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The Guardian view on Rachel Reeves’ speech: when troubling evidence can’t be wished away

Editorial: The chancellor suggested that she might need to rewrite her fiscal rules. That would be a good thing

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Top Tories and Trump helped create ‘overt racism’ in UK, says Labour minister

‘Toxic discourse’ against asylum seekers gave ‘yellow flashing light’ to racists, Angela Eagle tells the Labour conference

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Scotland could extend winter fuel allowance, Scottish Labour argues

Further devolution next year will bring allowance under Scottish control just months before Holyrood elections

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

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'Placating his Westminster bosses': Anas Sarwar slated for Labour conference speech

ANAS Sarwar has been accused of “placating his Westminster bosses” with his speech at the Labour Party conference.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2024

Labour accused of censoring pro-Palestinian activists at party conference by banning genocide references

Exclusive: The party has been criticised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) for refusing to promote its fringe event, titled ‘Justice for Palestine: Confronting genocide and ending apartheid’

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

Reynolds condemns ‘scaremongering’ over Labour’s workers’ rights overhaul

Exclusive: business secretary says some headlines about planned employment bill ‘pretty obviously wrong’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

‘They won’t vote Labour again’: Pensioners fume at Keir Starmer at conference protest

PENSIONERS staged a protest outside Labour’s annual conference on Monday, calling for Keir Starmer to reverse the party’s move to cut winter…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2024

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Rachel Reeves sticks to script and saves big changes for next month’s budget

Conference speech was light on detail and not the pivot away from doom and gloom that critics wanted

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Reeves could change fiscal rules to allow more capital spending, say sources

Chancellor tells conference she will ‘look at the value and benefits of investment and not just the costs’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Cabinet ministers tell Keir Starmer he must immediately remove top civil servant to regain his authority

Exclusive: Ministers have lost patience with the UK’s top civil servant Simon Case and one accused him of ‘poisoning the well of government’ with off-record briefings

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

Britain's Treasury chief tries to turn on the economic optimism after months of gloomy talk

British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has promised not to return to an era of public spending cuts despite the dire state of the U.K.’s national finances

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

What is austerity – and why is Rachel Reeves accused of bringing it back?

The chancellor stared down her critics at her first conference speech in power – but do they have a point?

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

Labour conference ‘graveyard slot’ for winter fuel vote angers Unite

Union disappointed at scheduling of debate on motion condemning removal of allowance from most pensioners

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Britain is finally abolishing hereditary peers from the House of Lords – a constitutional expert on the historical reforms that built up to this moment

Having made a pre-election pledge to do so, the government is moving forward with the House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill, a piece of legislation that will remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords.

The Conversation · Sep 23, 2024

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The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

Starmer accused of ‘silencing pensioners’ after blocking winter fuel payments conference vote

The prime minister is facing a furious backlash from unions after kicking a key vote on the plans to Wednesday - the last day of conference known as the graveyard slot

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Rachel Reeves must set out a positive vision for Britain

This was supposed to be Labour’s victory parade. The first party conference in government since 2009, when cabinet minister after cabinet minister would be taking curtain calls in front of adoring delegates and party members. Instead, an air of tetchiness has descended on Liverpool.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2024

Three in five already think Labour set to lose next election, poll finds

MOST voters already think Labour will lose the next General Election, according to a new poll.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2024

Boos erupt at Labour conference after key Winter Fuel Payment vote delayed

BOOS and jeers were heard at the Labour conference in Liverpool after the delay of a key vote on the recent scrapping of the Winter Fuel…

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International Business Times · Sep 23, 2024

UK's Labour Looks To Be More Cheerful Despite Gifts And Welfare Row

Britain's governing Labour party on Monday sought to strike a more upbeat note about the country's future but against a furious backlash from unions at proposed cuts to welfare payments and a row over top ministers receiving gifts.

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

Who is Lord Waheed Alli? The Labour donor embroiled in Starmer gifts row

Lord Alli was first appointed to Lords by Tony Blair in 1998 and fought to repeal Thatcher’s notorious Section 28 laws

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2024

Anas Sarwar due to speak at Labour Party conference – how to watch

ANAS Sarwar is due to make a speech at the UK Labour conference on Monday afternoon amid an ongoing freebies row he has now been caught up in.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2024

'Short changed by Labour': Anas Sarwar and Ian Murray in freebies row

ANAS Sarwar and Ian Murray have been caught up in the Labour freebies row as it has emerged they were treated to hospitality at a Liverpool match.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Reeves pledges increased government spending and no return to austerity

Chancellor does not rule out real-term cuts to some government departments, amid concern about sombre approach

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

Rachel Reeves defends £7,500 clothes funding with Labour under pressure over donations

Chancellor also backs Angela Rayner over department’s hiring of taxpayer-funded photographer

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2024

Anas Sarwar branded 'desperate' ahead of conference speech attacking SNP

ANAS Sarwar has been branded a “desperate leader of a desperate party” ahead of his speech to Labour conference on Monday...

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