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Evening Standard - Politics

London tourist tax 'of up to £3 must fund attracting more visitors'

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Borough will get 'independence vote on leaving capital under Reform'

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Councils 'race against time' to organise elections in time for May after U-turn

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Trump slates clean energy deal between Miliband and California governor

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Six of Sarah Ferguson's companies to be wound down in wake of Epstein files

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Nigel Farage leads rally as Reform gears up for London elections

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All of Starmer's screeching U-turns as elections plan axed

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Over 70 asylum seekers to receive compensation after phones seized

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Westminster warns of cash crisis as it makes council tax announcement

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Starmer abandons plan to cancel local council elections in new U-turn

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AI could be used to predict the criminals of the future

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Up to 160,000 Londoners could catch measles in 'a huge outbreak'

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How much is my council tax going up? Average Londoner to see £100 hike

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Millions face tax rises to fund defence spending to fight Putin threat

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Trump 'could give US refuge' to man who burned Koran in London

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Former business secretary calls for probe into Andrew's time as trade envoy

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Budget-style online safety debates could help law 'keep pace' with tech changes

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Social media ban for under 16s 'could be announced' within months

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Two dead and one fighting for life in burst of London knife attacks

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Minister mocks Reform's Zahawi in 'tired man shows London unsafe' row

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Armed forces chief and German counterpart make 'moral' case for rearming

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Starmer urged to investigate links between Government and 'creepy spy scandal'

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Assisted dying Bill has been a 'long time coming', MSP says

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New sanctions against Moscow could follow Navalny poisoning revelations – Cooper

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Yvette Cooper defends Palestine Action ban after court rules it was unlawful

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Foreign Secretary 'angry' about Mandelson's US ambassador appointment

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Public will value my honesty in call for Starmer to quit, says Sarwar

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Sadiq Khan signals he will stand for fourth term as London Mayor

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Expert who led gender healthcare review says 'children have been weaponised'

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All duty, no dazzle: Brown the statesman

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Foreign Secretary to face questions after UK blames Kremlin for Navalny death

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Starmer insists he will lead Labour into the next election after turbulent week

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Britain blames Russia for poisoning Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin

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Lord Mandelson seen for first time since being asked to speak at Epstein probe

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Who was Alexei Navalny and why would Russia poison him?

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London parents back apprenticeships as average student debt hits £53k

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UK to send warships to Arctic as Starmer seeks closer EU integration

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Swinney: Timing of Murrell embezzlement hearing is matter for the courts

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Sir Keir Starmer says he 'ended the week much stronger' after political strife

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US and Europe 'will always be intertwined', Rubio tells security gathering

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Labour MPs urge Government not to appeal against Palestine Action ruling

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From Epstein to Mandelson to McSweeney, Starmer's project appears over

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Keir Starmer to call for Europe to curb dependence on US at defence summit

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'Lamps would go out across Europe' under Greens or Reform, Starmer to claim

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Ministers 'determined' to stop Couzens getting special police pension

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Mandelson summoned to testify to US Congress in Epstein probe

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No UK security without Europe, Starmer says at Munich summit

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Young Londoners turn to apprenticeships amid university fee concerns

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Starmer joins Ukraine talks with Rubio and Zelensky at security summit

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Fact check: GP numbers and the dangers of sunbeds

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Zack Polanski says Labour Party is 'over' after taking 'votes for granted'

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Millionaire takes over legal rights to Salmond case against Scottish Government

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Only the Tories believe in keeping UK together, Badenoch tells Welsh conference

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I did not step back from urging Starmer to quit in call with him – Sarwar

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Polanski hails Palestine Action ruling and arrested 'trailblazers'

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Moment immigration officers arrest suspected people smuggler in London

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What is the Government's new transgender guidance?

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Palestine Action terror group ban ruled unlawful in shock judgment

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Palestine Action ban 'disproportionate', High Court rules, in blow to Government

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Student graduates three years after sustaining traumatic brain injury

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