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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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024

Winter fuel payment cuts will aid rise of far right and Farage, TUC president warns Starmer

Exclusive: TUC president Matt Wrack tells The Independent the rise of Nigel Farage and summer riots should be ‘a wake up call’ for Keir Starmer to ‘bring hope not austerity’

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024

King Charles to address MSPs and meet 'local heroes' on 25th Holyrood anniversary

KING Charles will address the Scottish Parliament at its 25th anniversary celebration later this month ...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 9, 2024

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Tory leadership contenders upset over 10-minute conference speech plan

Some campaigns say contest’s handling is disgraceful after insiders reveal they may get only brief time on stage

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: A compromise is possible on the winter fuel payments row

The Prime Minister’s prediction yesterday that his Government “was going to have to be unpopular” on account of withdrawing winter fuel payments from all but the poorest pensioners is coming true sooner than he would have wished. The general secretary of Unite, Sharon Graham, and the head of the TUC,…

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2024

Starmer’s warmth is welcome – but Ireland’s appetite for shifting to British whims has waned

Brexit poisoned the well of UK-Ireland relations. But the Irish consciousness is not as consumed by Britain as it once was, says history professor Diarmaid Ferriter

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024

Labour’s plan for buses explained as local authorities to ‘take control’

Bus models in London and Manchester could now spread across the UK

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024

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Scottish councils should be broken up to fix local government, campaigners demand

A GROUP of campaigners are calling for a "promise of devolution" to be fulfilled by decentralising powers in Scotland ...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 9, 2024

'Genuine concern' Scottish Tories won't unite behind new leader, says MSP

THERE is “genuine concern” that the Scottish Conservatives will not unite behind the next leader amid a contentious contest, a former head of…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 9, 2024

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 · Sep 9, 2024

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 · Sep 9, 2024

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 · Sep 9, 2024

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) · Sep 9, 2024

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 · Sep 9, 2024

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Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024

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 National (Scotland) · Sep 9, 2024

'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 Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

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

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The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2024

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 Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

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 National (Scotland) · Sep 8, 2024

'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 Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

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 · Sep 8, 2024

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

The National (Scotland) · Sep 8, 2024

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 · Sep 8, 2024

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

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