Another Government U-Turn | Chinese New Year

Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost · Feb 17, 2026 · 4m

Thirty local councils face a scramble to organise elections in less than three months’ time after the latest government U-turn.Sir Keir Starmer had attempted to delay some council elections in May, ahead of planned local government reorganisation.However, he’s been forced to abandon those plans after legal advice suggested a delay could be unlawful.Reform UK is now demanding that legal advice is published.More than 200 people have been arrested in the past four weeks as part of a phone theft crackdown in London.Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has called on Andrew…