Met police chief denies ‘intervening in politics’ after open letter to Zack Polanski – UK politics live

The Green party leader reshared a post on social media criticising officers for kicking the Golders Green attack suspect in the headWomen will be massively underrepresented on ballot papers across the UK next week, campaigners say, with research revealing that almost twice as many men as women are standing as candidates across the local, mayoral and devolved elections.Democracy campaigners say men of all political stripes are likely to dominate local government, with women’s views on issues from social care to bin collections sidelined by the huge gap between the numbers of male and female candidates. Continue reading...