National News

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• Badenoch insists Tories are still the main opposition to Labour

  Kemi Badenoch has insisted that the Conservatives are still the main opposition to Labour despite her party slumping to fourth in a Holyrood by-election this week.

• Thousands expected at anti austerity demonstration

  A huge demonstration will be held on Saturday to “send a message” to the Government over spending cuts and welfare reform.

• Badenoch Vs ECHR

  Badenoch ‘increasingly’ supportive of leaving ECHR, as she launches exit probe

• Quicker AE times under new government plans

  Hundreds of thousands fewer patients will face long A and E waits, the Government has pledged, as it also set out plans to try and end “corridor care”.

• Labour take the Hamilton by election but it was close

  The SNP were second with Reform UK in third

• No bonuses to senior bosses at Water Companies

  Six water companies banned from paying bonuses to senior bosses

• Bottomless Birmingham Bin Strikes

  Bin workers in Birmingham vote to continue strikes over pay and jobs

• Reform UK chairman quits

  The chairman of Reform UK has quit, saying working to get the party elected was no longer “a good use of my time”.

• Teenagers sentenced for killing elderly dog walker in park attack

  Two teenagers have been sentenced for killing an 80-year-old dog walker who was racially abused, punched, kicked, and slapped in the face with a shoe while on his knees in a brutal park attack.

• Siblings reunited with school photo found in charity shop 300 miles away

  A brother and sister who were reunited with their primary school photo after it ended up in a charity shop more than 300 miles away said their story shows “the power of social media”.