Exclusive: Tees Valley mayor’s extraordinary broadside against his own party as Tories brace for drubbing in local elections – and MPs plot no-confidence vote in event of Labour landslide

party stands by members set to contest key seats who claimed climate crisis and Islamophobia don’t exist

Exclusive: Tees Valley mayor’s extraordinary broadside against his own party as Tories brace for drubbing in local elections – and MPs plot no-confidence vote in event of Labour landslide

The prime minister will find himself under renewed pressure if results go against the Conservative party

Incumbents promote messages of support from ex-PM despite otherwise avoiding linking themselves with wider Tory party

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Greens co-leader says SNP will have to do deals with anti-independence Tories unless they keep his party on side

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Richard Holden says Hester apologised for remarks about Diane Abbott and ‘we should accept that’

Mr Panesar will contest the Ealing, Southall seat in west London

Those running include Monty Panesar but Workers party says they will not stand against Corbyn or Abbott if they run as independents

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Exclusive: Existing policies seem designed to push people into destitution but fail as a deterrent, cross-party report says

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John Swinney emerges as favourite to become leader of party hit by series of damaging crises

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