“Starmer reckons with Elphicke backlash”

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Lucy Powell hits out at Conservative Party’s ‘tin-eared’ response to the local elections

🗣️ Lucy Powell MP
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Alex Stein from London Blockchain Conference outlines the exciting ways blockchain can be used by the public sector.

From voting verification to healthcare — find out more about blockchain’s diverse uses for current and future governments.

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👀 Scottish Labour already on the attack against new first minister John Swinney

Shadow Scottish Secretary Ian Murray MP has been touring parliament's press gallery to hand out Swinney's “CV” to journalists

New: Penny Mordaunt jokes she is ‘too left wing’ to join Labour after Elphicke defection
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NEW: Ben Houchen says responsibility for Conservative Party’s position ‘lies with’ Rishi Sunak 🚨
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Consider for a moment how recent stories will play in the public at large:

— Tories suffer heavy losses at locals
— MP defects to Labour (BBC push notification)
— Former chancellor to quit (BBC push notification)

Each befit the prevailing narrative of Tory decline and decay

From Saffron Cordery of NHS Providers: ‘At the general election, politicians must rally around a next generation NHS’
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From Kirsten Oswald MP: ‘The UK government must ban vape branding on sports strips’
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NEW: Nadhim Zahawi to quit at next election as Conservative MP exodus climbs to 64 🚨
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Starmer goads Sunak after Conservative MP defects: ‘What is the point of this government?’
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🚨 BREAK: Erstwhile Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has crossed the floor to join the Labour Party

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‘Rishi Sunak’s government is failing’ — statement in full as Natalie Elphicke joins the Labour Party
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From Miriam Turner of Friends of the Earth: ‘Court wins show the Climate Change Act has teeth — now our leaders must live up to its ambitions’
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Jacob Rees-Mogg: Conservative Party has ‘no vision’
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“Reeves rejects government ‘gaslighting’”

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