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Polls open in Holborn and St Pancras byelection – UK politics live

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Voters choosing replacement for Keir Starmer, who announced he was standing down last month

Ed Miliband is in Kyiv this morning. There’s scant information about what he’s actually doing there, other than “make clear the UK’s unwavering support for Ukraine”, as the Foreign Office says. We shall, as ever, bring you more when we get it.

Away from the byelection, research has found Brexit, Liz Truss’s mini-budget and other “shocks” over the last 10 years have led to a serious and lasting deterioration in the UK population’s mental health.

The past decade or so has been tumultuous, shaped by multiple overlapping shocks and ongoing uncertainty and instability that have impacted mental health in Britain,” said Jeffery.

We have shown that major government decisions and current global events can have substantial impacts on people’s mental health.

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