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BBC ‘refused to publish Keir Starmer aide's messages’, ex-Labour officials claim

THE BBC knew about derogatory messages about veteran MP Diane Abbott sent by a close Keir Starmer aide before the 2024 General Election but…

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Tories facing ‘rough and bumpy time’, Badenoch concedes after defections

East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger, who had sat on Kemi Badenoch’s front bench as a shadow welfare minister, defected to Reform on Monday.

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Maria Caulfield becomes latest senior Tory to defect to Reform UK

Former health minister announces decision a day after MP Danny Kruger joined Nigel Farage’s party

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London Labour councillors quit party over 'Gaza and anti-immigration rhetoric' and defect to Greens

The Barking and Dagenham councillors form the first political opposition to Labour in the borough in over a decade

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Timeline for formation of new Corbyn-Sultana party announced

JEREMY Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new political party will hold its founding conference in November, with delegates chosen by lottery.

The National (Scotland)

Former Tory minister Maria Caulfield defects to Reform UK

The fresh blow to Kemi Badenoch comes just a day after shadow minister Danny Kruger became the first sitting Conservative MP to join Reform.

Evening Standard

New Corbyn party to hold founding conference in November

The party said it would open membership applications by the end of September.

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The ECHR is flawed, but be warned: it would be unwise to entrust human rights to an ‘elective dictatorship’

Brexit removed many checks and balances from the UK government. That’s why leaving the European convention on human rights would be a huge risk, says constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor

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Labour MPs urged to 'send Keir Starmer a message' over two-child cap vote

LABOUR MPs have been urged to “send Keir Starmer a message” by backing a bill to remove the two-child benefit cap ...

The National (Scotland)

Attempts to ‘undermine’ strengthening of workers’ rights rejected by MPs

Concerns over a weakening of the legislation had been raised by unions following Angela Rayner’s departure as deputy prime minister.

Evening Standard

Starmer aide’s exit over lewd Abbott jokes deepens crisis as Trump arrives

Labour MPs talk openly about replacing PM, as third senior ally in two weeks departs after publication of messages

The Guardian - UK

‘Our children matter’: parents protest against government’s Send overhaul plans

Concerns grow about potential cuts to educational support as Lib Dem leader addresses rally at Westminster

The Guardian - UK

‘Prime minister Andy Burnham’ is not the answer to Labour’s woes

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Keir Starmer’s government may have broken the spirit of what it pledged in its winning election manifesto, but an alternative administration led by the soft-left mayor of Greater Manchester would represent a repudiation of it. The parliamentary party needs to calm down

The Independent UK

Workers’ rights Bill ‘step forward’ says Government as it urges against changes

Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the Employment Rights Bill has improvements on zero-hours contracts, unfair dismissal and access to sick pay.

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Concern grows over BBC Reform coverage ahead of Holyrood election

THERE has long been concern over how much the BBC has been focusing on Reform UK and Nigel Farage, but over the last week the spotlight on the issue…

The Guardian - UK

Danny Kruger takes Reform back to full strength – so who’ll be next to quit?

Nigel’s gang has its own ‘one in, one out’ policy, having lost two MPs since the election – now it’s all eyes on the next one to exit

Evening Standard

Who could be the next Prime Minister? Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting among bookies' favourites

Should Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership topple, Streeting and Burnham are just two of the names being thrown in the hat to proceed him

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Keir Starmer: I’d never have appointed Mandelson if I’d known what I know now

As questions about his judgment mount, PM breaks silence over sacking of ambassador to US

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Voices: The Mandelson affair now risks dragging Labour into its revenge era

COMMENT: As allies call the peer’s dumping an ‘extraordinary betrayal’, the PM’s reset is reeling before it has begun, says Julian Glover

Evening Standard

Top Starmer aide quits Government after ‘appalling’ remarks about Diane Abbott

A No 10 spokesperson condemned comments made by Paul Ovenden in a series of messages in 2017.

The Guardian - UK

Party conference season is here – and it’s a spectacle beyond redemption

The whole pantomime is meaningless. The leader makes his or her speech, the commentariat falls upon it, and to anyone half normal reality simply continues, undisturbed, writes Zoe Williams

The National (Scotland)

John Curtice gives verdict on biggest threat that could oust Keir Starmer as PM

LABOUR being ousted from Government in Wales would be a bigger threat to Keir Starmer’s leadership than the SNP winning in Scotland, John Curtice…

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Tories did ‘sod all’ on immigration reform, new Home Secretary tells Commons

Shabana Mahmood was accused of ‘tinkering around the edges’ over potential reform of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The National (Scotland)

Top Keir Starmer aide quits after sexual comments about Diane Abbott

ONE of Keir Starmer's top aides has quit after leaked messages revealed he made sexually explicit comments about veteran MP Diane Abbott ...

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Get Send reform wrong and ‘you’re out’, Sir Ed Davey tells Government

The Liberal Democrat leader said he was concerned that forthcoming reforms would not meet the needs of children.

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