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Row breaks out over protected cycle lanes beside Hyde Park that include four 'floating' bus stops

Concerns have grown that ‘bus stop bypasses’, which improve safety for cyclists, put pedestrians at risk of being run over by reckless e-bike riders

Evening Standard

Anas Sarwar challenged to ‘disclose all correspondence’ with Lord Mandelson

The SNP made the demand after the Scottish Labour leader said it was ‘right’ Lord Mandelson had resigned from his party.

Evening Standard

‘Right’ for Lord Mandelson to leave Labour, says Scottish leader Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader spoke out after Lord Peter Mandelson quit the party following the latest revelations over his links with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Airbnb-style lets in London face new crackdown with registration scheme to tackle abuses

EXCLUSIVE: Details of the new register of properties are due to be announced within months to catch businesses and individuals breaking a 90-night rule on renting out homes in the capital as short-term lets

Evening Standard

Scottish young people save hundreds on bus travel compared with rest of UK

All under-22s are entitled to free bus travel in Scotland.

Evening Standard

Government giving veterans ‘preferential treatment’ in legacy approach – O’Neill

The First Minister said there needed to be ‘fairness across the board’ in legislation currently going through Westminster.

Evening Standard

‘Quietly, subtly, the outsider’: Andy Burnham’s dress sense decoded

Ditching the traditional suit and tie for understated all black ‘is as calculated as any Westminster suit, just aimed at a different audience’

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Andy Burnham says insiders at Westminster ‘don’t get licence to lie’ after byelection row

Greater Manchester mayor takes aim at House of Commons briefing culture and says he will continue to call out liars

The Guardian - UK

Burnham says by-election bid was not an attempt to ‘undermine’ Starmer

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham also criticised the ‘stock-in-trade’ culture of anonymous briefings in Westminster.

Evening Standard

Flagship London council signs off 'borough of sanctuary' for asylum seekers plan

Westminster has the highest rate of international migration in England, with more than 20,000 residents arriving over the past two years

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer in Beijing as PM Seeks to Ease Strained Relations While Pushing for UK Trade Deals

Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives in Beijing for the first UK visit in eight years, attempting to rebuild trade ties with China and unlock £billions in economic opportunities whilst navigating geopolitical tensions with the US and security concerns over espionage.

International Business Times UK

OPINION - Westminster a Council of Sanctuary for refugees? Give me a break from the virtue signalling

Westminster is grandstanding on the asylum issue. Maybe it should concentrate on its actual job

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on deepening poverty in the UK: a catastrophic Tory legacy has cut millions adrift

Editorial: A new Joseph Rowntree report underlines the corrosive impact of years of anti-welfare rhetoric. A reframing of the debate is urgently needed

The Guardian - UK

UK should forge deeper diplomatic ties in Greenland after Trump threat, MPs told

A Danish MP and former minister has told Westminster politicans that they should push for a permanent British consulate in Greenland.

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The Independent UK

Voices: ‘It’s chaos’: Readers on Labour infighting, Tory defections and Britain’s broken political system

YOUR VIEWS: Our community sees the Burnham by-election row and Suella Braverman’s defection as the latest symptoms of Britain’s broken politics, warning that Labour is increasingly mirroring the Conservatives it once opposed

The Guardian - UK

The Burnham fiasco shows that the right of the Labour party would rather see it burn than lose control

Starmer’s drones see themselves as characters in The West Wing, full of machiavellian skullduggery but with none of the idealism. No wonder Labour is running out of road, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Why Labour banned Burnham – and what the ‘King of the North’ might do next

In today’s newsletter: By putting out one fire, Labour might have ignited several others

The Conversation

Labour blocks Andy Burnham from standing for parliament: how it happened and why

The Labour party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has voted to block Andy Burnham from seeking selection for the vacant Gorton and Denton parliamentary seat. The move and its fallout have exposed fault lines within the Labour party that go beyond a single byelection.

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The Guardian - UK

Burnham will try again for Westminster return but declines offer of seat in 2027

Greater Manchester mayor’s hopes of imminent return as MP appear remote as relationship with Starmer at low ebb

The Independent UK

‘Labour now is just the Tories in red’: Manchester voters’ fury over decision to block Burnham from by-election

Following a tumultuous weekend for Andy Burnham, The Independent asks voters in Manchester whether they believe their mayor should have been allowed to make a return to Westminster

The Conversation

Andy Burnham: what now for the King in the North?

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, has been blocked from standing for parliament – a step that would have been essential to mount a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer.

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s Burnham veto has made a tricky Manchester byelection much harder

Preventing the mayor from returning to Westminster deprives the party of its most potent candidate in Gorton and Denton

The Guardian - UK

Rebuffed Burnham can return to honing his stature and attack lines

Greater Manchester mayor will not be tested in tough byelection or against PM for now, but can continue to pose speculative threat

The Independent UK

Why has Labour blocked Andy Burnham from standing as an MP?

The mayor of Greater Manchester has been seen as a potential rival to Sir Keir Starmer for leadership

Evening Standard

Burnham awaits Labour’s verdict on by-election bid

The party’s National Executive Committee is expected to meet virtually.

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