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Patients have run out of patience with striking doctors – as have their colleagues

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As the medical profession is divided over yet more strikes by resident doctors, the NHS cannot afford to keep hurting itself and those who depend on it

The Independent UK

Trussonomics still haunts parties’ economic promises in run-up to UK local elections

Greens, Reform UK, Your Party, Conservatives and even Lib Dems are making extravagant spending pledges

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch says Reform pact ‘a non-starter’ after call to ‘get together with Nige’

The Tory leader said the Conservatives are the only party on the centre-right.

Evening Standard

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Tuesday briefing: How to make sense of England’s local elections campaigns

In today’s newsletter: From breakthroughs to breakdowns, what we can expect to see – and what the consequences of the vote could be

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch to launch ‘Get Britain Drilling’ campaign amid living cost hikes

The Conservatives will put the campaign at the heart of their proposals for bringing down the spike in energy prices.

Evening Standard

‘Unprecedented territory’: are UK polls as volatile as they seem? – in charts

In what is beginning to look like a fragmented five-party system, small swings carry outsized political consequences

The Guardian - UK

Why the rise of multi-party politics is good for democracy

If a general election were held today, many British voters would notice something that has been quietly changing for years. They have more choice on the ballot than they used to. The dominance of Labour and the Conservatives is being eroded by multi-party politics. The recent Gorton and Denton byelection…

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Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne no longer interested in Reform-Tory pact

Donor who has given £12m to Reform UK had previously wanted Nigel Farage to keep open mind about deal with Conservatives

The Guardian - UK

Defence secretary accuses Tory and Reform MPs of ‘unpatriotic’ behaviour

John Healey lambasts opposition politicians for seeking to turn Donald Trump and the US against Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

Labour 'risks losing 600 seats' in London local elections in worse nightmare than Gorton disaster

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is facing tough battles against the Greens, Reform UK, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems

Evening Standard

Why isn’t the Greens’ growing success reflected in media coverage?

The victory of the Greens in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary byelection is a landmark for the party. But our new research reveals the Greens have received limited airtime over the last year despite almost doubling their support in the polls and in party membership.

The Conversation

Labour Pain: Why Green win in bypolls is a major red flag for Keir Starmer

The numbers alone capture the scale of Labour’s collapse. The Greens secured 14,980 votes, representing 40.7 percent of the electorate. Reform UK came second with 10,578 votes, or 28.7 percent. Labour was pushed into third place with just 9,364 votes, amounting to 25.4 percent. The Conservatives, once Labour’s primary rival,…

The Times of India

Takeaways from a UK special election won by the Green Party over Starmer's Labour

Britain’s Green Party has scored a surprise victory in a special election for a seat in Parliament in a blow for Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Labour Party

The Independent UK

Martin Lewis apologises to Kemi Badenoch for ‘gate crashing’ ITV interview

Ms Badenoch said she loves a ‘feisty debate’ and is looking forward to seeing Mr Lewis again soon.

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Child abusers should be made to join a register just like sex offenders, Conservatives say

Conservative frontbenchers in the Lords have tabled an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, designed to set up a similar child cruelty register

Evening Standard

Reform would restore two-child benefit cap in full, Jenrick to pledge

The former Tory minister is to make his first speech as Reform’s Treasury spokesman.

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick to outline Reform UK plans for Bank of England and OBR

Nigel Farage named his top team on Tuesday, which included Conservative defectors Mr Jenrick and Suella Braverman.

Evening Standard

‘Gender guidance could drive wedges between schools and parents’ – Tory peer

The newly-proposed guidance is different to the draft guidance published under the Conservatives.

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Reform has been warned that defecting Tories will damage its brand – and the first evidence is in

Since Reform UK took in several high-profile Conservative defectors in the space of a few weeks, a debate has arisen about whether these new recruits benefit or harm Nigel Farage’s party.

The Guardian - UK

So is Reform a threat to democracy or merely ‘Tories: the sequel’? Starmer must make up his mind

The PM has told Labour it is in the ‘fight of our lives’ against Nigel Farage’s challengers. To win, it must first agree on a line of attack, says Tom Baldwin, author of Keir Starmer, The Biography

Evening Standard

Badenoch to hit out at Labour and Reform ‘psychodrama’ in speech

The Tory leader also appears to have a message for Tory moderates, who she tells to ‘move on’ from the past.

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

Evening Standard

Tories face backlash over ‘mental health’ swipe at Suella Braverman as former home secretary defects to Reform

Conservatives forced to reissue statement over latest high-profile defection from party amid criticism across the political spectrum

The Independent UK

Tories forced to retract Braverman mental health claim

Suella Braverman said the reference to her mental health said ‘more about them than it does me’

The Times of India

Who is Suella Braverman? British-Indian leader quits Conservatives over 'Tory betrayal' and joins Reform UK

Suella Braverman, the British-Indian former Home Secretary, has become the latest high-profile Conservative MP to join Reform UK.

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