The Dispatch continuing to be indispensable to find out what is happening locally.
But also really struggling to see how Labour can be seen to be anyway progressive if they're trying to enable Reform powers.
John Paddington
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Top story: at Birmingham city council’s meeting last Friday, Labour and Reform tried to get into bed with the Tories, agreeing to divvy up seven scrutiny roles between them.
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