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Green councillors outside the meeting

Political View: Hope for children living in poverty

One of the key events of the week - Kemi Badenoch v Robert Jenrick in the Tory leadership race

Political View: What will next seven days bring?

Chris Packham is calling on Peterborough residents to write to their MP - Animal News Agency

Chris Packham urges Peterborough residents to write to their MP on the issue of ...

Cllr Christian Hogg - Leader of the Liberal Democrats Group on Peterborough City Council

Political View: Is cutting Winter Fuel Allowance the right thing ?

Peterborough City Councillor Chris Harper

Opposing View: "It was a privilege to make political history"

Cllr Chris Harper at this year's local elections

Leader of Peterborough First party on city council steps down from role

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper during her conference speech Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Silent Crime: Home secretary Yvette Cooper pledges nuisance crackdown

Protesters spray paint 'genocide’ on Labour conference entrance.

Watch: Protesters spray paint 'genocide’ on Labour conference entrance

The Peterborough First "conference" takes place on city streets, says councillor Peter Hiller

Opposing View: Political Party Conferences – what’s the point?

The cost of some private schools might become prohibitive for some families if they put their fees up in response (Image: National World/Getty Images/Adobe Stock)

What adding VAT to private school fees could mean for pupils

New deputy leader of the city council Mohammed Jamil

New City Council deputy leader confirmed after resignation forces reshuffle

Peterborough City Councillor Amjad Iqbal

Deputy leader of Peterborough Council leaves Labour Party

Peterborough Town Hall

Green Party Political View Column: Public services must be supported

Councillor Dennis Jones, leader of Peterborough City Council

Town Hall View: An eventful and exciting two months

Paul Bristow was a big supporter of Boris Johnson

Paul Bristow on his future - and why he loves the 'Kodak Kid' nickname

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10
Watch as the new PM spoke outside Downing Street - accompanied by his wife Lady Victoria Starmer and cheered on by flag-waving Labour supporters.
Jessica Martin

Counting the votes during general election 2024.

General election results for city’s neighbours

Sam Carling delivers his winning speech at Kingsgate Conference Centre.

WATCH: Sam Carling hails 'political earthquake' in his victory speech

Neil Kinnock falls over on Brighton seafront in 1983.

Funny political stunts gone wrong from elections past

General Election 2024’s 7 best campaign moments and gaffes.

General Election 2024 7 best campaign moments and gaffes

Tory canvasser removes Labour leaflet from letterbox.

Watch: Tory canvasser removes Labour leaflet from letterbox

Labour Councillor Dennis Jones (Dogsthorpe) is the new leader of Peterborough City Council

Labour group win support to run Peterborough City Council

Lib Dems leader Christian Hogg and Labour leader Dennis Jones at Peterborough election count

Lib Dems: 'Quite bizarre' Labour higher-ups involved in leadership decision

Labour group leader Dennis Jones

Labour leader has no personal 'lust for glory'

Local elections take place next month

Peterborough City Council elections 2024: All the candidates standing on May 2

Top left, Cllr Anna Smith, Deputy Mayor of the Combined Authority, Charlotte Horobin, chief executive of Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce, Darren Jones MP, Shadow First Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Pakes, Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Peterborough, and s Keith Packer, managing director of British Sugar. Top, right Darren Jones MP with business leaders for the meeting at British Sugar. Below left, Darren Jones MP and Andrew Pakes; below right, Charlotte Horobin, Darren Jones MP, Andrew Pakes and Mike Greene, chairman of Peterborough and Stamford Chamber of Commerce.

Shadow minister meets city business leaders

Labour Group leader Dennis Jones (Dogsthorpe)

Opinion: Demand a sense of duty, service and commitment to your ward
Do you use a smartphone? If so, and I want you to be honest here, do you type using your thumbs or do you poke at the keys using your finger as I do? (writes Labour Group leader Dennis Jones.
Dennis Jones

Council leader Mohammed Farooq says mending or replacing the Regional Pool will take months or years

Regional Pool closure leaves 'long gap' in swimming provision

Peterborough Lido

Reducing Peterborough Lido temperature ‘could reduce energy costs’

Conservative Group leader Wayne Fitzgerald looks back on 2023 with pride

Opinion: Reflecting with pride on our successes

Labour Group leader Dennis Jones (Dogsthorpe)

Opinion: Here we go again with the culture wars

The Regional pool will cost up to £15 million to repair, it has been claimed

Claims Peterborough's Regional Pool will cost £15m to repair

Last week's full council meeting when cllr Fitzgerald was deposed as leader

Opinion: Democracy has not been best served

1,015 people were forced to attend A&E at local hospitals.

Over 1000 hospitalised due to poor dental care

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

"The stark reality is that people in Peterborough are finding it impossible to get an NHS dentist when they need one."

Opinion: Time our fairytale past became a reality

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Getty

Labour Party vows to turn NHS "on its head" with fundamental reform

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests

Labour shadow minister Bambos Charalambous suspended

Fenland District Council remained blue in a decisive victory for the Conservatives

Conservatives buck national trends in Fenland

Fenland District Council is holding an all-out election in May

Everyone standing in Fenland District Council's all-out election

Labour Group leader councillor Dennis Jones

Local elections 23: Transforming our city and our society for the benefit of eve...

Labour MP Diane Abbott attends a Stand Up to Racism rally outside Downing Street. Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty

Diane Abbott has Labour whip withdrawn after “deeply offensive” letter

Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands joined the campaigning at the weekend

Local elections 23: Rallying troops and campaigning

The visit to Peterborough of Alex Norris MP

Opinion: In the spirit of Cooperation

Sue Gray is Sir Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff for Labour Party

Cllrs Imtiaz Ali (left) and Ansar Ali (right) have both left the Labour Party

Ex-Labour councillors 'asked about Israel-Palestine posts'

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she will step down as leader of her country in February.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern announces shock resignation

Doddington Hospital nurses on the picket line last month

Opinion: Strikes are a cry for help from the impossibly pressed

Peterborough's Green Party councillors (from left) Heather Skibsted, Imtiaz Ali, Nicola Day and Kirsty Knight

Peterborough City Councillor joins Green Party after 'resigning' from Labour

Rishi Sunak will face PMQs once again on Wednesday. Credit: Getty Images

PMQs: How to watch Rishi Sunak face-off against Keir Starmer

Labour Party to abolish the House of Lords if elected to UK government

NationalWorld is calling for a general election now - here’s how to sign the petition

NationalWorld launches petition calling for immediate general election

One of the four posters created by The Labour Party (Photo: The Labour Party)

Labour Party launch fresh attack on Conservatives in poster campaign

'Some people have been quick to say that politicians are all the same, but Keir Starmer is proving them wrong. He is a man of integrity and honesty.' Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Labour lead: latest polling would equate to 346 seat majority