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Hillsborough law on hold ‘until agreement reached with families’

Bill will not return to Commons until government finds common ground over role of active intelligence officers

The Guardian - UK

When policing, football and politics collide

Letters: Readers reflect on the West Midlands police chief stepping down after the row over banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch warns Tory MPs about people trying to ‘undermine party from within’

Conservative leader says staffers are briefing against party, in lengthy letter after Robert Jenrick’s switch to Reform

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Robert Jenrick boasts that Reform is for the workers, but it’s a class war trap – and Labour shouldn’t fall for it

Though Labour's voters are more likely to be the educated middle-classes, its focus must be fighting inequality. We know Farage’s party will only enrich the wealthy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Who is Andrew Rosindell: London's first Reform MP who once branded Tory defectors 'selfish'

The Romford MP had been top of potential defection lists for many months

Evening Standard

Swinney: Holyrood’s days are numbered if Farage becomes prime minister

The First Minister accused the Reform UK leader of holding Holyrood in contempt.

Evening Standard

Farage says ‘centre right is uniting’ as he welcomes Andrew Rosindell to Reform

Mr Rosindell has been a Conservative MP since 2001.

Evening Standard

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Who said it: the Robert Jenrick memo or David Brent?

Memo on how ex-Tory should act after Reform defection seems to channel Ricky Gervais character from The Office

The Guardian - UK

Jenrick: Badenoch’s reluctance to kick out Truss shows Tories have not changed

Mr Jenrick wrote in The Times that Britain is ‘broken today as never before in my lifetime’.

Evening Standard

Exclusive: Labour facing 'fierce battles' to keep hold of at least 12 London boroughs in May local elections

Sir Keir Starmer’s party faces a ‘torrid time’ as it seeks to defend more than 1,150 seats ‘on five fronts’ against the Tories, Reform UK, Liberal Democrats, Greens and pro-Gaza independents, says leading pollster

Evening Standard

Who has defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives and why?

Andrew Rosindell has become the second Tory MP to defect to Reform in a week.

Evening Standard

London gets first Reform MP as Andrew Rosindell becomes second Tory to defect in a week

The Romford MP said he spoke to Nigel Farage on Sunday evening and agreed to join his party

Evening Standard

Government pulls amendment to Hillsborough law after backlash

Proposed change relating to spies was criticised by campaigners and MPs as allowing an opt-out for senior officials

The Guardian - UK

The playground politicking around Robert Jenrick’s jump

Letters: Madhan Street reflects on the language used to talk about Robert Jenrick’s defection and Dr Anthony Isaacs calls for cooperation to counter a Conservative/Reform alliance

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In praise of Martin Kettle’s mind and method

Letters: Readers reflect on the writer’s legacy after the publication of his last regular weekly column for the Guardian after 41 years on the staff

Evening Standard

Reform leader in Scotland says independence vote should be postponed for 10 years

Speaking to the BBC Scotland Sunday Show, Lord Offord said that Nigel Farage ‘would not be dictating the policies’.

The Guardian - UK

‘It feels like gruel’: Lib Dem MPs growing frustrated by Ed Davey approach

Exclusive: No move yet against leader but some say party ‘too academic at times’ and needs coherent national policy

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘For him it seems to come down to good immigrants and bad immigrants’

One is a Reform voter who supports Tommy Robinson. The other works with immigrants and knows they’re not here to steal jobs or get benefits. Can they make it through a meal together?

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Evening Standard

More likely we win next general election with Jenrick at Reform – Zia Yusuf

Zia Yusuf said Robert Jenrick is ‘thoughtful’ and ‘clear eyed about all of the different ways the Tories betrayed this country’.

The Guardian - UK

Leaked Jenrick defection plan calls him ‘the new sheriff in town’

Former Tory’s media strategy reportedly calls him ‘biggest defection story Reform has ever had’

Evening Standard

John Swinney does not expect Sir Keir Starmer to still be in office at Christmas

The Independent UK

Good for Kemi Badenoch: no, Britain is not broken

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Conservative leader has set out a dividing line between her and her miserabilist opponents on the right

Evening Standard

Jenrick’s defection strategy calls him ‘new sheriff in town’ – reports

Kemi Badenoch dismissed Mr Jenrick as shadow justice secretary and suspended him from the Conservative Party on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Shadow London minister Gareth Bacon says ‘zero chance' he will defect to Reform

This comes after Robert Jenrick’s bombshell defection left Westminster reeling and wondering who will jump ship next

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch dismisses Reform’s May defection deadline for Tories

Nigel Farage and his head of policy Zia Yusuf have indicated May 7 would be a cut-off point for admitting Conservative defectors to their party.

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