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Trussonomics also leaves Labour in a hole: David Aaronovitch: If Keir Starmer wants to look credible, he will have to be honest about raising taxes to make his ...
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Liz Truss attempts to unite her party against an “anti-growth coalition”: The problem with that approach is that growth is central to Keir Starmer’s economic ...
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An exclusive new poll for the New Statesman reveals how the Labour-voting British public feel about their party leader ... Show more https://sotn.newstatesman.com/2022/10/keir-starmer-is-boring-but-left-wing-like-me-say-labour-voters
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Trussonomics also leaves Labour in a hole: David Aaronovitch: If Keir Starmer wants to look credible, he will have to be honest about raising taxes to make his ...
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Things can always get worse: As I was saying, way back in July, it is hard to love the Conservative party. Every time it tries to navigate another bend in the ...
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Liz Truss attempts to unite her party against an “anti-growth coalition”: The problem with that approach is that growth is central to Keir Starmer’s economic ...
newstatesman.com/politics/morning-call/2022/10/liz-truss-attempts-to-unite-her-party-against-an-anti-growth-coalition
Labour’s left needs a serious strategy for the Starmer era: The new generation of left MPs need to stop trying to be the next Jeremy Corbyn and start trying to ...
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Time for Starmer to be bold. He must reboot Parliament by bringing in PR: IT is not always the case that Parliament can assert itself without even meeting – ...
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'Brighton's a tip and the Greens could be in for a drubbing': In the last few weeks I have walked around a number of towns in the South East. In Eastbourne ...
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The problem with the Angela Rayner story? No one actually cares: It is convenient for the Tories to have her in the public stocks
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Liz Truss: The world was safer under Trump: Former PM Liz Truss says she hopes Donald Trump wins the next US election.
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Quick Glance: Liz Truss: The World Was Safer Under Trump
- Former PM Liz Truss expresses hope for Donald Trump to win the next US election, stating that the world is on the brink of a strong conflict and requires a strong America more than ever.
Angela Rayner: I'll stand down if I've broken the law: Labour's deputy leader says she will quit if she has committed a crime amid a row over where she lived.
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Keir Starmer vows to sack aides behind ‘boys’ club’ briefings: Labour’s top team has a fairly even gender split — but critics in the party have used the press to ...
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100 MPs to stand down at the next general election: More than 60 are Conservatives and they include former prime minister Theresa May.
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Passions run high as Lords insist on Rwanda bill changes: Peers continue standoff with MPs over legislation enabling asylum seekers to be sent to east Africa.
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Merryn Talks Money Podcast: Climate Capitalism, Angela Rayner and Gold: It’s all in the latest edition of the Merryn Talks Money podcast.
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Keir Starmer ‘would press the nuclear button’: Labour leader says he will increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP
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Labour leaders set out new housebuilding rules to identify 'grey belt' land: Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner visited Europe's biggest brownfield site
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PMQs scorecard: Sunak and Starmer fight over who dislikes Liz Truss more: Liz Truss bore the brunt at prime minister’s questions
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Ailbhe Rea: Keir Starmer on the defensive: Hi there, I’m Ailbhe Rea, a Bloomberg UK Associate Editor inhabiting Westminster for a living ...
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PMQs live: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to clash as police say Angela Rayner facing ‘multiple’ allegations
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Disability benefits face cut as Sunak bets election on welfare blitz: Sunak set out plans for changes to disability benefits and tougher rules for people on ...
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The dangers of political prosecution: At the start of January, Donald Trump offered up a cheery new year message for Americans. ‘If I don’t get immunity ...
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Bevan Fought for the NHS — and so Must We: A new play at the National Theatre celebrates Nye Bevan’s titanic struggle to create the NHS — a fight we must ...
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Keir Starmer: I shouldn’t see Angela Rayner’s legal advice: Conservatives are turning up the heat on claims that the deputy Labour leader underpaid tax on a ...
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‘Landlady’ Angela Rayner lost it over smashed window, says neighbour: The Labour deputy leader, who has been accused of breaking electoral law by giving false ...
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Quick Glance: Neighbor Claims Angela Rayner Lost Control Over Broken Window
- Angela Rayner confronted neighbors, demanding £240 and identifying herself as 'the landlady' after a window was smashed at the property she claimed as her main residence.
- An investigation by Greater Manchester police is looking into allegations that the deputy Labour leader provided inaccurate information to the electoral register while residing between two houses in Stockport during the 2010s, and they have initiated interviews with neighbors at her previous residence.
- Police intervention occurred following accusations by prominent Conservatives, including James Daly, the Conservative deputy chairman, of electoral law violations and questioning whether she owed up to £3,500 in capital gains tax on proceeds from the sale of her former council house in 2015.
- Rayner asserted that the residence on Vicarage Road was her primary domicile.
Watch: Tetchy Starmer wriggles over Rayner’s tax affairs: Angela Rayner appears unable to shake off questions about her tax affairs — literally ...
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Labour vows to fund NHS pledges by tackling tax dodgers: The party says its plans would raise £5.1bn a year but the government claims Labour would still raise ...
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How much trouble is Angela Rayner in?: Rayner is under fresh pressure after the Mail on Sunday published a series of photos appearing to suggest Lowndes Lane was ...
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Rayner’s eldest child was registered at husband’s home: It’s been a busy time for police investigations across the country and Manchester is no exception ...
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Protesters target home of Sir Keir Starmer to demand arms embargo on Israel: A group of pro-Palestinian activists have held a protest outside the home of Sir ...
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Sure Start could have changed everything for my family. Labour must be brave – and revitalise it
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British youth smoking ban advances: A pioneering tobacco ban aimed at creating Britain's "first smoke-free generation" cleared a key hurdle in ...
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Quick Glance: UK Lawmakers Support Groundbreaking 'Smoke-Free Generation' Bill
- The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban to prevent young people from ever smoking passed its first hurdle in Parliament despite opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.
- The bill, announced by Sunak, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, creating one of the toughest anti-smoking measures in the world to establish the 'first smoke-free generation' in modern Britain.
- The bill also includes measures to crack down on youth vaping, such as banning the sale of cheap disposable vapes and restricting their flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine.
- The number of people who smoke in the U.K. has declined by two-thirds since the 1970s, but approximately 6.4 million people in the country still smoke, accounting for about 13% of the population. Smoking remains the number one preventable cause of death, disability, and poor health.
Watch: Tory tax protestors target Rayner in Teesside: Try as she might to duck questions on her tax affairs, the issue just keeps following Angela Rayner around ...
spectator.co.uk/article/watch-tax-protestors-target-rayner-in-teesside/
Jeremy Corbyn: My Friend, Denis Goldberg: Denis Goldberg passed away in 2020 after a lifelong fight for social justice which saw him spend two decades in a South ...
tribunemag.co.uk/2023/04/jeremy-corbyn-my-friend-denis-goldberg-2
Ailbhe Rea: Labour’s Tax Crackdown: Hi there, I’m Ailbhe Rea, a Bloomberg UK Associate Editor and Readout author. Hope you enjoy today’s newsletter.
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Carers having to pay back thousands is very wrong, says Keir Starmer: Labour leader was responding to a question from the BBC about Vivienne Groom ...
theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/15/carers-having-to-pay-back-thousands-is-very-wrong-says-starmer
Bosses Are Wasting Our Time: In a society where a third of workers think their job is meaningless, an alternative to constant toiling in unproductive work is ...
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/bosses-are-wasting-our-time-four-day-week/
Watch: Lloyd Russell-Moyle called out over his behaviour: Oh dear. Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown, received a rather humiliating dressing ...
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Labour stoked ‘culture of intimidation’ over trans issues, health secretary says: Victoria Atkins hits out at opposition as Wes Streeting admits it was wrong for ...
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This Rayner pile-on risks petty class war: Cheap, personalised squabbling surrounding the pursuit of Labour’s deputy leader is the last thing the country needs
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David Lammy: Ofcom to investigate Labour MP's show on LBC: The broadcast regulator said it would examine whether an episode broadcast on Good Friday broke rules.
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Harold Wilson had affair while in No 10, advisers reveal: The Labour PM had a relationship with his deputy press secretary, two of his closest aides say.
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Labour has a great plan for winning — but for governing?: While Keir Starmer’s cautious strategy may reassure voters, the party needs a programme for what it ...
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Jeremy Corbyn’s comeback and what it says about Keir Starmer: The political terrain is particularly fertile for a Corbyn resurgence
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The Tories deserve our contempt: The Telegraph reported at the weekend that the Conservative party appears to be attempting, in its selection process for ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-tories-deserve-our-contempt/
Starmer should use powers the Tories will leave behind: Ministerial authority entrenched by the current administration gives Labour an opportunity
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Never forget the politicians who pushed gender politics: Scores of MPs are seeking to carry out a rapid repositioning on gender politics in the wake of the ...
spectator.co.uk/article/never-forget-the-politicians-who-got-gender-politics-wrong/
Rigging Britain’s Democracy: The allegations that Labour has used its online voting system to rig parliamentary selections suggest that Starmer’s addiction to ...
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/starmers-threat-to-democracy
UK's Labour ahead of SNP in Scotland for first time in a decade, YouGov poll shows
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Labour’s Love Affair with Private Healthcare: From the embrace of private hospitals to shady donations from private health interests, there is little to suggest ...
tribunemag.co.uk/2023/06/labours-love-affair-with-private-healthcare
Just 11 ‘wealthy’ people prosecuted for tax fraud last year
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Sheffield local elections: ‘Everyone wants to claim green policies now’ – The Green Party’s influence in Sheffield
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Watch: Labour MPs mock NatCon shutdown: It’s a sad day for lovers of personal freedom. Not only is Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pressing on with his smoking ban — ...
spectator.co.uk/article/watch-labour-mps-mock-natcon-shutdown/
UK's Labour Party aims to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP: Britain's opposition Labour Party would aim to raise defence spending to 2 ...
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What is there left to say about the Tories?: Spare a thought for us political commentators. We stare into the void between now and a (presumed) decisive Labour ...
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Harold Wilson’s mistress left £10,000 to Labour when she died: First picture of Janet Hewlett-Davies with the former prime minister after their affair was ...
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Keir Starmer’s team confident public will back Angela Rayner over tax probe: Labour is using the local elections campaign to try out the party's messaging ...
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I’ve been a Lord for two weeks – I can already see we need abolishing: Too many of my colleagues regard appointment to the Lords as just an honour
inews.co.uk/opinion/ive-been-a-lord-for-two-weeks-i-can-already-see-it-needs-abolishing-2987424
The candidates running for Police and Crime Commissioner and what they stand for: Voters will have a choice of a Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat when ...
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Conservatives likely to take 'pasting' at general election, says ex Tory chancellor Philip Hammond
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Explore our prediction model for Britain’s looming election: The scale of the task facing Rishi Sunak is clear
economist.com/britain/2024/04/15/explore-our-prediction-model-for-britains-looming-election
Lord Doug Hoyle: Commons Speaker left 'devastated' after father's death: Former Labour MP Lord Doug Hoyle was a "truly dedicated parliamentarian" ...
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Quick Glance: Sir Lindsay Hoyle devastated by father's passing
- Chorley MP and House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has expressed deep sorrow over the death of his father.
- Taking to Twitter, he announced the passing of his father, Lord Doug Hoyle, emphasizing that he passed away peacefully at home.
- He praised his father as a formidable figure and highlighted his dedication as a parliamentarian.
- Doug was primarily a family man and his absence will be keenly felt by his family and loved ones.
How Britain Made Paul Robeson a Socialist: Pioneering black singer Paul Robeson was born on this day in 1898. One of America’s great radical figures ...
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Tax gap in Great Britain: Labor wants to grab rich foreigners' wallets: With the controversial “non-dom” status, wealthy foreigners have so far been able to save ...
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Lord Hoyle obituary: Labour backbencher and parliamentary party chairman: Trade unionist made for political opposition whose son became Speaker of the Commons
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Labour candidate apologises for calling Queen a 'jumped up old wh*re': They also accused King Charles of being an 'adulterer' who 'abandoned his ...
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Assault of shop workers to be made specific criminal offence: The PM says shops must be able to trade free from abuse but Labour argues ministers have been slow ...
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Nuclear weapons: Stop asking Keir Starmer the stupid nuclear question: It couldn’t have happened to a nicer secretary of state for defence. Grant Shapps was out ...
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Election candidate says she is being 'boycotted' over LGBTQ campaign: Natasha Shah is standing in the Mill Hill and Moorgate ward in the upcoming Blackburn with ...
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Never call yourself a futurist: A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist
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Reform: scrap net zero to fund the NHS: The main topic of the briefing was about health and Reform’s plans to redirect net zero funds to improve the NHS.
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UK speed limit rule could be axed as soon as next week: Speed limits could be dramatically changed in one part of the UK from next week as opposition politicians ...
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WASPI compensation delayed again as Parliament postpones bill: The proposed legislation was first presented by SNP MP Alan Brown and has cross-party support ...
bristolpost.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/waspi-campaigners-fury-compensation-delayed-9234552
Politics latest: Sturgeon enjoys PM's confusion as fashion police go after his shoes
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Quick Glance: Tory Donor's Racist Comments on Diane Abbott
- Comments made by a Tory donor about Diane Abbott deemed racist
- Frank Hester apologizes for his remarks, Downing Street labels them unacceptable
- Cabinet Minister Kemi Badenoch described the comments as racist and called for space for forgiveness
- Labour and the Liberal Democrats call for the Conservatives to return donations from Hester
Pensions triple lock future unclear as Starmer won’t commit to it being in manifesto
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What is Sadiq Khan’s manifesto for the London mayoral election 2024?: As the Labour Party candidate stands for re-election, what are the policies you may be ...
metro.co.uk/2024/04/10/sadiq-khans-manifesto-london-mayoral-election-2024-20614103/
South London Labour HQ sprayed with red paint by Protesters demanding arms embargo on Israel
itv.com/news/london/2024-04-08/protesters-demanding-arms-embargo-on-israel-spray-labour-hq-with-red-paint
Starmer says Labour has had no contact with Trump, but is ‘close’ to Biden: In a wide-ranging interview with i ahead of the local elections next month ...
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Liberals shouldn’t jeer Liz Truss: In 1980, at the infamous Labour Party conference of that year, Tony Benn, only a year before Jim Callaghan’s energy secretary ...
newstatesman.com/comment/2024/04/liberals-shouldnt-jeer-liz-truss
Has the bubble burst for Ben Houchen, the Boris Johnson of the north?: The Tory mayor was once flying high in Teesside as ‘Britain’s most popular politician’ ...
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Waspi women could sway election chances in some constituencies: The group has warned politicians could be punished at the polls if they do not deliver ...
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I'll vote Labour after making Post Office drama, says Paula Vennells actor: The former Post Office exec had her CBE revoked in February
standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-lia-williams-endorses-labour-paula-vennells-b1150548.html
Ukrainians who fled war for the UK were sent to live with 'gangsters': Under the government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme, vulnerable refugees were placed in homes ...
metro.co.uk/2024/04/14/ukrainians-fled-war-uk-sent-live-gangsters-20644051/
Sterling close to 2-week lows versus euro ahead of data, ECB meeting: Sterling was within striking distance of its 2-week low against the euro and slightly ...
reuters.com/markets/currencies/sterling-close-2-week-lows-versus-euro-ahead-data-ecb-meeting-2024-04-09/
Harold Wilson’s lessons for Labour: How does Labour’s political culture help the party judge what its governments have done in the past? It does think with ...
newstatesman.com/the-weekend-essay/2024/04/harold-wilson-lessons-labour-keir-starmer
Voters in dark over Labour policies as Starmer set for Blair-style majority: Party maintains an 18-point lead over the Conservatives despite uncertainties over ...
inews.co.uk/news/voters-dark-over-labour-policies-2994956
Can Starmer control 450 unruly MPs?: It doesn’t matter how loyal a candidate is. Once elected, all MPs (to a greater or lesser extent) conclude they have won ...
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Keir Starmer must go further than the Tories on defence spending, says ex-Navy chief
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