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BBC Politics3 May 2026

Will an M4 relief road ever be given the green light?

Wales' Senedd election has seen the potential for an M4 relief road return as a political issue.

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BBC Politics3 May 2026

Election tram talk: Midlands Metro passengers on homelessness and shops

Passengers on the tram system in Wolverhampton deliver their thoughts ahead of polling day on 7 May.

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BBC Politics3 May 2026

Election tram talk: Midlands Metro passengers on homelessness and shops

Passengers on the tram system in Wolverhampton deliver their thoughts ahead of polling day on 7 May.

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The Guardian Politics3 May 2026

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

Exclusive: Union body finds workers describing themselves as ‘gambling’ because wages felt like the outcome of chance rather than work The practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty over their earnings, trade union leaders have urged. In a report exposing the human cost of the gig economy practice, the Trades Union Congress said pay was becoming decoupled fr

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Conservative Home3 May 2026

Our top ten picks of the week

ConservativeHome's round-up of ten of our best articles from the preceding week. The post Our top ten picks of the week appeared first on Conservative Home.

Express Politics3 May 2026

This man will have the ear of Prime Minister Farage and President Vance

James Orr is the intellectual dynamo in the Reform UK engine room and he is ready to take on the EU, Whitehall and the House of Lords to transform the nation

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The Guardian Politics3 May 2026

Polanski takes combative approach as Greens enter media spotlight

From legitimate scrutiny to lurid scare stories, the Green party’s rise has brought a sudden spike in attention It is the lot of smaller parties that grow rapidly that they tend to endure something of a trial by the media in the UK. The attention from some of the newspapers and broadcasters to the Green party before this week’s elections has occasionally borne an unlikely resemblance to the height of Clegg-mania in the spring of 2010, when the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, was rewarded fo

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Express Politics3 May 2026

Households with summer holidays booked warned 'last minute changes could happen'

Near-empty flights from UK airports could be dropped to conserve jet fuel.

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Express Politics3 May 2026

Tories promise huge benefits change that would save UK £1bn a year

The proposal to overhaul welfare payments would stop people earning more from benefits than a job.

BBC Politics3 May 2026

Struggling High Streets fuel sense of neglect for voters ahead of local elections

Failing High Streets fuel a wider sense of political discontent which could prove crucial in the upcoming elections for English councils in May.

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Sky News Politics2 May 2026

Local elections could see council seats won on record-low vote shares

Thursday's local elections are expected to bring drastic losses for Labour, with as many as 2,000 of its 2,500 council seats at risk.

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BBC Politics2 May 2026

Stop families who choose not to work getting unlimited benefits, Tories say

The party says removing some exemptions to the household benefit cap would save £1bn a year.