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Officials drawing up consultations to follow anti-corruption strategy, which will be launched on Monday https://t.co/jN1uL0uCHb
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Ministers are considering extending checks on donors to cover more organisations despite protests that existing rules are not being enforced
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Exc: Universities and private schools to be told to ramp up corruption checks on donors amid concerns that higher education is being used to launder hundreds of millions in criminal cash Ministers considering extending money laundering regulations to universities and charities
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Hidden in a very eventful press conference, this answer by Nigel Farage about Ukraine does feel significant The criticism of Zelensky/Ukraine will surely be used as an attack line by Labour
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So there will be county council elections in 2026, and then unitary elections in 2027 in the same areas. But unitary councillors don't start until 2028. And councillors elected in 2026 will serve for just two years in a county council.
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EXC: All county council elections will go ahead despite pleas from Tory leaders to delay. Government had previously considered agreeing with those requests but now say it isn't needed to get reorganisation.
Exclusive details about the four new mayoral races being delayed by two years: - Greater Essex, Hampshire and the Solent, Norfolk and Suffolk, and Sussex and Brighton mayors now 2028 alongside establishment of new unitaries - Cheshire and Warrington and Cumbria mayors still 2027
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- Labour sources say the new SV voting system big factor in delays. - Written ministerial statement today will also announce £6bn funding package over 30 years for all six areas. - And to help the set up, each area gets £3m over next three years, plus initial £1m in coming months
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Exclusive details about the four new mayoral races being delayed by two years: - Greater Essex, Hampshire and the Solent, Norfolk and Suffolk, and Sussex and Brighton mayors now 2028 alongside establishment of new unitaries - Cheshire and Warrington and Cumbria mayors still 2027
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This means 5.4million voters who were due to elect a mayor next year will no longer. The mayoral areas cover 7.4 million people Devo minister Miatta Fahnbulleh called council leaders in the four areas about it this evening - they are in total disbelief
EXCL: Labour will postpone four mayoral elections until 2028, The Sun can reveal Four new combined authorities – Essex, Hampshire and the Solent, Sussex and Brighton, and Norfolk and Suffolk – will have their mayoral polls pushed back two years.
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Among strong competition this is the best story of Your Party conference
Exc: Independent MP Ayoub Khan has told @politicshome he was once forced to kill a dog with his hands to save the life of a baby: https://t.co/x21uQbKIx3
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The words seemed a little forced and swallowed however... They were quickly followed up by veiled attacks on Corbyn's allies. "I did not leave the Labour Party, you did not leave the Labour Party, to create another Labour Party."
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Zarah Sultana has now done the same at a rally on the eve of the party's founding conference "You might have noticed a few hiccups in this process. Some of those have been my fault and for that I am sorry"
EXC🚨: Jeremy Corbyn apologises to those who are disappointed with the launch of Your Party. In an interview with @NewStatesman, Corbyn said: "I’m sorry if you are at all disappointed.. any misdemeanours on my part, of course, I apologise. But I want to make things work.”
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"The public think we're all a bunch of nutters": Your Party preview - Corbyn allies fear Sultana will use remaining £200k to start own party: her side calls it a "smear" - More than dozen councillors privately say they'd disobey national orders and stand as independents in May
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The fundamentals of this budget are that taxes have gone up to fund welfare spending. Here is the before and after on the latter bit, according to the OBR forecasts
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Enterprise management incentive levels are changing, as first revealed here. Rising to include startups with up to 500 employees (from 250) and £120 million in assets (from £30 million)
Exc: The Treasury is examining options to boost productivity by giving tax breaks to innovators. Ways to soften the blow of OBR downgrade being considered include tax relief for companies buying IP and giving more startups special tax treatment when offering staff share options
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The measure will no longer be added as Lords amendment to devo bill as planned - but come in separate business rates bill next year Consultation for what government has called “Project Tulip” out tomorrow https://t.co/HMLx7v4ne4
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Levy designed for mayors including Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham could be expanded to rural tourism hotspots
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Exc: Details of how England tourist tax will work - Not just for mayors, paving way for rural/coastal areas to have the levy - £2/night flat fee after lobbying from luxury hotels not to do % - First taxes from 2027 - Spent on anything which “supports local economic growth”
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3. Three new cabinet committees created - "growth and living standards" with PM, Chancellor and Darren Jones, and "public services" and "domestic and border security", both chaired by Jones with various other ministers Interesting in how it put Jones at the centre of government
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2. These new spads I reported on have almost all been appointed - a few departments to go Original intention of empowered junior ministers has been lost in practice, though, and with pay typically in the 40-50k bracket there have been some rejections https://t.co/soP2uMmiqP
Scooplet for readers of the Times politics newsletter this morning: Labour is hiring more spads
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