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MPs, understand this: protests are inevitable when you fail to represent the people

Politics is not just an activity conducted in Westminster corridors, with the voters locked out, says the Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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How a Conservative budget failed to help women (again)

A single man would gain £346 from tax cuts, compared with £279 for a woman and just £85 for the typical lone mother

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Ronnie Campbell obituary

Miner turned Labour MP known for his uncompromising principles and championing his Blyth Valley constituency

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For years, the Tories said austerity was over. But look around: it’s getting worse, and there’s more to come

This week’s budget is certain to bring more cuts. Westminster is missing the stark fact that people simply cannot take any more, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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OPINION - Forget Red-Wallers, one political tribe has been ignored for too long: meet the non-posh Londoner

Stereotypes can linger even when long debunked. The “Red Wall” is still — to some tired parts of Westminster — a synonym for depleted industrial towns and a working class “left behind” by politics. But that is only half the story. Those areas of the North and Midlands that flipped…

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The Guardian view on local government finance: a crisis that corrodes democracy

Editorial: Westminster cannot continue to ignore the scale of social devastation caused by the chronic underfunding of council services

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Peaceful protesters are not a threat to democracy, a corrupt Westminster is

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Stella Creasy about the threats MPs face, and the presence of protesters outside their homes and offices

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OPINION - So-called 'protestors' who try to intimidate MPs are the arsonists of our democracy

I can only imagine Vladimir Putin’s laughter in Moscow. Last week, Ben Jamal, director of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, told protesters at Westminster he wanted a situation where “they will have to lock the doors of parliament itself”. Three MPs — all women, naturally — have been given police protection.…

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Talking Horses: racing’s affordability checks debate divides Westminster

The Jockey Club’s petition to abandon the controversial new checks drew mixed responses from MPs on Monday

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Speaker accused of breaking promise as he rejects call for new Gaza vote

Sir Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs he was advised that granting fresh vote could be further breach of Commons protocol

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Gaza vote row: minister refuses to back Commons speaker

Health minister Maria Caulfield ‘disappointed and surprised’ by Lindsay Hoyle’s actions but refrains from calling for his resignation

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Gery Bramall obituary

Other lives: Labour councillor in Westminster who became a translator in the classical record industry

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The time for equivocation is over – all Westminster MPs must vote for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

While we welcome the apparent change in Keir Starmer’s position, the UK must back an immediate ceasefire in no uncertain terms, says Stephen Flynn, SNP leader at Westminster

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Keir Starmer seeks to head off another Labour rebellion over Gaza ceasefire

Crucial vote on party’s new call for ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ goes before MPs on Wednesday as thousands of protesters expected in Westminster

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Where in London would you pay the highest and lowest amount of council tax?

Which boroughs are expecting bigger hikes for this financial year?

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These are the only six London boroughs where house prices didn't fall last year

The biggest single fall was in Westminster, where the average cost of a home plummeted almost 21% to £877,733

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Westminster Abbey in discussions to return sacred Ethiopian treasure

The Abbey is in discussions about possible return of looted tablet

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Thousands join pro-Palestine marches in London and Edinburgh

Demonstrations first in UK since UN’s international court of justice ordered Israel to ensure acts of genocide not committed in Gaza

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Westminster councillors to vote on another pay rise for themselves – less than a year after 45% wage hike

Last year Prime Minister Rishi Sunak slammed the council for giving cabinet members an 'eyewatering' pay rise

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OPINION - The Standard View: Going nowhere fast: trains... and the UK

On making her West End debut, Sarah Jessica Parker found time to praise London’s “exquisite” transport system. She had clearly arrived at that conclusion before attempting to board a train this morning.

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Tuesday briefing: The late night vote to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland

In today’s newsletter: how the DUP finally brought two-year boycott of Stormont assembly to an end

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Wales has been brave enough to completely rethink the hated council tax. Take note, England

The Senedd’s plan to shift the burden of this levy away from those on lower incomes shows how real levelling up can work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Kemi Badenoch is member of ‘Evil Plotters’ Tory WhatsApp group

Exclusive: Business secretary who has told party rebels to stop ‘stirring’ and back PM is in group along with Michael Gove

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Households in England face above-inflation £2bn council tax raid

Exclusive: Maximum possible 4.99% rises expected in April while PM plans pre-election cuts to income tax

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Welsh semiconductor factory ‘left in limbo’ as Westminster fails to approve US takeover

Labour criticises government ‘dithering’, after Vishay deal last autumn to buy chip maker Newport Wafer Fab stalls, putting jobs at risk

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