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Chris Parry, who is contending for the Hampshire and Solent mayoralty, says his post was intended ‘ironically’

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The government’s latest U-turn, over business rate relief, will be welcomed by publicans – but it only comes after a noisy nationwide campaign that saw MPs banned from more than a thousand boozers. It is sadly emblematic of how this administration goes about its business

Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Diana Armstrong said she will run to become the next deputy leader of the party.

The Reform UK leader said the benefit cap being lifted should only apply to British-born families.

Backbench MPs have expressed concerns over business rates hikes and the withdrawal of a Covid-era tax breaks announced at the budget

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has claimed the proposed budget is ‘not sufficient’.

Lord Malcolm Offord said his name is in the hat for the role of the party’s Scottish leader.

At home, the machinery of government creaks badly – abroad, a leaden UK lags far behind dynamic competitors. A radical overhaul is needed, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Conservative leader criticises government’s U-turn but change likely to be welcomed by pub trade