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OPINION - Why Keir Starmer can't spend his way out of the freebie row

It is easy to look back on the 2000s with magenta-tinted glasses. Certainly, there was no major land war in Europe, or a global pandemic. Meanwhile, to be a Eurosceptic basically meant tutting about ever-closer union. Few seriously suggested leaving the EU.

Evening Standard

'Sick joke': Labour councillor stays head of anti-bullying group despite suspension

STIRLING councillors have voted to keep a Labour representative previously suspended for bullying as the head of an anti-bullying taskforce.

The National (Scotland)

‘The night of the living dead’: denial-fuelled Tory conference ends without direction

Delusion and short-term relief brought a strange buzz to Birmingham, with the leadership race still wide open

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Labour picks trains tsar to drive through railway renationalisation

The transport secretary has picked Laura Shoaf, chief executive of the West Midlands Combined Authority, to run Shadow Great British Railways

The Independent UK

Russell Findlay makes a sleepy FMQs debut as Scottish Tory leader

RUSSELL Findlay stepped up to the plate for his first go at First Minister’s Questions as leader of the Scottish Conservatives.

The National (Scotland)

James Cleverly condemns Chagos Islands deal - despite being the one who initiated talks

After a barnstorming conference, which catapulted Mr Cleverly to second favourite in the Tory leadership contest, the Chagos Islands news threatens to derail his momentum

The Independent UK

OPINION - The Standard View: Keir Starmer must get a grip on ethics commission

Taylor Swift, Glastonbury, clothes - the Prime Minister has paid back from than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality he received since entering Number 10, following the simmering row over ministerial donations.

Evening Standard

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Labour donor expects honour after bankrolling party, wife claims

THE estranged wife of green energy tycoon Dale Vince has claimed he expects to receive an honour from the Labour Party after giving them millions of…

The National (Scotland)

MPs accepting freebies while out of power ‘different’, minister claims

Sarah Jones defends frontbenchers taking free tickets to concerts and festivals while in opposition as ‘building relationships’

The Independent UK

OPINION - Jon Sopel: I’ve seen the Republicans up close and Britain’s Tories aren’t like them — they’re a unique brand of special

I am sitting writing this in a corner of the Birmingham ICC, a conference centre and concert venue as though designed by Max Escher with a confusing array of staircases going everywhere and nowhere, it seems. But that is not what strikes me as odd. More, I am struck by…

Evening Standard

The Tories are deluded to think they’ll be back in power in 2029. Here are three economic reasons why

Labour’s squandering of its political capital has given hope to the right. But Britain’s voters want a leftwing agenda, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

$Thursday briefing: Keir Starmer’s plan to fix Britain’s fractured friendship with Europe$

Thursday briefing: Keir Starmer’s plan to fix Britain’s fractured friendship with Europe

In today’s newsletter: Yearly summits, freedom of movement (sort of) – how the prime minister is trying to repair the UK-EU bond

The Guardian - UK

Is this the most divisive baby name ever?

How much is too much when it comes to picking a name for your children, asks Katie Rosseinsky

The Independent UK

Labour warned cuts plans are 'Liz Truss levels of economic vandalism'

LABOUR have been warned their plans to cut billions from government budgets are “Liz Truss levels of economic vandalism”.

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Starmer pays back £6,000 of gifts in third attempt to close down freebies row

Faced with an inquiry into his leading donor of gifts, Keir Starmer has tried for a third time to shut down the freebies row

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on resetting UK-EU relations: more candour and courage required

Editorial: The prime minister will struggle to get a better deal in Brussels if he is afraid to make a pro-European argument at home

The Guardian - UK

When Gyles Brandreth almost turned Guildford red

Letters: Blind polling | Gen Z crossword | Stella McCartney and silk | Tory flip-flops | Belfast Lough

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Bad jokes, war stories and rehashed rhetoric: key takeaways from the Tory leadership speeches

The four Conservative candidates set out their visions for the party after its worst-ever general election defeat

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Kemi Badenoch puts Tory leadership bid back on track in final round of speeches

James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat and Kemi Badenoch gave their final pitches to be Tory leader

The Guardian - UK

The Tories’ Fearless Four battle on to the end. Alas, that’s just the beginning

By the end of the candidates’ conference speeches, the audience was screaming to be let out. Even before the national anthem

The National (Scotland)

'Find a backbone': Anas Sarwar slated for broken promise on capital spending

ANAS Sarwar has been told to “find a backbone” after yet another clip of the Scottish Labour leader making a “broken promise” about policy…

Evening Standard

James Cleverly musters the Tory faithful after Robert Jenrick shoots himself in foot

COMMENTARY: Would-be leaders were trying to emulate David Cameron’s success in winning over the rank and file in 2005

The Guardian - UK

After the ‘Tory idol’ speeches, who most looks like a leader in waiting? Our panel passes judgment

All four have generated media headlines, but the winner will be whoever most impresses party members, at conference and at home

Evening Standard

Tory leadership contender defends visas for health workers and accuses rivals of not being honest on migration

Solving immigration is ‘about visas, not about foreign courts’, Tom Tugendhat said

The Guardian - UK

Cleverly’s leadership bid gathers pace as he calls on Tories to be ‘more normal’

Former home secretary seeks to capitalise on tumultuous few days for his rivals in Conservative conference speech

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