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Andy Burnham warns of ‘big decisions’ ahead on unfair council tax system

The Prime Minister highlighted that residents in Greater Manchester are paying more than those in London

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Vulnerable families illegally ‘dumped’ hundreds of miles away by London councils

Exclusive: Practice that includes women fleeing abuse is ‘ripping at social fabric’ of towns in poorest parts of England

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Labour MP calls for Starmer to step down after wife loses council seat to Reform

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Senior civil servant says due process followed in Peter Mandelson vetting

Cabinet Office permanent secretary Cat Little has been uncovering documents related to the peer’s appointment as US ambassador.

Evening Standard

Starmer faces increasing backlash from ministers as second senior civil servant grilled over Mandelson scandal

Cat Little, the most senior Cabinet Office official, appeared before MPs on Thursday morning to be questioned about the scandal

Evening Standard

Starmer-Mandelson latest: Dismissal of Robbins over vetting scandal ‘wholly unacceptable’, says ex-Labour minister

Denis MacShane said he had never seen such a ‘fallout’ between No 10 and the civil service

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Labour MP calls for Starmer to resign over Mandelson scandal

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Local government reforms backed by MPs despite ‘power grab’ concerns

Transport, planning and housing will be devolved to new unitary local authorities, under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.

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Government sees off backbench rebellion as welfare reforms clear Commons

‘If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.

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Starmer Slammed by Own MPs as Loopy Human Rights Laws Let Offenders Stay in UK

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Change council tax system to stop poorer areas being charged more – Labour MP

Hartlepool MP Jonathan Brash branded council tax as ‘the most unfair and regressive’ taxation in England.

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Labour MPs say not compensating Waspi women undermines trust in politics

The debate heard from MPs that the decision announced in December, not to compensate the women was a ‘profound misjustice’

Evening Standard

At last, a group of MPs intent on reforming our madly unfair council tax

The system relies on valuations from 1991, when Gorbachev was in power, but has become politically untouchable

The Guardian - UK

Education Secretary ‘will not hesitate’ to cap profits in children’s social care

Firms that provide care for children on behalf of councils face a profit cap if they do not curb their gains, Bridget Phillipson said.

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British prime minister announces policing plan to deal with violent clashes after fatal stabbings

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will set a national policing capability to crack down on violent protesters after clashes with police across England the past two nights

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Southport stabbings: boy, 17, charged with murder and attempted murder

Manchester latest scene of far-right violence as Lancashire teenager is charged after three children were killed and others injured at dance class

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In a proud and troubled UK town, voters wonder whether their election choice will make a difference

A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England

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