government ‘won’t know’ how many people are put off by the new ID requirement on May 4, a senior MP has said.

Daily Mirror

Exact number of Brits turned away at polling stations due to Voter ID will NEVER be known

The Electoral Commission has admitted it will 'not be possible to accurately quantify' the impact of the new rules by counting who does or doesn’t have ID at the ballot box

The Independent UK

Government will not know how many are put off by voter ID requirement, says MP

The Electoral Commission said collecting data from greeters outside polling stations would be ‘inherently unreliable’.

The Guardian - UK

James not so Cleverly plays the hero on Sudan – but at least he’s not in Crete

Foreign secretary clears low bar set by Raab during Kabul airlift, though his update appeared at odds with reality

Daily Mirror

MPs warn of confusion over 'true impact' of Tory voter ID checks on local election turnout

A senior Labour backbencher warned the Government that different systems in operation at polling stations across the country may confuse figures about the real number of people denied a vote

The Guardian - UK

Tory minister refuses to say if number of voters without photo ID will be fully recorded

MPs accuse Rachel Maclean of being unable to answer how government will record impact of new system

Daily Mirror

Gay MP feared how football fans would treat him after coming out

Devoted Sheffield Wednesday fan Clive Betts said the reaction had been overwhelmingly positive

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