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The Victorian Greens are taking a page from Mamdani’s policy playbook. Can they combat rising rightwing populism?

State leader Ellen Sandell says party offers a ‘hopeful and bold’ alternative, but sceptics doubt whether message is resonating with voters

The Guardian - AU

Britain is in a doom loop: people mistrust democracy and politicians. I say a hope loop is possible too

There are ways to address the lack of faith. And unless Starmer, Burnham or Streeting do that, the issue of who is PM is moot, says Polly Curtis of Demos

The Guardian - UK

One in three voters saw deepfakes of politicians ahead of local elections, poll shows

Exclusive: New polling shows deepfakes and AI-generated video, audio clips or images about election candidates reached 16.5 million UK adults in the month before elections

The Independent UK

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ChatGPT and other AI bots made huge errors before Scottish election, study finds

Exclusive: Electoral Commission calls for new controls as Demos finds tools made up fake scandals, invented candidates or gave wrong date

The Guardian - UK

"To Buckley v. Valeo: The Decision that Saved Democracy," by Bradley A. Smith

"The Court's defense of political speech remains essential to American democracy five decades later."

Reason

Just one in five voters approve of Reeves breaking manifesto tax pledge at Budget, new poll shows

Exclusive: The government must provide a positive vision for change if it wants to win the public’s backing for breaking promises on tax rises

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves’s second budget needs a narrative of fairness to justify tax rises

The chancellor should reach for the language of solidarity and social justice that this government tends to recoil from

The Guardian - UK

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Cost of breast cancer to UK economy set to increase further

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK, with around 56,000 new cases every year and around 11,000 deaths

The Independent UK

Breast cancer could cost UK economy £4.2bn by 2050, report suggests

The figures include the costs to the NHS of diagnosing and treating the disease, as well as the cost to the economy in lost productivity.

Evening Standard

Labour must involve whole country if it wants to achieve its goals, report warns

Age of ‘command and control’ is over, says Demos, with work needed from business, charities, unions and public

The Guardian - UK

If Rachel Reeves wants growth, improved community cohesion could be essential

A new paper has found that social capital ‘is the cake, not the icing’ of a strong, well functioning economy

The Guardian - UK

Treasury must focus on prevention in UK public spending, says report

Analysts say ‘measurable, lasting outcomes’ require long-term planning after Tory cuts of up to 78% in some cases

The Guardian - UK

Public services complaints in England soar by more than a third since 2016 – study

Written complaints about DWP double, while prisons, the NHS and higher education experience big increase

The Guardian - UK

UK loses out on £19bn in annual GDP growth due to lack of social mobility

Co-op/Demos report details how people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are far less likely to earn good incomes

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Cross-party MPs urge Reeves to impose 2% tax on wealth above £10m

Move could raise £24bn a year say signatories including Jeremy Corbyn as polls suggest public support

The Guardian - UK

The government could win Britain’s trust back. MPs would just have to wear a uniform

When you can’t even look at the Labour cabinet without wondering how much their cufflinks cost and who paid for them, it might be time to level up the clothing allowances, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Corporate UK tax breaks to cost £20bn more than they generate, study finds

Exclusive: Relief rolled out in 2023 will cost £30bn in taxes but spur only up to £10.5bn investment, analysis shows

The Guardian - UK

How Taiwan bucked a global trend – and restored voters’ trust in politics

After protesters occupied parliament, the government did something extraordinary: it hired them, says Demos chief executive Polly Curtis

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Evening Standard

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods 'disinformation' soared after Rishi Sunak criticism, study finds

Demos report finds proportion of most popular social media posts on LTNs it classed as disinformation rose from 5% in 2022 to 28% in 2023

The Guardian - UK

Call for stricter rules to stop UK MPs repeating conspiracy theories

Demos report come after two ministers publicised unverified claims about low-traffic neighbourhood schemes

The Guardian - UK

Life on benefits will not be an option under Labour, says Liz Kendall

In Demos speech, shadow work and pensions secretary takes tough stance on welfare as she lays out plans for young

The Guardian - UK

Call for action on deepfakes as fears grow among MPs over election threat

Survey reveals 70% of MPs are concerned AI-generated content will increase the spread of disinformation ahead of polling day

The Guardian - UK

‘You’re on your own’: the misery of being out of work with back pain

Almost a million people in the UK cannot do their jobs because of back or neck issues, and that leads to other problems

The Guardian - UK

Let boardrooms look beyond shareholder returns to drive productivity, report urges

Adapting business laws to include benefits other than profit in decision-making could add £149bn to UK economy, says Demos thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Chaotic communication by NHS in England ‘causing treatment delays’

Report says patients’ health is being endangered by problems including referrals going missing and late diagnoses

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