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一 |     LONDON -- Voters are casting ballots Thursday in two special elections in England that could add more misery to the beleaguered governing Conservative Party as it prepares to fight a national election next year.The Conservatives won both Tamworth in central England and Mid-Bedfordshire, north of London, by large margins during the last national election in 2019. But both constituencies’ lawmakers resigned under a cloud.Tamworth legislator Chris Pincher quit after Parliament’s standards watchdog recommended he be suspended for “completely inappropriate” behavior after groping two men at a London private members’ club. Then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson’ s reluctance to sanction Pincher when the allegations emerged helped trigger Johnson's ouster at the hands of his own party last year.Mid-Bedfordshire member of Parliament Nadine Dorries resigned over the treatment of Johnson and her own failure to be appointed to Parliament’s upper chamber, the House of Lords. Dorries is a strong ally of Johnson who has blamed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for helping to topple the former leader.The Conservatives acknowledge they face “difficult headwinds” in both seats. Polls close at 10 p.m. (2100GMT), with results announced early Friday.The main opposition Labour Party and the smaller Liberal Democrats hope to win the seats but have tried to manage expectations, noting that the Conservatives won substantial majorities in 2019. Labour has called both districts “super-safe Tory seats.”Losing either one would add to pressure on the governing party, which has lost several byelections since Sunak took office just under a year ago. He replaced Liz Truss, who quit in October 2022 after her plan for unfunded tax cuts sent financial markets into turmoil and rocked the economy.Truss spent just seven weeks in office after winning a party leadership contest to replace Johnson, who quit after three years in office when scandals over money and ethics turned party lawmakers against him.Sunak steadied the economy but has not managed to boost the party’s rating in opinion polls, where it consistently lags between 10 and 20 points behind Labour.The Conservatives have been in power nationally since 2010, years that saw austerity following the world banking crisis, Britain’s divisive decision to leave the European Union, a global pandemic and a European war that has triggered the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades.Polls show the Conservatives are losing support across the country, from affluent southern voters turned off by Brexit to working-class northern voters who switched from Labour in 2019 after Johnson promised to spread prosperity to long-neglected areas.Sunak has tried to rally support by arguing he has a long-term vision and is prepared to make tough decisions to change Britain.Earlier this month Labour won a special election victory over the Scottish National Party in Scotland. Winning seats in Scotland, where the pro-independence SNP has long been dominant, is key to Labour’s attempt to secure a majority in the next national election, due by the end of 2024.。    국토부, 내곡동·올림픽선수촌 인근 등 서울 그린벨트 제외 공식화                   ▲ 김윤덕 국토교통부 장관이 26일 서울 모처의 한 식당에서 용산공원을 활용한 주택 공급 등 서울 주택 문제를 오세훈 서울시장과 협의하기 위해 이동하고 있다. 연합뉴스정부가 이르면 9월 말 내놓을 추가 신규 공공주택지구에 용산공원과 서울 개발제한구역(그린벨트)은 포함되지 않을 전망이다.김윤덕 국토교통부 장관은 26일 오세훈 서울시장과의 면담을 앞두고 취재진과 만나 추가 택지에 용산이 들어가는지 묻는 질문에 "원래 용산은 들어가지 않았다"고 선을 그었다. 추가 물량인 7만3000가구가 경기도 부지로만 채워질 가능성에 대해서는 구체적 언급을 피하며 "천천히 기다려보자는 것"이라고 답했다.앞서 정부는 8·13 대책을 통해 서울 강서, 경기 남양주, 경기 광주 등 3개 지역에 신규 택지를 조성해 2030년까지 2만7000가구를 착공하겠다고 발표한 바 있다. 여기에 더해 '7만3000가구+α' 규모의 추가 택지도 행정절차를 거쳐 이르면 9월 말 공개하겠다고 밝혔다.추가 택지 후보로는 그동안 △서초구 내곡동 예비군훈련장 △강남구 세곡·자곡동 △수서차량기지 △송파구 방이동 올림픽선수촌 인근 등 서울 내 그린벨트가 거론돼왔다. 하지만 서울시가 그린벨트 해제를 통한 주택 공급에 강하게 반대해온 만큼 실제 반영 여부는 불투명하다는 관측이 많았다.용산 어린이정원 등 용산공원 본체 부지를 주택 용지로 활용하는 방안 역시 정부 내부에서 검토돼왔으나, 서울시의 반대에 부딪힌 상태다.이런 분위기 속에 이번 추가 택지는 경기도 위주로 짜일 가능성이 커지고 있다. 국토부 관계자는 김 장관의 발언에 대해 "7만3000가구에 서울이 들어가지 않는다고 장관이 확정적으로 말씀하신 것"이라고 설명했다. #7만3000가구 #용산공원 #그린벨트 #공공택지 #경기도。

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