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Tell us: do you live in a Reform run council or mayoral authority?

Reform UK was voted into power in several English councils last May – we want to hear from residents about their experiences so far

The Guardian - UK

Reform-led authority set for England’s largest council tax rise – despite Farage pledge to cut rates

Worcestershire County Council has been given special permission to increase its council tax by the maximum 9 per cent, citing a ‘financial emergency’

The Independent UK

‘Keir Starmer doesn’t do anything but U-turns’: the bleak mood in Makerfield

Many in ‘red wall’ seat of Josh Simons, a staunch ally of the PM, have had enough of Labour – and its leader

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Public faith in politics is now in the gutter. Here’s how Labour should drag it out

With Britain sliding down the index of transparency and voters angry, the looming election bill fails to confront the real issues, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise

Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority

The Guardian - UK

Reform on ‘general election war footing’, Farage says and calls for PM to resign

Nigel Farage said the party will be ready for a general election and said the local elections in May will be ‘crucial’.

Evening Standard

UK government to allocate £1.4bn to escort and transport illegal migrants

The UK government is set to invest up to £1.4bn in escorting and transporting deportees from the country over the next decade

Evening Standard

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Fact check: Image of house in Gorton and Denton constituency appears edited

A social media poster accused Reform UK’s candidate of misrepresenting himself.

Evening Standard

Wetherspoon founder urges sector to back Reform’s pub tax overhaul

Sir Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said the proposed changes would help the sector move towards ‘tax parity with supermarkets’.

Evening Standard

Starmer fights for survival as chief of staff quits over Mandelson scandal

Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff over the Peter Mandelson–Epstein scandal, leaving the British prime minister fighting for his political survival.

Euronews

Monday briefing: The Welsh were Labour’s most loyal voters, but even their support is in doubt

In today’s newsletter: With public services under strain and voters drifting from traditional parties, the Senedd contest in May might end up causing an unprecedented reshaping of Welsh politics

The Guardian - UK

‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees

Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK councillor David Taylor quits party during live interview

Reform UK councillor David Taylor announced he is quitting the party over his local authority’s plans to raise council tax

The Independent UK

‘A pollster’s nightmare’: stakes are high in three-way fight for Gorton and Denton

Labour faces a battle to hold on to its 13,000 majority, with the Greens the bookies’ favourite and Reform hoping to gain from split vote on left

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The Independent UK

Who will fight to save the West if our leaders face no consequences for their actions?

COMMENT: Britain has been enfeebled by years of top-level scandals that have gone unpunished, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley. No wonder young people don’t feel their country is worth fighting for

The Independent UK

Starmer’s deputy warns Mandelson scandal will impact crucial by-election

Lucy Powell tells The Independent the Gorton and Denton by-election represents ‘a line in the sand’, as MPs fear it has become a referendum on Starmer in the wake of the Mandelson scandal

The Independent UK

‘It’s over for Starmer. The only questions are when, how, and how painful’

IN FOCUS: Keir Starmer’s premiership has lurched between crises, but his handling of the Mandelson scandal could prove to be fatal. Kate Devlin and David Maddox hear from Labour MPs who are furious about this week’s events, and fearful for the future

The Guardian - UK

‘Hurry for justice’: Windrush victims dying without redress, commissioner says

Clive Foster says action needed now to deliver justice to UK residents who had been wrongly classified as illegal immigrants

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The Independent UK

Reform blames printer as Farage’s party faces investigation into by-election leaflet

The Electoral Commission says the omission is a police matter

The Independent UK

Polanski declares Gorton and Denton by-election a choice between ‘hate and hope’ ahead of Reform battle

Leader Zack Polanski believes the Gorton and Denton by-election will be a race between the Greens and Reform

Evening Standard

Gorton and Denton by-election is choice between hope and hate, Greens say

Leader Zack Polanski said it was a race between the Greens and Reform UK.

The Guardian - UK

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

‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub

With polls and membership at an all-time high, the Green party are having a moment – and it’s largely down to their charismatic (if slightly cheesy) new leader. Can he really pull off a socialist revolution?

Evening Standard

I think we’ve reached ‘peak Reform’, says senior SNP MSP

Mairi McAllan said Reform UK ‘lacks credibility’.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity

Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’

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