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Oxford Street could be transformed into 'nightlife destination,' Westminster says

New zones could be created in and around the West End in a boost to London’s nightlife

Evening Standard

Scottish Government criticises Labour stance on immigration

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set out reforms to the UK’s asylum system in the House of Commons on Monday.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer has had ‘500 days of failure’ in office, says SNP

SNP Westminster deputy leader Pete Wishart highlighted issues such as pensioner winter fuel payments and the two-child benefit cap.

Evening Standard

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Asylum seekers to lose housing and benefit rights under Labour immigration system overhaul

Home secretary will also lay out plans meaning refugees who arrive in Britain on small boats or lorries need to wait 20 years before applying to settle permanently

The Independent UK

Rayner allies hit out at ‘false’ claims of plot to oust Starmer as Labour leadership row deepens

A source close to the MP said Ms Rayner is ‘focussed on representing her local community’

The Independent UK

Leaseholder fury at £100k bills for new windows during major works beset by delays

Westminster City Council is consulting on refurbishing the final five tower blocks on the Hallfield Estate in Bayswater

Evening Standard

Westminster must ‘avoid treading on Cardiff Bay’s toes over assisted dying’

Peers began their line-by-line scrutiny of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday.

Evening Standard

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Safety row as 1,000 residents oppose plans for 'seriously flawed' cycle lane in St John's Wood

Westminster City Council says safer routes are needed to reduce pedestrian and cyclist casualties

Evening Standard

Why some in No 10 think Wes Streeting is plotting to become prime minister

Health secretary has always been open about his ambitions but recent actions hinted at reasons for potential coup plot

The Guardian - UK

Cumming in independence call: Westminster should get boots off our necks

The actor and Traitors US star said he believed Scotland would leave the UK in his lifetime.

The Independent UK

£100 on-the-spot fines for Lime and Forest in new crackdown on e-bikes abandoned on pavements

EXCLUSIVE: Westminster council opens new front in battle against pavement clutter by emailing fixed penalty tickets direct to e-bike firms

Evening Standard

Millionaires group urge Reeves to introduce wealth tax to ‘lift kids of out poverty’

This appeal comes ahead of Reeves’s upcoming Budget announcement in Westminster later this month

The Independent UK

Welcome to 21st-century politics: a bitter revolt against power that will consume Labour and the Tories

A mood of turbulence and insurgency against the two main parties has been building for years, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Council tax hikes: Thousands of Londoners to pay for first time while some face bills doubling

Kensington and Chelsea is expected to follow in the footsteps of Wandsworth, Westminster and Hackney and double council tax bills for some home owners in the borough

Evening Standard

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London’s unhealthiest high streets revealed with seven among worst in Britain

Communities named face higher risks of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, experts say

The Independent UK

SNP and Plaid Cymru seek to give voters a ‘positive alternative’ to Westminster

SNP leader and Scottish First Minister John Swinney will hold talks with Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth in Edinburgh on Thursday.

Evening Standard

More than a quarter of Scots businesses expect to shrink, figures show

The Federation of Small Business found 57% of firms saw their profits slump in the third quarter of the year.

Evening Standard

Linehan was trying to get trans activist to ‘stop pushing camera in his face’

The 57-year-old Irish comedy writer is accused of harassing trans woman Sophia Brooks outside a conference in Westminster on October 19 last year.

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Trans activist ‘took pictures of people’ before confrontation with Linehan

The 57-year-old Irish comedy writer is on trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court accused of harassing trans woman Sophia Brooks.

Evening Standard

Snail farms run out of central London offices in £370k tax avoidance scheme

Westminster Council leader Adam Hug hit out at ‘unscrupulous traders’ using the ‘ludicrous’ scam

Evening Standard

Fox on the run in the grounds of the Houses of Parliament

The marauding mammal was witnessed just inside the visitor’s entrance to the parliamentary estate in Westminster.

Evening Standard

Deputy national security adviser ‘surprised’ Chinese spying case was dropped

The case against Christopher Cash, a former parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry collapsed in September.

The Guardian - UK

Suicides linked to domestic abuse should be investigated as potential homicides, say UK families

Landmark meeting in Westminster hears from string of relatives who say they have been failed by justice system

The Guardian - UK

Local election wipeout would see off Starmer, MPs say after Caerphilly rout

Crushing defeat in Welsh byelection triggers renewed outpouring of anger and concern within Labour

The Conversation

Plaid Cymru’s staggeringly large victory in Caerphilly is a warning to both Labour and Reform

If any seat has a claim to be part of Labour’s electoral heartland, it is Caerphilly. Labour’s electoral dominance there reaches all the way back to the creation of the constituency in the 1918 UK general election, when Alfred Onions became the the first of many Caerphilly Labour MPs. This…

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