Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
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UK politics: New Reform mayor suggests 10% cut to council workforce – as it happened
Andrea Jenkyns says she wants a ‘lean, mean local government’ and says she is ‘up for a fight’ with unions
English local elections: Farage says ‘it’s the beginning of the end of the Conservative party’ after sweeping Reform wins – as it happened
Starmer acknowledges ‘disappointing’ results as Badenoch says it was ‘always going to be a very difficult set of elections’
Voters head to the polls to vote in England’s local elections – as it happened
Labour face first electoral test since general election with more than 1,600 council seats up for grabs
Tony Blair’s climate crisis views ‘absolutely aligned’ with government policy, Starmer says – as it happened
PM says he and Blair aligned ‘if you look at the detail of what he said’
Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy – as it happened
‘Any strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,’ says former PM
Starmer claims voters being ‘conned’ by Tories and Reform UK as parties are planning a coalition – as it happened
PM says supporters of both groups are being misled and a tie-up would be a ‘disaster’ for Britain
UK politics: Reform UK on course to win in two mayoral contests – as it happened
Polling predicts victory for party in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull/East Yorkshire with the Greens possibly taking West of England
UK politics: Reform will axe councils’ special needs funding if they win in local elections, Lib Dems claim – as it happened
Party’s education spokesperson says Farage’s comments about doctors over-diagnosing children shows he wants to cut spending
Badenoch declines to criticise Jenrick over Reform coalition comments – as it happened
Spokesperson for Tory leader says she agrees with colleague that ‘we need to bring centre-right voters together’
Badenoch says Labour’s claims to have always defended single-sex spaces are a ‘shameless work of fiction’ – UK politics live
Minister for women and equality makes statement after supreme court ruling on gender recognition
UK politics: Badenoch calls for broader review of equality and gender recognition laws – as it happened
‘These laws were written 20 years ago plus when the world was different,’ Tory leader says
Reeves says inflation fall shows ‘plan for change is working’ – as it happened
Chancellor says wages are growing faster than prices but acknowledges many are still struggling with the cost of living
Reform a ‘racist and far-right’ party, says teaching union after Farage attack – as it happened
NEU leader says union is ‘living rent free’ in Farage’s head after the politician accused him of ‘poisoning the minds of our kids’
UK politics: No 10 ‘confident’ on securing supplies to keep Scunthorpe furnaces burning – as it happened
PM’s spokesperson says ships carrying materials needed by the steel plant have docked in Lincolnshire
Business secretary refuses to say whether there are enough supplies to keep British Steel furnaces running – as it happened
Jonathan Reynolds says allowing British Steel to collapse would have cost £1bn as public ownership looks increasingly likely
Parliament approves British Steel bill as sources say owners blocked from entering Scunthorpe plant – as it happened
The Steel Industry (Special Measures) has now passed through the House of Lords and is awaiting royal assent
Starmer aiming to ‘pass emergency legislation in one day’ to save British Steel – as it happened
Parliament is being recalled on Saturday to vote on emergency legislation that will bring British Steel under government control
Cooper says five grooming gang inquiries to go ahead after Tories claim they’ve been dropped in ‘cover up’ – as it happened
Home secretary rejects claims that plans for local inquiries are being watered down as Kemi Badenoch suggests some sort of cover up taking place
Starmer rejects claim there are ‘strong arguments’ for suspending fiscal rules amid US tariffs – as it happened
The PM doubled down on his insistence the government won’t change its fiscal rules, describing them as ‘ironclad’ and ‘non-negotiable’
UK politics: ‘All options on table’ for Scunthorpe steelworks, says Starmer, amid calls for nationalisation – as it happened
PM tells MPs on the Commons liaison committee that ‘we are doing everything we can to ensure there is a bright future for Scunthorpe’
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