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There are just two days left for council candidates to win Greater Manchester residents over for their votes in this year's local elections. More than 250 council seats are up for grabs across the region - with key battles shaping up in some boroughs.

Boris Johnson has been dealt massive blow to this authority after the Liberal Democrats scored a sensational victory in the North Shropshire by-election.

A Greater Manchester Conservative MP has confessed he called Owen Paterson a ‘c***’ to his face.

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross twice refused to say if he has confidence in Boris Johnson amid Conservative sleaze rows.

The remaining public trust in MPs has been "shattered" by the Conservatives' handling of the Owen Paterson case, a senior SNP figure has claimed.

Boris Johnson has admitted it was “a total mistake” to try to defend Owen Paterson for breaking lobbying rules in a move that triggered a fortnight of Tory sleaze scandals.

Boris Johnson has been accused by Keir Starmer of being a “coward, not a leader” over his conduct in the Tory sleaze scandal .

Boris Johnson has conceded that MPs should be banned from acting as paid political consultants for private companies.

Nicola Sturgeon has claimed there is "corruption at the heart of the Westminster system" and that it has to be rooted out following a sleaze scandal.

A party-hopping councillor who has represented Labour, the Lib Dems and the Brexit Party has now parted company with the Conservatives.

Nicola Sturgeon has said there is a “legitimate” issue about elected politicians holding down second jobs.

Boris Johnson is “in the sewer with his troops” over Tory sleaze, Keir Starmer has said.

Boris Johnson has been accused of a “coordinated smear campaign” against the Standards Commissioner who investigated the misconduct of disgraced former MP Owen Paterson.

Hazel Grove MP William Wragg was one of just 13 Conservative MPs to defy the government and vote against a proposed review of disciplinary procedures that spares a party colleague from suspension.

Owen Paterson has announced he is leaving "the cruel world of politics" as he resigned as MP for North Shropshire.

MPs have voted to back a controversial review into disciplinary procedures, which has resulted in a Conservative MP avoiding suspension after breaching lobbying rules.

A Tory MP found to have broken strict lobbying rules has dodged being suspended after party colleagues voted in favour of a UK Government-backed proposal to overhaul Westminster's disciplinary process.

Boris Johnson should take a lesson from his best pal Donald Trump and remember that “cheating the public, catches up with you”.