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Voices: After Labour’s first year, Starmer could still learn from ‘one-term Attlee’

COMMENT: The current prime minister would be wise to study Clement Attlee’s post-war premiership, which also started with a landslide election but, mired in economic uncertainty and internal conflict, quickly ran out of steam, says historian Alun Evans

The Independent UK

Who’s really to blame for Labour’s troubles – Rachel Reeves or the invisible PM?

The Treasury focuses on numbers when what’s needed is vision. The party and the country are crying out for leadership, but it’s nowhere to be seen, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Zarah Sultana quits Labour with plan to form new party with Jeremy Corbyn

A former Labour MP has said that she will set up a new party with Jeremy Corbyn.

The National (Scotland)

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Seven of Labour’s newest MPs look back on a ‘relentless’ first year

Labour won hundreds of new MPs in the 2024 general election. One year later, how do they think the government is doing?

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Labour MP Sultana says she will set up new party with Jeremy Corbyn

Zarah Sultana had the Labour whip suspended last year.

Evening Standard

The Starmtrooper rebellion: welfare bill showed Labour’s new MPs have minds of their own

It was wrongly assumed 2024’s intake would do as they were told. Now there are fears they have a taste for disobedience

The Guardian - UK

Welfare reform bill fiasco re-empowers parliament

Letters: Michael Meadowcroft says a failure to forge a constructive alliance with backbenchers was at the core of the welfare bill debacle. Plus letters from Michael Bartlet , Shareen Campbell, Derrick Cameron, Geoff Reid and Valerie Mainwood

The Guardian - UK

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How can Labour turn this mess around? With honesty – and taxes

No more plans for mean, unpopular cuts. Instead, explain why taxes must rise – and be clear about the good that will do, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow locals give verdict on Keir Starmer's Labour after one year in power

THIS week marks one year since Labour’s General Election victory saw them take power at Westminster for the first time in 14 years ...

The National (Scotland)

Smaller firms to escape ‘burdensome’ Companies House filing rules

Exemption for businesses with turnover under £10.2m allowing simpler accounts to be submitted will be retained

The Guardian - UK

From Vladimir Putin to Rachel Reeves, which politicians have publicly cried?

Rachel Reeves, the first female chancellor in British history, appeared to cry in Commons on Tuesday night - which others

Evening Standard

SNP MP warns of 'authoritarian slippery slope' after proscribing of Palestine Action

AN SNP MP has warned of an "authoritarian slippery slope" after MPs voted to declare Palestine Action a proscribed group

The National (Scotland)

In Pictures: Tearful politicians showing their sensitive side

Rachel Reeves became tearful during PMQs on Wednesday, but she’s far from the first politician to cry over the years.

Evening Standard

Voices: The markets have spoken – and it is they, not the prime minister, that saved Rachel Reeves

COMMENT : In its response to the chancellor’s possible resignation, in the face of market jitters the City has made it clear that she is Labour’s only candidate for No 11, says James Moore – and any attempt to replace her could prove very expensive for the country

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Who is Rachel Reeves' sister? Meet the Labour MP Ellie Reeves

Ellie Reeves is a Labour MP and the sister of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves

The Guardian - UK

MP Zarah Sultana says she will ‘co-lead’ new party as she quits Labour for Corbyn group

Coventry South MP, who lost whip last year, surprises some in Corbyn’s Independent Alliance with news of formal plans

The National (Scotland)

Rachel Reeves breaks silence on tears in the House of Commons

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has broken her silence on her tears in the House of Commons yesterday

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer defends ignoring Rachel Reeves's tears at PMQs: 'I was last to notice'

KEIR Starmer has said he was “probably the last” person to realise Chancellor Rachel Reeves was crying during Prime Minister’s Questions on…

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Crying in the Commons? Let's not make a habit of it

It is at times like this – with Rachel Reeves visibly crying in the Commons – that we must be thankful that Jacinda Ardern, former New Zealand PM, who dedicated her recent memoir to “the criers, worriers and huggers” is absent from our politics. Had Jacinda been on the scene…

The Guardian - UK

After a year studying Starmer, I can tell you that he is at once a very kind man and a ruthless one

Those around the Labour leader operate with the knowledge that everyone is expendable and no one is safe, says journalist and author Anushka Asthana

Evening Standard

A year of Keir Starmer: Screeching U-turns, backbench insurrections and a Chancellor reduced to tears

Lapses in judgment, U-turns galore and, most troublingly, an abyss between himself and the nation: the sky is deathly grey in Starmerland, writes Andy Coulson

Evening Standard

Reeves appears in public day after PMQs tears

Chancellor Rachel Reeves joined Sir Keir Starmer at the launch of the Government’s NHS plan.

The Independent UK

Voices: Kemi Badenoch’s lack of empathy over Rachel Reeves’s tears will come back to haunt her

COMMENT: Neither her party nor the public seems to like the Badenoch style, writes Sean O’Grady. Her tasteless lack of empathy for the chancellor is indicative of a leadership marked by arrogant dismissiveness

The National (Scotland)

There will be an 'alternative’ to Labour at next election, says Jeremy Corbyn

JEREMY Corbyn has said “there will be an alternative” to Labour at the next general election

Evening Standard

‘Well-known’ figures want to join Reform UK cabinet, Farage claims

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said it was ‘nonsense’ that ministers ‘must all be politicians in the House of Commons’.

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