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Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – UK politics live
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The Greens may yet win in Holborn and St Pancras – but what happened to the party set to ‘replace’ Labour? | Andy Beckett
On the eve of the byelection, Polanski’s pledge is to keep the government ‘in check’. It may not be enough to stop a drift back to the political margins Only a few months ago, in the spring, there was a sense of giddy possibility about the Greens. Zack Polanski’s radical new leadership felt fresh and dynamic, especially compared with those of the other parties. Former Labour supporters, in particular, were switching to the Greens in huge numbers , Green candidates were winning across the country , and the party was second behind Reform UK in some national polls. Like Reform, the Green party presented itself as a revolt against a failed status quo. Unlike Reform, the Greens’ urgent stance on the climate crisis gave them a potent moral authority: even many people who did not support them believed that the Greens were right about the most universal issue. Andy Beckett is a Guardian columnis
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Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation
Internal inquiry clears Dan Jukes and James Orr after undercover sting filmed them discussing possible overseas donations Reform UK has cleared two senior officials of breaking laws that ban foreign donations, despite the matter remaining under police investigation. After an internal inquiry by the party’s legal secretary and general secretary, Dan Jukes, Nigel Farage’s press adviser, and James Orr, its head of policy, were not found to have breached funding rules. Continue reading...
BBC Politics
Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting
Officials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party.
BBC Politics
Greens face conference centre ban over Zionism motion
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Carpetbagger allegation, misplaced valor make Nevada's safe red House seat competitive
Northern Nevada has a reliably red congressional seat, represented by a Republican since it was drawn in the early 1980s. A complicated candidate and a potential blue wave this year could change that.
NPR Politics
Carpetbagger allegation, misplaced valor make Nevada's red House seat competitive
Nevada's second congressional district has been represented by a Republican since it was drawn in the early 1980s. This year's blue wave could change that.