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The Conservatives held on to Boris Johnson’s old seat but lost two other by-elections to Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

It’s been a topsy-turvy week for politics, with three big by-elections and a few controversial pledges. Although Labour stormed to victory in Selby and Ainsty, leader Keir Starmer found himself on the ropes when he promised to maintain a deeply unpopular two-child benefit cap policy.

Conservatives avoided a 3-0 defeat but face a daunting task if they are to retain an overall majority at next election

Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting were among guests at the New Statesman’s summer drinks

The Labour leader said the London mayor had a legal obligation to improve air quality and so ‘had to take action’.

Scottish government says deal amounts to £61.3m investment in junior doctors’ pay, the best offer for this group in UK

EXCLUSIVE: Labour has eight-point lead in Boris Johnson’s ex-constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip as parties campaign on cost-of-living, NHS, crime and Ulez

Study shows more than 300,000 racist messages mentioning Mr Khan sent since 2016 - and the number linked to Ulez have increased ‘exponentially’

Daniel Korski says he denies the allegation by author and TV producer Daisy Goodwin ‘in the strongest possible terms’