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Standing down: who are the MPs calling time before the next UK election?

Ninety MPs, including 14 former secretaries of state, have said they will not be standing for re-election in 2024

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Starmer says Gaza fighting ‘must stop now’ and warns against Rafah assault

Labour leader calls for ‘a ceasefire that lasts’ in speech to Scottish party delegates in Glasgow

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If you win by saying almost nothing, what happens when you take power? Welcome to the Starmer paradox

Labour’s byelection successes were huge. But the state of one place they won shows caution will not be enough, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Neil Kinnock says he is ‘convinced’ Labour will win general election

Former party leader says he won’t compare race to 1992 or 1997, but he is ‘convinced now that we’re not going to lose’

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David Lammy calls Gaza death toll ‘abominable’ as SNP tables ceasefire vote

Shadow foreign secretary says Labour will look at SNP motion but adds that Commons vote won’t bring peace to Gaza

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Want to come up with a winning election ad campaign? Go with the evidence, not your gut

New research reveals different political ads work in different times and different places

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Ministers deny claims government wanted to stall Post Office Horizon scandal payouts

Former Post Office chair claimed request was made so government could ‘limp into’ the next election

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Keir Starmer’s had a torrid fortnight, but the big picture is bleakest for Rishi Sunak

The double whammy of byelection humiliations for the Tories matters more than Labour’s horror show in Rochdale

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‘Grow up’ and talk about social care, Andrew Dilnot tells Labour and Tories

As an election approaches, both parties must end their irresponsible silence about the crisis in England, pleads the architect of funding reforms

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The Tories’ tax plans are absurd. When will Labour be brave enough to say so?

Pre-election giveaways funded by yet more austerity will push the welfare state the opposition created towards ruin

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Starmer allies gripped by fear of Labour complacency amid byelection triumphs

Despite victory in two Conservative safe seats, a Labour government is not a foregone conclusion, say party hawks

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Conservatives will never win by being Reform UK–lite

The Tories’ ‘stop the boats’ plan is doomed to be exploited by rival parties, while Labour has made levelling up its own

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Sunak is warned spending squeeze could lead to Conservative party wipeout at election

As fresh party infighting erupts after two byelection losses, the right are targeting public service funding to pay for tax cuts while others urge restraint

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Keir Starmer reportedly wanted to quit after 2021 Hartlepool defeat

Labour leader thought loss to Tories in byelection meant party going backward, according to new biography

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Labour seeking SNP deal to avoid new Gaza ceasefire rebellion

Party hopes for compromise wording after previous SNP motion saw 56 MPs defy Keir Starmer

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Sunak urged to block anyone convicted of sexual offences from standing as MP

Formal rules to block relevant candidates will make it easier to ‘weed out the bad apples’, politicians say

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The Guardian view on more Tory byelection misery: civil war looms on the right

Editorial: The strong performance of Reform UK has placed Rishi Sunak in a strategic bind from which he will struggle to escape

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Sunak faces conflicting calls over Tory path forward after bruising byelections

Loudest voices urge further tack to right after Reform UK gains but moderates argue general election can only be won on centre ground

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Anas Sarwar stands by oil tax plans after Aberdeen executives call him ‘traitor’

Scottish Labour leader defends windfall tax proposal as business leaders say levy could cost up to 100,000 jobs

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan's rivals urge mayor to do more to promote little-known Tube discount

The young, disabled and armed forces are all entitled to cheaper travel ‘but many of them do not know it’, the mayor has been warned

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Tributes paid to ‘true statesman’ Tony Lloyd at Manchester service

Senior Labour figures gather for funeral of one of the longest-serving MPs in recent history

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OPINION - If the Tories didn't like last night, they may not enjoy the upcoming local elections

This isn't going to be one of those newsletters that opens with a Tony Blair reference, a convoluted 1990s pop culture storyline or a self-deprecating yet witty personal anecdote. We can leave those at home. Instead, allow me to regurgitate three things the godfather of psephology, Sir John Curtice, said…

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Tory MPs warn Sunak veering further right would be ‘politically disastrous’

Leading members of party’s One Nation caucus caution against any ‘attempt to become the Reform party’

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Keir Starmer is the king of the monster swings, beating Blair and Thatcher

The Wellingborough byelection was the Labour leader’s fourth mammoth turnaround, as the Tories suffered a record fall

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OPINION - The Standard View: Labour is on course for power, but is the party ready to govern?

After what was widely acknowledged to be one of the worst weeks of Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership — in which Labour once again became embroiled in antisemitism and the leader himself was accused of indecision over Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali — the mood has suddenly switched.

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