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DARK SECRETS: 3 - The Real Truth

Starmer says he cannot ‘turn the taps on’ to fix council funding crisis

Labour leader was asked how party would plug £4bn gap at launch of its local election campaign in West Midlands

The Guardian - UK

Loose ends in London and Birmingham raise new fears over HS2’s route – and future

With its route map pruned, leaders in the north want other options, while in the capital, questions are growing over its Euston terminus – still a giant hole in the ground

The Guardian - UK

Frank Hester racism row: how key figures reacted to remarks about Diane Abbott

Tory donor has been widely condemned over racist and misogynistic comments about prominent black MP

The Guardian - UK

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Sunak under growing pressure from Tories to return £10m Hester donation

West Midlands mayor and Scottish Conservatives openly question PM’s position that donor’s apology to Diane Abbott closed matter

The Guardian - UK

Sunak faces growing calls to return £10m donated to Tories by Frank Hester

West Midlands mayor says he would return money, after No 10 says Hester’s comments about Diane Abbott were racist

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on northern metro mayors: potential gamechangers

Editorial: An expanding municipal alliance with new powers can be at the heart of a new, better version of levelling up

The Guardian - UK

Owners who demolished Crooked House pub after fire ordered to rebuild it

ATE Farms issued with enforcement notice for unlawful demolition and told to build it back to ‘what it was before the fire’

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Rishi Sunak in growing storm after failing to condemn Lee Anderson rant as Islamophobic

Prime Minister criticised for not taking a tougher line against Mr Anderson and ‘calling this out for what it is’

Evening Standard

Mayor says 21-mile cycleway alongside HS2 route a ‘no-brainer’ for West Midlands

Andy Street has asked HS2 Ltd to keep haul tracks for path linking Birmingham and Coventry

The Guardian - UK

West Midlands PCC applies for judicial review over scrapping of his role

Simon Foster will go to court over plan to transfer his powers as police and crime commissioner to region’s mayor

The Guardian - UK

Pressure mounts for rethink on ‘fast track’ justice after more outcry over cases

Pressure grows to change controversial single justice procedure as Standard reveals more worrying cases

Evening Standard

Mayors put forward alternatives to HS2 scrapped northern section

Andy Burnham and Andy Street team up with consortium to explore options including lower-speed line

The Guardian - UK

Tory politicians call for review of fast-track justice system 'against British values' after pensioner convicted over bill

Politicians wrote to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk urging him to review the Single Justice Procedure

Evening Standard

Aston Villa: Four police officers injured in ‘disgusting scenes’ at Europa Conference League match with Legia Warsaw

West Midlands mayor Andy Street has called for European football chiefs to take ‘strong action’.

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The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham admits disappointment at being overlooked at Labour conference

Greater Manchester mayor says he’s found it ‘quite hard’ he’s never been given key role at party conference

The Guardian - UK

Every week brings a fresh HS2 scandal. It’s time to shut it down – all of it

In an astonishing white paper, Rishi Sunak rips into the project he once lavishly funded. But he doesn’t go far enough, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

West Midlands mayor calls for transfer of PCC’s powers after rise in crime

Andy Street says powers of police and crime commissioner should be passed to mayor after next election

The Independent UK

West Midlands mayor asks Home Secretary to transfer police commissioner powers

Andy Street said the police and crime commissioner model was ‘not holding West Midlands Police well enough to account to drive down crime’.

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The Independent UK

Harper urged not to delay rail hub plans after ‘disappointing’ HS2 news

Plans to launch the Midlands Rail Hub to improve east-west connectivity need to get under way, a transport body in the region has said.

The Independent UK

‘Outstanding’ response to plan to protect historic pubs after Crooked House fire

Pubs can be protected by two forms of status – Historic England listings or being listed as an asset of community value.

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a boozy wake’: HS2 and infighting overshadow Tory conference

Rishi Sunak’s hope to present his leadership as a clear change from his predecessors fails to win over a flagging party faithful

The Independent UK

West Midlands mayor ‘close’ to resigning after talks with PM about HS2

Andy Street said plans to axe the HS2 line from Birmingham to Manchester came ‘out of the blue’.

The Guardian - UK

Industry backlash at Sunak’s ‘damaging’ U-turn on northern leg of HS2

Businesses unimpressed by announcement of alternative ‘Network North’

The Independent UK

West Midlands mayor: I won’t quit Tories despite ‘agonising’ HS2 cut

Andy Street said he was still hopeful a private sector consortium could revive the idea of a high-speed rail line to Manchester.

The Independent UK

‘Radical’ Sunak cuts HS2, pledges A-level reforms and stubs out cigarettes

The Prime Minister promised ‘a government prepared to make long-term decisions so that we can build a brighter future’.

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