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Angela Rayner withdraws council reorganisation decisions after new legal advice

At least eight councils have launched legal challenges.

Evening Standard

London Assembly urges Sadiq Khan to accelerate home retrofitting amid heatwave risks

City Hall has already acknowledged that major reforms are needed to prepare and future-proof the capital for extreme conditions

Evening Standard

Sony has released new Bravia TV software, and it’s good news for some (but unfortunately not all)

Dolby Vision issues are seemingly fixed, but audio problems remain

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Exclusive: London synagogues prepare for possible chemical attack after Golders Green stabbings

Programme under way to protect synagogues in London from gas or other chemical weapons attack, The Standard can reveal

Evening Standard

Revealed: Ministers plot £150 'stealth' rise in council tax in London boroughs

The Conservatives are accusing the Government of ‘burying’ the proposed tax increase in the small print of local government funding reforms

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch says US action in Venezuela was ‘morally’ right

Ms Badenoch said ‘what happens in Greenland has got to be up to the people of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark’.

Evening Standard

Kensington and Chelsea could double council tax bills on second homes

The Tory-run council managed to dodge implementing the levy in April when others did, but now say financial pressures have forced their hand

Evening Standard

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Planning reforms will contribute to ‘knockout blow’ for housebuilders – Tories

A minister said the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will help unlock 1.5 million homes by 2029.

Evening Standard

‘Levelling Up’ was ‘hollow slogan’, says minister in new Pride in Place pitch

Miatta Fahnbulleh and David Simmonds traded blows as they discussed the Government’s up-to-£5 billion 10-year Pride in Place programme.

Evening Standard

Labour Slammed for Hiding Truth on £122 Million Asylum Cash While Councils Struggle - Fashion Central UK

Labour is under fire for refusing to explain how nearly £122 million has been shared out to local councils to cover the costs of asylum accommodation

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London council faces £5m shortfall as ministers fail to provide funds to house 3,000 asylum seekers, says MP

Commentary: Over the centuries, different groups have made London their home – making London the vibrant city that it is today

Evening Standard

Labour MP Florence Eshalomi laments 'lost year' for London housebuilding under new Government

Housing select committee chair claims Government’s lack of social homes target is because ministers do not want to give critics a ‘stick to beat them with’

Evening Standard

Government ‘must draw out lessons from Thatcher-era coal pit closures’

Tory MP David Simmonds urged the Government to learn ‘some of the lessons that we need to draw out’ of coal pit closures for the ‘just transition’.

Evening Standard

MPs can be robust in discussing community cohesion and extremism, minister says

The Commons heard concerns about a rise in hate crimes coming from the renewed focus on extremism in the wake of Axel Rudakubana’s guilty plea.

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Evening Standard

18 councils make requests to postpone elections ahead of reorganisation

Local government minister Jim McMahon said a decision will be made ‘as soon as possible’.

Evening Standard

Tenants being evicted before new rental laws come in, warns former Labour leader

Jeremy Corbyn said landlords are using ‘unreasonable arguments’ to end tenancies early before the Renters’ Rights Bill becomes law.

Evening Standard

Minister rules out ‘supercouncils’ as council reforms announced

Local government minister Jim McMahon said local government reforms would give elected councillors ‘far more power’ to make decisions in their areas.

Evening Standard

Government accused of ‘tinkering’ with housebuilding permissions

Conservative shadow housing minister David Simmonds was speaking in the House of Commons.

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The Guardian - UK

A dream day for Labour as opposition is reduced to noises off

Reeves is untroubled by a financially illiterate Tory leader, while Starmer allows himself a minor celebration

Evening Standard

Council tax expected to raise additional £1.8 billion next year – minister

Communities minister Matthew Pennycook rejected suggestions by the Conservatives that councils face a £2.4 billion ‘black hole’.

The Guardian - UK

Reeves hints UK will urge Trump not to raise tariffs as economists fear his policies will cut growth – as it happened

Chancellor says UK’s trading relationship with US is ‘absolutely crucial’ and promises not to be a ‘passive actor’

Evening Standard

Tory MP warns against roll back on green pledges after anti-Ulez by-election win in Uxbridge

A London Tory MP has warned against rolling back on green policies after a campaign against the Ulez expansion led to a surprise by-election victory for the Conservatives in Uxbridge.

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP asked to justify raising donor’s business issues in Commons

David Simmonds says rules were complied with after his local party association received thousands

The Independent UK

UK would be global pariah like Russia if Sunak pulls out of ECHR, Tories warn

PM told he would be in ‘inglorious company’ of dictator by pulling out of post-World War II convention

The National (Scotland)

No 10 insists 'no plan' to ditch European rights rules amid rebellion of Tory MPs

DOWNING Street has insisted there are “no plans” for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) after reports to the…

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