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Keir Starmer locked in stand-off with union barons demanding U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham directly told the PM that he should reverse the controversial policy

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves tells Labour MPs she is ‘not immune’ to concerns over winter fuel allowance plans – as it happened

Chancellor tells meeting of parliamentary Labour party there will be more difficult decisions to come

The Guardian - UK

Ministers facing pressure from unions over winter fuel payment cut

TUC and Unite leaders express ‘real concerns’ over policy as many Labour MPs expected to abstain in Commons vote

The Guardian - UK

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Dozens of Labour MPs could rebel during Winter Fuel Payment vote

DOZENS of Labour MPs could rebel against Keir Starmer’s plan to make major cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment, reports suggest.

The National (Scotland)

The Tory leadership race says it all about the trouble they are in. Jenrick, Badenoch, Stride: what a crew!

The party has faced crisis before, but this feels different. It’s a battle for not much, says writer and Tory historian Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott among London MPs in growing revolt against Keir Starmer's winter fuel payment cuts for pensioners

Some 50 Labour MPs may refuse to back the Government over limiting the winter fuel payment in a vote on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Starmer’s allies to appoint new Labour general secretary in next fortnight

Move will help leader consolidate power over party before challenges of government dent his popularity

The Guardian - UK

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'Do the right thing': Stephen Flynn writes to Anas Sarwar ahead of winter fuel vote

STEPHEN Flynn has written to Anas Sarwar and Labour MPs urging them to “protect pensioners” and “defend Scotland’s Budget” ahead of a…

The National (Scotland)

Cleverly or Tugendhat would make best PM, poll on Tory leadership candidates shows

Conservative MPs ratings trail behind Starmer’s as second round of voting for contest to come on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Green Party backs rejoining EU and vows to fight for closer ties with Europe after Brexit

Party members used the second day of the Greens’ conference in Manchester to vote for to fight for ‘much closer relations with the EU’

The Independent UK

Up to 50 Labour MPs could rebel over cut to winter fuel allowance

Dozens said to be considering abstaining from Tuesday’s vote over pensioners’ payments, as PM says dealing with dissent is ‘matter for chief whip’

The Guardian - UK

'Hard to imagine' who will support SNP Budget, says Lorna Slater

SCOTTISH Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has said it is “hard to imagine” who is going to support the SNP’s upcoming Budget...

The National (Scotland)

What the mutual admiration between Keir Starmer and Michel Barnier could mean for Brexit

Interviews with both prime minsters show there’s a narrow path towards a better EU-UK relationship, says biographer and political adviser Tom Baldwin

The Guardian - UK

Leftwing Green party members form ‘anti-capitalist’ pressure group

Provisionally known as Greens Organise, the collective will fight ‘electoral assimilation’ and push for radical policies

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Keir Starmer panned as he claims Labour are 'going to have to be unpopular'

KEIR Starmer has said he knows his government is “going to have to be unpopular” as he claimed that “popular decisions aren’t tough”...

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves to blast Tory legacy at Labour conference ahead of ‘painful’ Budget

Inheritance left to Keir Starmer’s government by the last Conservative government will be a major theme at Labour’s first annual conference in power for 14 years

The Independent UK

Cleverly wants people to ‘stop holding their nose’ when voting Conservative and aims to be party’s Reagan

Former home secretary James Cleverly has revealed his biggest political inspiration - and it is not Margaret Thatcher

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer says he will ‘have to be unpopular’ amid winter fuel payment backlash

Accusing his predecessors of ‘running away from difficult decisions’, the prime minister said Labour can only deliver change if he makes ‘tough choices’ now

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The Guardian - UK

‘Iron chancellor’ Rachel Reeves faces an early challenge to her authority over winter fuel payments

Furore over cuts to the pensioner benefit is all the more potent when the left, right and centre can all find reasons to oppose the policy

The Guardian - UK

James Cleverly’s ‘likability’ boosts runoff chances in Tory leadership race

The shadow home secretary’s allies say his charm and lack of political enemies could win him cross-party support

The National (Scotland)

Count Binface 'absolutely considering' standing in Holyrood 2026 election

COUNT Binface is considering standing in Scotland for the first time in the upcoming Holyrood election, the Sunday National can reveal ...

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney reveals doubts about Nicola Sturgeon’s post-Brexit indyref strategy

JOHN Swinney has revealed he had reservations about Nicola Sturgeon’s strategy of calling for a second independence referendum immediately after…

The National (Scotland)

Four key things the SNP could do instead of cutting £500m from public services

SNP ministers have said they have "no choice" but to replicate Westminster cuts in Scotland – but there is always space to do things…

The Independent UK

Neil Kinnock thought Black MPs were ‘an embarrassment’, claims Diane Abbott in memoir

In her book, ‘A Woman Like Me’, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington is deeply critical of Lord Kinnock’s leadership

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accuses Tories of leaving the NHS in an ‘unforgivable’ state

The prime minister said the Tories began draining money from the NHS after coming to power in 2010 and pursued a series of ‘hopelessly misconceived’ reforms

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