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Jeremy Corbyn's leaked manifesto includes many spending commitments, but is more muted on reversing benefit cuts

Week in Review: Whatever happened to swimming through vomit?

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"Scottish Labour's saying is that it's down but not out"

Labour is down but not out in Scotland

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The 'safe' nature of Green party co-leader Caroline Lucas' seat makes it harder for her party to cut deals elsewhere

Lib Dem-Green soap opera in Lewes shows dangers of a progressive alliance

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Jeremy Corbyn's draft manifesto was leaked to the national press last night

Your fair and balanced guide to the draft Labour manifesto

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Even where Labour held on to its councillors, the Tories are showing signs of taking parliamentary seats

No safe space for Labour: What the local elections tell us

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"I can't remember a time when it seemed like the Anywheres were calling the political shots."

The myth of a global liberal elite hides the reality of Brexit

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"When former justice secretary Michael Gove commented that "people have had enough of experts" he was tapping into a popular motif of the EU referendum campaign."

Brexit wasn’t enough. They’re trying to make this an election without experts as well

Expertise is desperately needed in today’s political climate

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"2017 is turning out to be a stinker for Unionism."

Northern Ireland’s Unionists are desperate to break their losing streak

Unionism in Northern Ireland has a fight on its hands

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Children walk past election campaign posters for French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, in Osses, southwestern France.

Is Marine Le Pen a fascist?

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"If some of the swings on Thursday are replicated in Westminster constituencies next month then the SNP could lose some senior figures"

Sturgeon’s push for second referendum has been a gift to her rivals

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"Now that May has declared that she believes the EU is plotting against her, it is much harder for her counterparts to take anything she says to them at face value"

The real reasons Theresa May launched her attack on Europe this week

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"The gloves are off as the Brexit process finally moves from stagey diplomacy to a tussle for public opinion"

Brexit: The gloves are off

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Prime Minister Theresa May is set for a strong showing in the local elections ahead of a probable landslide next month

Local elections 2017 – the story so far

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"Another key concern is the potential impact of a smoking ban on the smuggling of contraband tobacco into prisons"

Prison smoking ban will worsen the crisis behind bars

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The lower benefit cap has seen its impact spread well beyond London

Number hit by benefit cap trebles

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British Muslims celebrate the festival of Eid in London

Searching for the Muslim vote

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"Food is already becoming more expensive because of the fall in sterling"

Brexit about to trigger sky-high costs for British food industry

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"Theresa May is pushing a Maggie Thatcher tribute act to an electorate dreaming of the real thing"

Week in Review: Do you want the blue pill or the dead pill?

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"More than anything, politics is a persuasion business"

Targeting the message: how parties use polls in a campaign

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