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Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests
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Reform UK gained a seat from the Conservatives in Harborough and two seats from independents in Newark & Sherwood. Labour lost two seats to independents in Burnley. The Lib Dems gained a seat from...
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From Edward Putnam: Blair should not bee seen as the Tories' acceptable Labour PM - that poster was right
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We can learn a lot from Blair - about party management, sensing the public mood, and telling a story that connects. But he is not to be admired or revered and it was a mistake to leave his legacy...
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From @EUspeechwriters In the battle of ideas, here's one - a strong dose of social conservatism
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There is now a deep longing to return to a stronger social order. If the Conservative Party doesn’t pick up on that, other better organised minorities will fill the vacuum.
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Today's Newslinks: Reeves plans to raise income tax in upcoming budget / Johnson says Davie must explain dossier or resign https://t.co/pWawXFHrxS
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Reeves plans to raise income tax | Powell says Labour must stand by promise not to raise key taxes | Pressure on Lammy over 90 violent criminals released by mistake | Johnson says Davie must explain...
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Starmer the Establishment man has no idea how to see off an insurgent like Polanski
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There are a lot of angry Momentum types out there who are ready to support a British version of Mamdani.
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From @inghamsarahj: We remember them, but we aren't funding them properly
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However imperfect defence policy is, despite the shrinking budgets and the reduced numbers, the majority of the British people recognise the debt they owe to the men and women of the Armed Forces,...
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From @JSinghSohal: Remembering together can help rebuild Britain’s national unity
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We should ask how we might find common ground and shared ideals that unite disparate communities and create the means for increasing societal resilience against those forces that seek to divide.
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WATCH: @HCH_Hill: What does Labour politics look like when there's no extra money to spend?
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Our deputy editor joins Labour peeress Ayesha Hazarika on Sky News' press preview.
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From @Deri Hughes: The cost of energy in the UK has been the spark that's finally freed the Conservatives from a bad consensus
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Policy can be changed, and markets can be reformed; but any pretence that this can be done in a manner similar to that of the last twenty years must be discarded. Nor should we pretend that it can be...
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From @JPBWFarm: How an empty reservoir exposes Britain’s managed decline
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Government by ‘good vibes’ creates what might be called a Samaritan’s Dilemma of the State: endless acts of well-intentioned protection that cumulatively trap the very people and businesses they were...
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From @JohnGlenUK: Banks must come to the fore in tackling the UK’s financial exclusion problem
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The government must ensure that the financial services sector works for everyone. UK banks and large lenders must step up and play a more active role in serving those who are currently excluded. That...
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From @ReemAmirIbrahim: The Chancellor needs to be bold, be brave and do something she knows she should but won't
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The only way out of this fiscal doomloop is to be bold. Be brave. We must drastically slash the size of the state.
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Lammy's blatant disrespect to the Commons reflects its modern status - a television set
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The most important thing for the Justice Secretary was not the Commons, or the Speaker, or any other formal part of the institution - it was the lenses, and the audience waiting behind them. The...
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Today's Newslinks: Second migrant sex offender accidentally released / Reeves to hit drivers with pay-per-mile tax https://t.co/2qjC8vVOWi
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Second migrant sex offender accidentally released | Lammy rejected Commons statement on prisoners, fearing ‘career suicide' | Reeves to hit drivers with pay-per-mile tax | Badenoch urges Labour to...
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From @garvanwalshe: Can Ukraine escape Russia’s Pokrovsk meat grinder?
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Neither side has been able to effect a decisive breakthrough in the land war, not least because neither is able to establish air superiority or deny their enemy the ability to supply their forces...
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From @marchong_joanna Stamp duty is a bad tax. In fact, it is the worst tax on our books
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Older couples delay downsizing because they cannot justify the cost, while younger families cannot move up. Fewer homes come to market, so prices remain high and supply tight. Britain’s housing...
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From @JM_Afonso: London Tories need to move on from ULEZ and develop a plan to tackle air pollution
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Rather than restricting and penalising people with costly taxes and overbearing regulations, we must lay out pragmatic cost-effective alternatives that empower everyone to make cleaner choices.
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From @LauraBlumenthal: Introducing Tory Successes, a new resource website for Conservative candidates
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It focuses on the Conservative wins during the 14 years in Government as well as more historic successes. The details and facts you need, with the messaging people will understand.
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From @Sharj_Ashraf: It's strange after a global pandemic that we don't look enough at the health issues around mass immigration
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From a moral perspective, a government has a duty of care towards its citizens and the importing of people with life changing, non-curable diseases is a failure of that duty.
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