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Nightmare on Downing Street: 'Iron Chancellor' loses her mettle with Budget U-turn and Starmer in coup chaos

Commentary: Two startling own goals in a week have damaged Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ authority

Evening Standard

Chancellor abandons planned income tax hike because of improved forecasts

The PA news agency understands the strength of tax receipts has improved the numbers from the OBR, allowing for the U-turn.

The Independent UK

Streeting says he and Starmer ‘extremely frustrated’ by leadership row

Health Secretary Wes Streeting was targeted by briefings suggesting he was plotting a coup against Sir Keir Starmer.

Evening Standard

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Treasury won’t cut threshold for higher rate income tax, say sources – UK politics live

Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bn

The Guardian - UK

Reeves not ‘playing fast and loose with people’s money’ amid tax U-turn reports

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy would not be drawn into speculation that Ms Reeves has abandoned plans for the manifesto-breaking tax hike.

Evening Standard

Reeves dumps plan to raise income tax in screeching Budget U-turn sending spooked markets into slide

Chancellor abandons plans to raise income tax over fears they could spark a huge backlash among voters and backbench Labour MPs

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves to abandon plans to raise income tax rates in budget

Labour had laid the ground to break a manifesto pledge on taxes for working people but has now made a U-turn

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Your Party receives ‘small portion’ of withheld supporters’ donations

Row continues between camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, whose company holds hundreds of thousands of pounds of party funds

The Guardian - UK

PM’s chief of staff ‘not involved’ in briefing against ministers – reports

Sir Keir Starmer has faced calls to sack his top adviser, Morgan McSweeney.

Evening Standard

Peers to mount fresh offensive to halt assisted dying bill

More than half of the 942 amendments have been tabled by seven lords in move which could filibuster legislation

The Guardian - UK

Steve Reed convenes Tower Hamlets envoys as concerns over council persist

Exclusive: Communities secretary calls meeting over two councillors seeking electoral candidacy in Bangladesh

The Guardian - UK

Starmer defies calls to sack chief of staff, claiming briefing didn’t come from No 10

PM stands by Morgan McSweeney and attempts to draw line under row in which leaks suggested Wes Streeting would launch a leadership challenge

The Guardian - UK

Labour must accept that the two-party age is over and embrace PR

Letters: Backing proportional representation would be in Labour’s interests, writes John Culley, while Austen Lynch says the greater risk is continuing with the current system

The Guardian - UK

Lack of support for recall Bill would be ‘failure of Parliament’, MSPs told

The legislation would create a mechanism for MSPs to lose their seats if they behave unacceptably.

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s backers never meant him to be prime minister – his leadership was doomed from the start

His alliance with the party’s anti-Corbyn faction was a shotgun marriage that totally lacked vision. Now Labour is paying the price, says Neal Lawson of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass

Evening Standard

Briefing row ‘undermining Government message’, says Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader said the situation had ‘not been helpful’.

Evening Standard

Starmer backs chief of staff after assurances briefing did not come from No 10

The Prime Minister said he would ‘absolutely deal with anybody responsible for briefing against ministers’.

Evening Standard

Man accused of stalking Dame Penny Mordaunt says interest ‘only political’

Ex-councillor and professional sailor Edward Brandt is on trial at Southampton Crown Court.

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Evening Standard

Streeting refuses to discuss ‘silly Westminster soap opera’ after briefing row

The Health Secretary, who was the subject of coup rumours, said he did not care whether Sir Keir Starmer was investigating the source of the claims.

The Guardian - UK

How should we tackle Reform and the rise of the far right? Our gen Z panel has some ideas

Our panelists have seen first hand what happens when you give young people platitudes instead of hope, but they feel a change coming

Evening Standard

It would be financial suicide to levy a £30 billion windfall tax on banks

Our banks would have to consider severely curtail lending if the Lib Dem suggestion is ever implemented

The Guardian - UK

New face, same problems: replacing Keir Starmer with Wes Streeting will do nothing to help Labour

Both share a fixation with process over project and have an absence of values, which can only result in a trail of broken promises, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Is Wes Streeting a traitor or a faithful?

In today’s newsletter: By publicly accusing the health secretary of leading a coup, Starmer’s aides have scored a massive own goal, making the PM’s position seem all the more shaky

The Guardian - UK

The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together

This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Evening Standard

Starmer investigates briefing war as pressure on chief of staff grows

The Prime Minister was forced to condemn briefings against his Cabinet after reports about a possible Wes Streeting coup.

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