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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 · Sep 8, 2024

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

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2024

‘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 · Sep 8, 2024

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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 Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

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 National (Scotland) · Sep 8, 2024

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) · Sep 8, 2024

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) · Sep 8, 2024

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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 · Sep 7, 2024

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

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2024

Jenrick campaign denies ‘dirty tricks’ amid shock Stride success: Inside the Tory leadership election

News analysis: Tory leadership elections are historically characterised by dirty tricks and vote fixing and the presence and continued success of Mel Stride in the contest has given rise to suspicion

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2024

Boris Johnson met with uranium lobbyist connected to new business partner while he was prime minister

The Independent revealed that Johnson gave a top job at energy consultancy firm to former aide Charlotte Owen

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2024

Winter fuel payments cut ‘one of the worst decisions I have ever seen’ says ex pensions minister

Crossbench peer will table ‘fatal’ Lords motion, as Starmer faces damaging rebellion in Commons vote

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

Northern mayors rebrand levelling up as the ‘Great North’ in push for funding

Leaders in English region launch campaign to boost area’s image and call on government to deliver power and finances

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

Reeves can loosen Britain’s purse strings: she just needs to think outside the Treasury box

The chancellor claims she needs to shave pennies from all departments, but there are other options for dealing with the £22bn funding hole

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

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The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2024

Brexit failed – and it triggered mass immigration, Tony Blair says

Exclusive interview: Former prime minister lambasts Boris Johnson for promising to ‘take back control’ of migration but instead ‘replacing young Europeans with older immigrants from Africa and Asia’ – as he urges Keir Starmer to repair ties with the EU

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2024

Rachel Reeves’s winter fuel payment cut will put pensioners in hospital, Labour MPs fear

Labour MP says they have ‘had more people stopping me in the street than over Brexit’

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2024

Campaigners welcome plans for no-fault evictions ban to return to Parliament

A Bill aimed at banning no-fault evictions is expected to have its first reading in the Commons this week.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

How the lessons of the UK election could help Kamala Harris defeat Donald Trump

Two ex-senior Labour advisers reveal the strategy the party used to turn its fortunes around by targeting disillusioned ‘hero voters’ and how it could benefit the Democrats

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

Winter fuel pay decision ‘brutal’ and could lead to deaths, says Labour MP

Rosie Duffield latest MP to voice concerns as she reveals letters from cancer patients worried about keeping warm

The National (Scotland) · Sep 7, 2024

Scottish Tory leadership candidate makes formal complaint against John Lamont

SCOTTISH Conservatives leadership candidate Meghan Gallacher has formally complained about one of the party’s MPs, with the MSP understood to be…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

We can’t lock up ‘everyone we’re cross with’, says ex-justice secretary

Former Tory MP Alex Chalk said focus should be on keeping ‘criminals we’re most scared of’ in prison, ahead of Labour’s early release scheme

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

It’s zero hour: TUC to tell Labour it’s time to deliver workers’ new deal

There will be joy over Labour’s victory at the trades union congress this week – but also a determination to see that promises are kept

The National (Scotland) · Sep 7, 2024

Alex Salmond: Scotland would be in a better place had it voted Yes

SCOTLAND is now worse in "every possible respect" than it was a decade ago, according to Alex Salmond...

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2024

Green deputy Zack Polanski vows to ‘tell the truth’ about racism and stand against far-right

In a conference speech weeks after riots erupted across the UK in the wake of false claims about the murder of three girls at a dance class in Southport, Mr Polanski praised counter-demonstrators who marched in opposition to the far-right

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

Furore over Labour cronies ‘no worse than Tories’ in government, allies say

Political veterans say Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves installing trusted allies in Whitehall roles par for the course

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