Extra, extra, read all about it now. Oh, baby.

Extra, extra, read all about it now. Oh, baby.

And a very good morning to you. Welcome to the Papers podcast for Thursday, May 2nd, 2024.

It's election day. In the UK, not in the UK, say it right, Pauli.

It's election day, local election day in England and in Wales.

Yes. Polls open in England and in Wales at 7 a.m. Elections in 107 local authorities, there are 11 mayoral

races too. There's a by-election in Blackpool. And voters can elect police and crime commissioners,

37 such jobs up for grabs.

So you'll be hearing a lot about it, not during the day because the broadcasters are forbidden

from discussing the issues around the local elections, but after 10 a, sorry, 10pm this evening,

good start, good start, Richie, after 10pm, they'll begin their post, well,

after polls, when the polls have closed, yes, when the polls have closed, the BBC and Sky News

will go into overdrive, bringing results and they'll have all manner of experts opining on what the results mean

for the major party. So local election and I think for the first time you'll need to bring

photo ID if you are voting in person. Isn't that right for the first time? You've got to take photo ID with you,

which has been controversial, I think. But yeah, if you're voting, remember to take your photo ID,

a valid form of photo ID. There are 22 different types of valid photo IDs apparently that you might want to take

with your passport driving licence and then apparently there are many others. So there you are

local elections. Let's forget about them and talk about the papers. The front page of the Guardian.

Straight to the front pages, Labour faces criticism over loophole in plan to ban zero hours contracts.

This is a big deal.

Labour is facing criticism, says the Guardian.

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