Minister says elections to ‘zombie councils’ pointless as dozens of authorities request delays – UK politics live

Alison McGovern, local government minister, said request to postpone local elections are likely to be approvedWes Streeting, the health secretary, has said he would be “horrified” if the chief constable of West Midlands police remains in his post “by the end of the day”, describing his behaviour as a “stain on his character”. Neha Gohil has the story.Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, has welcomed the news that Elon Musk’s X announced it had stopped its Grok AI tool from letting users, including for premium subscribers, digitally undress images of women and children.I welcome this move from X, though I will expect the facts to be fully and robustly established by Ofcom’s ongoing investigation.Our Online Safety Act is and always has been about keeping people safe on social media - especially children - and it has given us the tools to hold X to account in recent days. Continue reading...