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Welfare bill: what compromises have been made and how will claimants be affected?

More than 120 Labour MPs were planning to defeat the bill by voting against it before last-minute concessions

The Guardian - UK

Third U-turn in a month leaves Keir Starmer diminished

Changes to welfare bill likely to win over moderates, but PM’s reputation for embracing tough reforms damaged

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour lose by-election as minority administration under threat

Scottish Labour have lost a by-election in Edinburgh to the LibDems, weakening their minority administration

The National (Scotland)

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UK politics: Starmer says welfare concessions are ‘common sense’ but dodges funding question – as it happened

No 10 has offered significant concessions to the rebels, estimated to cost around £3bn a year, amid fears over Tuesday’s vote

The Guardian - UK

Labour partially U-turn on benefits cuts in bid to win over rebel MPs

The Labour Government has partially U-turned on its cuts to welfare in a bid to appease rebel MPs

The National (Scotland)

Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work

Farage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The Guardian - UK

Alarm raised over slow pace of payouts to UK veterans fired over sexuality

MP Jess Brown-Fuller says at the current rate it could take more than a decade to complete the compensation process

The Guardian - UK

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Keir Starmer sparks 'two-tier' benefits system row with major U-turn on welfare cuts

The U-turn on personal independence payments will protect the incomes of some 370,000 people - but new claimants could be more than £5,000 worse off

Evening Standard

Government expected to unveil welfare Bill concessions after talks with rebels

Sir Keir Starmer is understood to have agreed to water down some reforms in a move to save the Bill.

Evening Standard

Government expected to unveil welfare concessions after talks with Labour rebels

Some 126 backbenchers had signed an amendment that would halt the legislation in its tracks.

Evening Standard

Green Party peer says she will vote against proscribing Palestine Action

Baroness Jenny Jones was speaking at the Glastonbury Festival.

Evening Standard

Delaying welfare reform is better than bad welfare reform, prime minister

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Prior to putting before parliament its plans to cut disability and sickness-related benefits, the government must first complete essential groundwork that ought to have been done already – namely, consulting with those at the sharp end of the change: people with disabilities

The Independent UK

Starmer aide Morgan McSweeney under fire after Labour welfare rebellion

Backbenchers feel PM’s chief of staff missed strength of feeling over cuts – and there are deeper tensions at play

The Guardian - UK

'Bizarre': Question Time called out as Reform councillor joins Scottish panel

THE BBC’s decision to platform Reform UK in Scotland when the right-wing party has no elected members has been branded “bizzarre”.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s welfare revolt: ministers should take MPs more seriously

Editorial: The government’s reforms were too fierce. The scale of the backbench rebellion was unusually large. Starmer’s team should have seen what was coming

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s industrial turn: leaving finance untouched will come at a cost for the country

Editorial: Ministers promise a new economic direction, backing industry and clean energy, but old habits and powerful interests still shape the outcome

The National (Scotland)

Can Keir Starmer find any policy that Anas Sarwar won't support?

THE extreme loyalty shown to Keir Starmer by his Scottish deputy is becoming more and more of a rarity within the Labour Party ...

The Independent UK

Voices: Don’t blame Morgan McSweeney – this welfare mess is Keir Starmer’s fault

COMMENT: The prime minister will survive the rebellion over benefits cuts, because he will cave in to his MPs’ demands on welfare – but from here on, things will only get worse for him, says John Rentoul

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The National (Scotland)

New poll shows how every Scottish seat could vote – see your area

A NEW in-depth poll has suggested Reform could win Westminster seats in Scotland for the first time - and shows the right-wing party making inroads…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour councillors fail to block motion in support of Palestine Action

Scottish Labour councillors have failed in their attempt to block a motion condemning the UK Government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action

Evening Standard

Police’s disposal of miners’ strike documents ‘deeply worrying’ – Lucy Powell

The National (Scotland)

'Isn't it telling?': John Swinney rips into Anas Sarwar on benefit cuts

JOHN Swinney has ripped into Anas Sarwar's continued support for UK benefit cuts that more than 120 Labour MPs have now opposed.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish council leader quits Tories after 45 years with hint to join Reform UK

THE leader of Aberdeenshire Council has quit the Tories after 45 years in a dramatic speech claiming she was “betrayed by friends” in a plan to…

The National (Scotland)

Patrick Harvie and Angus Robertson face-off as tensions rise over Israel divestment

Angus Robertson has refused to say whether the Scottish Government would back boycott, divestment and sanctions against the state of Israel in a…

The Guardian - UK

Reform Warwickshire council head quits after five weeks, leaving 18-year-old in charge

Rob Howard says ‘health challenges’ are behind resignation and teenage deputy George Finch will lead until replacement found

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