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Opposition leader calls Tory scheme for processing asylum seekers a ‘gimmick’ and a ‘waste of money’

After Natalie Elphicke’s welcome, would Labour turn any Tory dregs away? This is beneath the dignity of a party on the verge of power, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Vadims Haritonovs was scouring the river banks close to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster when he came across the thimble

Monty Panesar, the former England spinner, has announced his decision to withdraw as a parliamentary candidate for the Workers Party of Great Britain, led by George Galloway. This announcement comes just one week after Panesar's high-profile unveiling by Galloway in Westminster.

Councillors will make decision on redevelopment of former police station later this month

The police station at 27 Savile Row is not, perhaps, a thing of beauty, but it has a certain bleak integrity in its Forties way. The Met left it in 2017, which I think was a pity, and now there’s a proposal coming before Westminster City Council next week for…

He’s not the man to lead Scotland to independence, but after a turbulent few years, he’s the safe pair of hands the party needs, says Herald columnist Dani Garavelli

Graeme McCormick said he had enough support to run but is backing former Scottish deputy first minister as sole official candidate

Rob Ford was part of the BBC team analysing the local election results as they poured in over the past 48 hours. Here he tells how a dramatic set of results for the government unfolded

Counting in the London mayoral and assembly elections will begin on Saturday morning

Ed Davey says ‘lifelong Conservative voters are backing the Lib Dems’ in constituencies party is targeting