What will happen to the tens of thousands of asylum seekers already in the UK who won't have their asylum claim processed, assuming they can't all be sent to Rwanda? PACAC Committee asked Home Office top brass the million dollar question this afternoon:

Tory Chairman, Richard Holden, played down election defeats saying it was 'a night of mixed results', as in some seats were won by Labour and some were won by the Lib Dems

...keen on scrutiny from the press, declining to share sewage discharge data with Adam Vaughan of The Times - a lawyer telling Mr Vaughan, the 'press or public' did not need to see the data as it involves 'complex technical & regulatory matters'.

Questions have been raised about the impact on corporate accountability: Pennon reported a pre-tax loss of £8.5mn last year, but paid out £112mn in dividends to shareholders. A larger market share may further impact the transparency. The firm has previously appeared less than...

The Competition & Markets Authority voices concern on Pennon's buyout of Sutton & East Surrey Water, which brings a large share of the water market under the concern of a single company - the firm owns Southwest Water, Bristol Water & Bournemouth Water.
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“If Roe v. Wade can fall, anything can fall. Social Security can fall. Medicare can fall. Voting rights can fall. And God help us all, but democracy itself can fall,” says Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

What a fine headline!

We're still in the pub, says Tory rebel source

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Instead of the MSM banging on about Labour and vote losses over Gaza, how about they tackle the Tories' woeful handling of the economy and cost of living crisis and relate it to the brutal losses in local elections?
You'd be forgiven for thinking Labour did badly! #ToryWipeout

How are the media going to spin this story?

Every single party OTHER than the Tories gained seats! 🥂
#ToryWipeout

Current script for all right-wing media outlets:

'Absolutely no appetite for Starmer...blah, blah, blah...'

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#LocalElections2024 #Labour #ToryWipeout #PoliticsLive

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer is in Birmingham ready to celebrate Labour's win for West Midlands Mayor

It is the biggest Tory upset of this set of results so far and a major blow to Rishi Sunak's leadership

The Tories asked to be judged on this race and not the council results

So that endorsement by Boris Johnson was the last nail in the coffin for Andy Street!

Pippa Crerar Air traffic control says a private jet has turned back
and landed safely in the Home Counties
- #AndyStreet almost won
- #Sunak almost went to the West Midlands
- #LauraKuenssberg almost choked 'live' on BBC
- The @conservatives almost won 10 out of 11 mayoral elections

Cathy Newman Channel 4 News Andy Street Using “nearly won” to mean “lost” is exactly the ‘everyone gets a prize’, snowflake kind of language the Tories would otherwise claim to hate.

This is HANDS DOWN the best thing I have ever heard a politician say about a result.

'Well, we know that there's a recount. So, we know either that Andy Street has won or he has nearly won. Either result shows how well the Conservatives are doing.' 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Pippa Crerar No hiding place for Tories now. No amount of spinning can disguise this catastrophic defeat. The Tory attempts to disguise the overall drubbing they have received in these elections cannot be subject to Tory distraction techniques pointing to mayoralty victories.

Pippa Crerar So all they have left now to talk about is Houchen, a man who conspicuously distanced himself from Sunak and who regularly merits his own page in Private Eye Magazine
Should we judge people by the company they keep? Yes.

BREAKING: Labour’s Richard Parker pulls off shock victory in West Midlands, beating Tory incumbent Andy Street by a whisker, sources say.

Huge blow to Rishi Sunak - this was one of two mayoralties Downing Street had hoped would help turn round losing narrative.

BREAKING: Labour hail 'incredible result' as they claim victory in West Midlands mayoral race

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🌹 Labour’s Richard Parker has been elected West Midlands mayor, beating Conservative incumbent Andy Street in a tight race that came down to the wire
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