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‘Don’t mention the local elections’: Keir and Kemi sign non-aggression pact at PMQs

Starmer instead talked about his India deal, while Badenoch insisted on catching up with last week’s news

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer slams Kemi Badenoch as 'climate defeatist' but she says he's 'on another planet' in net zero row

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch was first to raise winter fuel payment cuts, saying her party ‘wouldn’t balance (the public finances) on the back of pensioners’

Evening Standard

Davey criticises Trump for picking fight with Bond, Bridget Jones and Paddington

The US president said he will impose tariffs ‘on any and all movies coming into our country that are produced in foreign lands’.

Evening Standard

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Streeting: Reform UK a ‘real threat’ to Labour and ‘serious opposition force’

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Nigel Farage’s party has tapped into the frustration of voters.

The Independent UK

Labour targets international students claiming asylum after election losses to Reform

Exclusive: Ministers understood to be drafting white paper this month in move to reduce legal migration

The Guardian - UK

Tories lose 15 councils amid Reform’s local elections surge

Reform was the main beneficiary of the Conservative collapse, winning more than 600 seats and taking control of 10 local authorities.

Evening Standard

Lib Dems now ‘party of middle England’, says Davey as party makes gains

As the Tories faced a Reform UK surge in the North and parts of the Midlands, the Lib Dems put the squeeze on their vote further south.

Evening Standard

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Labour faces first electoral test since taking power as voters head to polls

Kemi Badenoch has conceded the scale of the Conservative victory when these councils were last up for election in 2021 means losses are likely.

The Independent UK

Sir Ed Davey signs ‘magic spatulas’ during local election visit

Sir Ed visited Lib Dem campaigners in Tunbridge Wells feeling ‘optimistic’ about their chances in the elections on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer denies Labour have ruled out scrapping two-child cap

KEIR Starmer has denied claims from sources within his own Government that Labour have ruled out abolishing the two-child benefit cap ...

The National (Scotland)

Starmer faces growing calls to give MPs ‘final say’ on any UK-US trade deal

Liberal Democrat MPs have developed proposals to give Parliament a chance to scrutinise any agreement.

Evening Standard

Voters name ‘none of the above’ as most popular candidate before local elections

Labour’s Keir Starmer, Reform’s Nigel Farage, the Conservative’s Kemi Badenoch and Lib Dem’s Ed Davey all trailing as voters prepare to go to the polls on Thursday

The Independent UK

‘Tories are not listening’: Ed Davey sure Lib Dems can woo more disgruntled voters

Leader hopes local elections in many traditionally Conservative areas will help party build on recent success

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch says Lib Dems are people who fix church roofs. Yes: that’s why we’re popular and she isn‘t

It may baffle our rivals, but we are proud to be local representatives who care about their communities, says Ed Davey, leader of the Lib Dems

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Why these are the most important local elections since Boris Johnson won London in 2008

NEWS ANALYSIS: Polls have put Reform UK ahead for months now but these local elections will be the first test of whether the traditional two-party Labour-Tory grip on British politics is under threat, writes David Maddox

The Independent UK

Call to fine ‘headphone dodgers’ £1000 for blasting music on buses and trains

Sir Keir Starmer urged to crack down on antisocial so-called ‘headphone dodgers’

Evening Standard

Starmer urged to end benefit reassessments for those with learning disabilities

Sir Keir Starmer was questioned about personal independence payments at PMQs.

Evening Standard

London council spent £13,400 making public toilets gender neutral

Kingston Council paid thousands to make toilets at Latchmere Recreation Ground in Battersea gender neutral

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The Guardian - UK

In a world full of wedgies, are you a wedger like Trump, or a wedgee like me?

There are two sorts of people – those who pull others’ underwear, and those who have their underwear pulled. And we’d never have known it without the Lib Dems’ Ed Davey, writes Adrian Chiles

Evening Standard

Lib Dems urge ministers to suspend China visit after MP blocked from Hong Kong

Sir Ed Davey has written to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, urging the Government to take steps in retaliation for Wera Hobhouse’s deportation.

The Independent UK

Ed Davey urges China to ‘publish the tapes’ after MP denied entry to Hong Kong

Wera Hobhouse, the Lib Dem MP for Bath, was refused entry to the former British territory while travelling to meet her son and baby grandson.

Evening Standard

Summon Chinese ambassador after MP refused entry to Hong Kong – Davey

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said he is ‘deeply concerned’ by the refusal to allow Wera Hobhouse to visit her family in the territory.

The Guardian - UK

Do you yearn to hear Starmer condemn Trump? If so, you’re going to be disappointed

‘Don’t poke the beast’ remains the watchword at Number 10 even as the beast rampages around chewing the legs off the global economy

The Independent UK

Sir Ed Davey slides down ski slope in war against potholes

Sir Ed said his party had a “great chance” of winning control of Gloucestershire County Council on May 1

The Independent UK

VE Day parade to go ahead after councillor suggested it would be ‘elitist’

Dacorum Borough Council cabinet member Caroline Smith-Wright had told a meeting on April 2 that there were no plans for a parade.

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