White paper paves way for London-style contactless-payment travel networks and unitary authorities to replace two-tier county and district councilsMayors of big cities and regions across England will be able to take control of...
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Read MoreSteve Rotheram, whose region covers Southport, said misinformation on platform had contributed to riotsPoliticians and the public should consider quitting Elon Musk’s X platform en masse, the Labour mayor of the Liverpool...
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Read MoreParliament the most diverse by race and gender the country has ever seen, says Starmer, with the largest cohort of LGBT+ MPs in the worldDowning Street has released a full version of what Keir Starmer said in his opening remarks...
Read MoreJim McMahon says department has ‘firmly Tipp-exed’ out the words levelling up from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentDowning Street has released a full version of what Keir Starmer said in his...
Read MorePrime minister says forum will allow ministers to regularly meet metro mayors around the countryAndy Burnham, the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, has said setting up a “council for regions and nations” will be a...
Read MoreOne Nation moderates call on defeated West Midlands mayor to take ‘brand Andy’ to WestminsterSenior Tories on the moderate One Nation wing of the party are urging the defeated West Midlands mayor Andy Street to...
Read MoreIn the first of our Politics Weekly Westminster episodes, the Guardian’s political editor Pippa Crerar and political correspondent Kiran Stacey go over the big wins and losses from the local and mayoral elections Continue...
Read MoreFormer home secretary says Tory voters are ‘on strike’ and are ‘not coming out to support us’ in wake of dire local and mayoral election results. This live blog is closedLabour triumphs in London and West...
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