Another Government U-Turn | Chinese New Year

Thirty local councils face a scramble to organise elections in less than three months’ time after the latest government U-turn.

Sir Keir Starmer had attempted to delay some council elections in May, ahead of planned local government reorganisation.

However, he’s been forced to abandon those plans after legal advice suggested a delay could be unlawful.

Reform UK is now demanding that legal advice is published.

More than 200 people have been arrested in the past four weeks as part of a phone theft crackdown in London.

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has called on Andrew…

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