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Evening Standard - Politics

Cleverly accuses Burnham of 'war on London' in pitch for mayoralty

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Grooming gang members and killers including Pc Harper's to be kept behind bars

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North Sea decisions should come 'as soon as possible', say leadership contenders

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London mayor battle erupts as rival parties slam Tory hopeful Cleverly

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Searches continue for thousands missing as death toll tops 700 after Nepal flood

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No early release for Pc Harper's killers after release scheme change

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Flooding death toll tops 670 as UK rapid response team heads to Nepal

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James Cleverly quits shadow cabinet to run for Mayor of London

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Reform UK council to spend £150k on security guards in areas near asylum base

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Navy tracks Russian warships in English Channel during 'intense' operation

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Andy Burnham must focus on London to deliver growth, says top adviser

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Reform UK council to hire security over 'daily gatherings of asylum seekers'

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Sixth London borough in talks to impose huge council tax hike

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Victims' families call for all manslaughter to be excluded from early release

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham to abstain in assisted dying vote next month

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UK deploys rapid response team to Nepal to support Britons affected by floods

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Sadiq 'flouting environmental rules' over Oxford St pedestrianisation

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Holidaymakers 'disenfranchise themselves', says Reform MP over postal vote plans

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Russia not seeking direct confrontation with Nato – Western officials

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Trump must be pressed to hand over interceptor designs to Ukraine, Brown says

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John Swinney's BBC journalist wife Elizabeth Quigley resigns on health grounds

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Hundreds of migrants cross Channel after hiatus

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Fact check: Benefits spending and elephant floods video

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Scottish Government publishes draft Bill for second independence referendum

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Sir Ed Davey's attempt to give blood scuppered by summer holiday to France

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Labour new star Miatta Fahnbulleh: Who is Burnham's Energy Secretary?

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Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh defends sending children to private school

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Labour wins by-election in borough facing huge council tax rises

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Met restrict London anti-Islam protest over 'serious disorder' fears

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Al Fayed survivors tackle Met Police on investigation after submission to CPS

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Andy Burnham's plans to revive high street are 'delusional' – Mike Ashley

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Burnham sparks political row as he says Irish unity poll 'off the table'

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Irish border poll 'off the table', says Andy Burnham

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Commissioner takes FOI appeal rejection over Salmond case files to Supreme Court

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Number of asylum seekers living in hotels halved

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Huge drop in skilled worker visas as Britain spends £4.3bn on asylum

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Abbott slams attacks on first openly gay Defence Secretary Streeting

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Wales and Scotland should consider mayoral devolution, Burnham suggests

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Government expects Meta's new protections for teenagers in US to apply in UK

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Full list of seats Labour 'may lose in London' to rival parties' surge

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Central London council flat cheat ordered to repay almost £500k

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Government to take 'significant measures' to protect women and girls – Swinney

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Jobs crisis London: Young 'excel in education but struggle for work'

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Labour 'to lose up to 18 MPs' in London as rival parties surge

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Millions of Scots 'paying the price' for tax allowance freeze – SNP

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Pc Harper's killers to be excluded from early release scheme – reports

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Ferry passport rule change should include Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin says

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Boroughs to challenge cuts as UK's biggest council tax rises loom

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Burnham faces calls from Left to hit London with home tax up to £7.5bn

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Former council chief convicted of deleting email subject to FOI Act

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Business owners would get £30 for HMRC phone delays, Jenrick announces

4 days ago

'Death trap' London: City's residents 'most at risk of dying in heat'

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Swinney 'surprised' Burnham not coming to Scotland on listening tour

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PM says Britain will not stop supporting Ukraine, amid CIA chief's Russia visit

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Burnham defends calling Trump 'poisonous' as he prepares for meeting

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Revealed: The surprise Londoners backing Nigel Farage's Reform

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London income tax bill hits record £80bn as PM may impose new levies

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Inquest into death of Professor Jason Arday to be opened

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Prue Leith hails 'revolution' in school food and suggests banning lunchboxes

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Reform UK pledges to scrap GDPR for 'light-touch' laws

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