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Tuesday's newspaper front pages
The government abandoned plans to delay 30 local council elections after legal advice and a challenge from Reform UK warned the move could be illegal.
- On 2026-02-17, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer abandoned plans to delay 30 local elections affecting over 4.5 million voters after legal warnings and a Reform UK challenge, front-page news.
- After receiving legal advice that the move might be illegal, Reform UK's legal challenge prompted the government to drop plans to postpone 30 local elections later this year.
- Calling for accountability, Farage urged Steve Reed, Local Government Secretary, to resign after council leaders reported being left reeling by the reversal.
- Inside Labour, MPs and councillors said many felt pressurised and 'devastated' by the climbdown, which the i warned could threaten Starmer's leadership with only 11 weeks to go.
- Meanwhile, front pages remembered Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor, aged 95, who died on Sunday, with his wife Luciana saying `Goodbye to one of the greatest actors of all time`, and Ellen Roome urged immediate online-safety reforms.
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