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MPs launch inquiry into Andrew’s lease arrangements at Royal Lodge – as it happened

Justice secretary expected to pull back from plans to reserve jury trials from only the most serious cases

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025

The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for

Labour backbenchers have been cheering it as a win for the most vulnerable in society. In fact it was aimed at the bond markets, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025

Lammy to lay out sweeping reforms for ‘swift justice’ including plans to scrap jury trials in thousands of cases

Judge-only trials could replace juries for less serious crimes as David Lammy unveils ‘bold’ plans for a Canada-inspired justice system

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025

Your Party’s antics assume a luxury the left does not have: time

Legal spats, public denunciations and an obsession with internal process must be consigned to the past, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025

Does Labour have a death wish or does it secretly enjoy the agony of self-sabotage?

Keir Starmer may be keen to move on from the budget megashambles, but chaos is hardwired into his party

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025

Starmer raises pressure on head of OBR by saying budget leak was ‘serious error’

PM says he is ‘very supportive’ of spending watchdog but breach was a ‘massive discourtesy’ to parliament

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025

Ex-Labour councillor in court over 'Westminster honeytrap plot against Tory MPs'

Ollie Steadman is accused of sending indecent images to a series of Tory politicians

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2025

Did Rachel Reeves lie to justify her £26billion Budget tax raid?

The Chancellor is facing calls to resign over misleading the public and Cabinet minister over the state of Britain’s finances

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2025

Angela Rayner 'tried to dodge council tax surcharge on grace and favour flat'

Questions are mounting for the former deputy prime minister who previously resigned after a row over stamp duty on her Hove home

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2025

Your Party chaos: Jeremy Corbyn's left-wing movement reject him as official leader

Corbyn previously said he backed the ‘sole leader’ model and would stand for the position

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2025