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Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings

Exclusive: Disclosures show figures cited by council leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers

The Guardian - UK

Reform-run Kent council accused of blocking scrutiny of claim it saved £40m

Exclusive: Labour MP made FoI request more than five months ago seeking information on how savings were calculated

The Guardian - UK

‘We need to speak collectively’: can parliament solve the problem of ‘deprivation bingo’ in the UK’s seaside towns?

Labour knows it needs to win over the ‘sea wall’ cohort of coastal voters in the next election. But as anger over inequality grows, time is running out

The Guardian - UK

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Kent ‘down to the bare bones’, says care chief amid council tax rise fears

Nigel Farage’s party ousted the Conservatives at Kent County Council (KCC) in May, with a promise to slash ‘wasteful spending’.

Evening Standard

Labour MPs call for action to tackle deprivation in coastal ‘sea wall’ seats

Exclusive: Group warn coastal communities need greater investment to reduce inequality and fight off threat from Reform

The Guardian - UK

Starmer facing challenge to intervene on assisted dying vote after more than 50 Labour MPs demand Commons delay

Exclusive: The dramatic late intervention comes in a letter to Leader of the House Lucy Powell from Labour MPs warning that there has not been sufficient scrutiny of a bill which will ‘fundamentally change’ healthcare

The Independent UK

MP says women are being coerced into setting up OnlyFans accounts by partners

East Thanet Labour MP Polly Billington says reports by charity Oasis show ‘coercion and exploitation’.

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Hope is not enough: people want to know that Keir Starmer can fix things

Labour’s downbeat manifesto for a downbeat nation reflects the feeling that voters want action now – not grandiose words, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Emily Thornberry: ‘A whip threw me against a wall. He was so close I got spit in my face’

The Labour MP has never let her loyalty get in the way of a good scrap. She discusses her clashes with Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband – and why Keir Starmer is on course to win

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