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Wes Streeting vows to begin negotiation groundwork with junior doctors next week in first act as health chief

‘From today, the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken,’ says new health secretary Wes Streeting

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

Football, faith and Fabianism: what books by the new frontbenchers tell us about the way Labour will govern

Ed Miliband’s ideas are more radical than his party’s; Emily Thornberry is alarmed by Trump; Rachel Reeves has an unlikely role model. What else do the new cabinet’s tomes reveal?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

SNP candidate hits out at handling of Matheson scandal after election defeat

TONI Giugliano has hit out at the SNP’s handling of the Michael Matheson iPad scandal after his election defeat ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024

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Labour convinced voters it was the safest choice – but now it has to govern with competence

Keir Starmer’s broad but shallow victory means it will spend five years fighting off challenges from the right and left

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

‘God help us’: mixed feelings as nine seats in Kent go Labour

Some disenfranchised voters submitted a protest vote for Reform fearing immigration wouldn’t be slowed

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Keir Starmer enters No 10 vowing to rebuild Britain ‘brick by brick’

New PM says government ‘will fight, every day, until you believe again’ and give security to working-class families

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

‘Everything has been so tribal’: Glasgow reflects on Labour’s clean sweep

A switch away from the SNP was for many a tactic to get the Tories out – a desire expressed even by non-voters

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

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Inside the Glasgow count as SNP lost all six seats in disastrous night for party

I’M stood next to Stewart Hosie as shrieking cheers reverberated around the Emirates Arena ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024

Houses and pylons: Labour’s biggest business challenges

The party’s targets of building 1.5m homes over five years and decarbonising the electricity grid by 2030 look a stretch

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Ian Murray appointed as Scotland Secretary

IAN Murray has been appointed Secretary of State for Scotland by Keir Starmer ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024

‘We’re coming for Labour’: Reform’s small seat count conceals size of its threat

Nigel Farage’s party won more than 4m votes and came second in 98 seats, of which 89 were won by Labour

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

The Guardian view on Labour’s landslide: becoming the change the country needs

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer has the Commons strength to be daring. That means fulfilling hopes he did little to excite

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

The left revolt against Labour is significant – and the party ignores that at its peril

Labour will rue the seats lost to independents and Greens, and the failure to respond to anger over its stance on Gaza, writes Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Hecklers disrupt Reform UK event as Nigel Farage vows to ‘come after’ Labour

Party leader and newly elected MP claims ‘political establishment are in fear’ after election results

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

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The Conversation · Jul 5, 2024

The six most urgent problems facing the UK that Starmer’s new government needs to fix

Keir Starmer’s Labour party has won the UK general election in a landslide. Its huge majority should, in theory, give Starmer the clout to see through most of his political agenda. But in reality, the victory celebrations might prove short-lived, given the size of the challenges in front of him.

The Conversation · Jul 5, 2024

What Labour’s election means for women: the good and the bad

It’s a good day for women’s representation in politics. The proportion of women MPs has reached a record high of 40.6%. Women are expected to hold a number of prominent positions in the new government, including the UK’s first female chancellor. Labour also has a stronger track record of women-friendly…

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Lib Dems to push for cross-party talks on tackling social care

Exclusive: party to use biggest-ever cohort of MPs to get ‘essential decisions’ made on issue that ‘cut-through’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Labour bounceback, Tory collapse: five key takeaways from the general election

Lib Dem strategy was vindicated, Greens and Reform had their best night, while Labour’s victory had its flaws

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

‘Goodwill on all sides’: transfer of UK power the antithesis of last US election

Handover a sharp contrast to last US election, when Donald Trump refused to concede and incited riots

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

‘He had to be the name on everyone’s lips’: how Adrian Ramsay became East Anglia’s first Green MP

A relentless campaign and engagement with issues facing voters brought victory in Waveney Valley

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

‘Sails on the ship’ and ‘ashes of disaster’ – quotes of election night

From Jacob Rees-Mogg quoting Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to Neil Kinnock’s description of George Galloway, the TV coverage offered some notable moments

International Business Times · Jul 5, 2024

New UK Government Faces Tough Economic Challenge

Britain's new Labour government on Friday pledged immediate action to grow the economy after the centre-left party won a landslide general election victory.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Hope and a sense of loss at Labour’s election victory

Letters: Voting on Thursday proved a harrowing experience for Wayne Osborne and his wife. Plus letters on the election outcome from Mike Pender, Dr Stephen Riley, John Bailey, Michael J Walsh, Ruth Pickles, Cyril Duff and Ian Grieve

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Bellringers and running the bar dry: inside Labour’s night of elation

Exit poll began celebrations at party HQ and Tate Modern that culminated in Keir Starmer’s walk into Downing Street

International Business Times · Jul 5, 2024

Rachel Reeves: Britain's First Woman Finance Chief

Rachel Reeves, Britain's first woman finance minister, is a former child chess champion and Bank of England economist who has pledged to grow the nation's economy while showing strong fiscal discipline.

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