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Keir Starmer faces rebellion as 53 Labour MPs abstain over winter fuel and one votes with Tories – as it happened

Conservative motion to block winter fuel payment cut defeated but 53 Labour MPs abstain and one, Jon Trickett, votes with the Tories

The Guardian - UK

UK government has ‘no choice’ but to cut winter fuel payment, says minister

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds urges Labour MPs to back proposal in Tuesday’s Commons vote

The Guardian - UK

Warning: countryside at risk. Ministers are pulling a fast one over the threat to pristine green-belt land

Proposals for potential development go much further than anyone first thought. A revolt may follow, says environment writer Geoffrey Lean

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Rachel Reeves urged by Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to consider softening cuts to winter fuel payments

His appeal came ahead of a crunch Commons vote on the controversial reform

Evening Standard

I sit in the House of Lords – and here’s why getting rid of 92 hereditary peers won’t fix it

Only a fully elected second chamber will give us true democracy, says Green party peer Jenny Jones

The Guardian - UK

Beaten, marooned, demoralised – and yet still the right clings to Thatcher. I’ve seen them: they’re so lost

I went to a conference of rightwing pollsters and party grandees. It seems their only way forward is to look back, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Why are left-wing men such relentlessly dull dates?

As Diane Abbott opens up about her previous romantic relationship with Jeremy Corbyn, Helen Coffey warns against the pitfalls of going out with comrades who take life just a little too seriously

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Reeves urged to make tax changes ‘to raise more than £20bn a year’

Resolution Foundation suggests proposals on capital gains tax, inheritance tax and national insurance

The Guardian - UK

SNP and Labour neck-and-neck in Holyrood votes, poll suggests

THE SNP and Labour are neck-and-neck ahead of the next Holyrood election, a poll has suggested ...

The National (Scotland)

Alex Salmond 'seriously doubts' he will speak with Nicola Sturgeon again

ALEX Salmond has said he “seriously doubts” he will ever be on speaking terms with his successor Nicola Sturgeon again, according to a new BBC…

The National (Scotland)

Why Scotland in Union's vague new independence poll isn't what it seems

AND so we return to the little pantomime that predictably occurs every few months.

The National (Scotland)

Voter ID rules ‘discouraged thousands from voting’, Electoral Commission finds

The Independent UK

Britons should be able to use wider range of ID to vote, says watchdog

Changes proposed after as many as 750,000 people may have been excluded from 2024 election due to lack of documents

The Guardian - UK

When is the Winter Fuel Payment vote and how can you watch it?

ON Tuesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Keir Starmer will put their cut to the Winter Fuel Payment to a vote ...

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James Cleverly favourite to top MPs’ poll as Tory leadership contest takes surprise twist

Exclusive: Opponents of the former home secretary have briefed that they believe he has taken the lead among Tory MPs as polling shows he wins the popularity vote with the public

The Guardian - UK

Future pay deals will be shaped by tough decisions, Starmer to tell TUC

PM expected to make clear in key Brighton speech that he will not risk economic stability ‘under any circumstances’

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer branded 'son of Thatcher' over trade union pay warning

KEIR Starmer will warn trade unionists against pushing for more pay bumps as he says his Government “will not risk its mandate for economic…

The Independent UK

Louise Haigh puts Labour’s socialist agenda on the ‘fast track’ with accelerated bus public ownership plan

Exclusive: Transport secretary Louise Haigh is set to accelerate her bid to undo Margaret Thatcher’s legacy on public transport

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Rachel Reeves pleads with Labour MPs not to rebel over Winter Fuel Payment cut

RACHEL Reeves has warned Labour MPs there will be more difficult cuts to come as she pleaded with them not to rebel against her ending the…

The Guardian - UK

No one cares who will lead the Tories next, not even them

The Lucky Five are soon to become four as the contest limps on. Meanwhile, Victoria Atkins assists herself to an own goal

The Guardian - UK

Treasury has tried to push previous chancellors to means-test winter fuel allowance

Policy ‘always shot down immediately’ by Tories but was part of prepared series of options presented to Rachel Reeves, insiders say

The National (Scotland)

Greens candidate shocked as SNP duck Scottish council by-election

THE SNP face questions over their failure to stand a candidate in an upcoming by-election – with the Scottish Greens hailing their man as the only…

The Independent UK

Labour refuses to publish impact assessment of winter fuel payment cuts until after MPs have voted

Exclusive: Energy minister Miatta Fahnbulleh confirmed her department has assessed the impact the policy change will have on pensioners living in fuel poverty, but said only that it will be published ‘in due course’

The Guardian - UK

Committee ambitions of Labour’s new intake raise hackles among veteran MPs

Some experienced members of party in the Commons voice concerns colleagues may have overstepped the mark

The Guardian - UK

This winter fuel fiasco will save Labour £1.3bn this year. But it will cost Starmer more

The PM’s poor approval rating suggests a tricky road ahead, and the Treasury’s macho posturing won’t help anyone, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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