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Peers to mount fresh offensive to halt assisted dying bill

More than half of the 942 amendments have been tabled by seven lords in move which could filibuster legislation

The Guardian - UK

Steve Reed convenes Tower Hamlets envoys as concerns over council persist

Exclusive: Communities secretary calls meeting over two councillors seeking electoral candidacy in Bangladesh

The Guardian - UK

Starmer defies calls to sack chief of staff, claiming briefing didn’t come from No 10

PM stands by Morgan McSweeney and attempts to draw line under row in which leaks suggested Wes Streeting would launch a leadership challenge

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Labour must accept that the two-party age is over and embrace PR

Letters: Backing proportional representation would be in Labour’s interests, writes John Culley, while Austen Lynch says the greater risk is continuing with the current system

The Guardian - UK

Lack of support for recall Bill would be ‘failure of Parliament’, MSPs told

The legislation would create a mechanism for MSPs to lose their seats if they behave unacceptably.

Evening Standard

Starmer’s backers never meant him to be prime minister – his leadership was doomed from the start

His alliance with the party’s anti-Corbyn faction was a shotgun marriage that totally lacked vision. Now Labour is paying the price, says Neal Lawson of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass

The Guardian - UK

Briefing row ‘undermining Government message’, says Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader said the situation had ‘not been helpful’.

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Starmer backs chief of staff after assurances briefing did not come from No 10

The Prime Minister said he would ‘absolutely deal with anybody responsible for briefing against ministers’.

Evening Standard

Man accused of stalking Dame Penny Mordaunt says interest ‘only political’

Ex-councillor and professional sailor Edward Brandt is on trial at Southampton Crown Court.

Evening Standard

Streeting refuses to discuss ‘silly Westminster soap opera’ after briefing row

The Health Secretary, who was the subject of coup rumours, said he did not care whether Sir Keir Starmer was investigating the source of the claims.

Evening Standard

How should we tackle Reform and the rise of the far right? Our gen Z panel has some ideas

Our panelists have seen first hand what happens when you give young people platitudes instead of hope, but they feel a change coming

The Guardian - UK

It would be financial suicide to levy a £30 billion windfall tax on banks

Our banks would have to consider severely curtail lending if the Lib Dem suggestion is ever implemented

Evening Standard

New face, same problems: replacing Keir Starmer with Wes Streeting will do nothing to help Labour

Both share a fixation with process over project and have an absence of values, which can only result in a trail of broken promises, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Is Wes Streeting a traitor or a faithful?

In today’s newsletter: By publicly accusing the health secretary of leading a coup, Starmer’s aides have scored a massive own goal, making the PM’s position seem all the more shaky

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The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together

This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Evening Standard

Starmer investigates briefing war as pressure on chief of staff grows

The Prime Minister was forced to condemn briefings against his Cabinet after reports about a possible Wes Streeting coup.

Evening Standard

Starmer apologises to Streeting for briefing war and launches probe into source

The Prime Minister was forced to condemn briefings against his Cabinet after reports about a possible Wes Streeting coup.

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Briefing war spotlights relationships between three of Labour’s most senior figures

Rift said to be driven between Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney even before attacks on Wes Streeting

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Labour infighting puts chancellor’s budget plan to reassure bond markets at risk

It was hoped manifesto-breaking tax rises might bring down borrowing costs – but party turbulence is likely to spook investors

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Keir Starmer expresses ‘sincere regret’ over appointment of Labour donor to football watchdog

Prime minister apologises for rubber-stamping decision to make David Kogan head of regulator

The Guardian - UK

Pressure grows on Starmer to sack chief of staff over briefing row

Growing calls for Morgan McSweeney to go after extraordinary briefing operation against Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour leadership speculation: a symptom of failure to define a governing purpose

Editorial: Downing Street briefings to flush out potential rivals have needlessly damaged the prime minister and raised the stakes around the budget

Evening Standard

Labour Traitors war: Who has been accused of plotting against the Prime Minister and why?

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to condemn ‘completely unacceptable’ briefings against his Health Secretary, Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s takedown of the Green party sums up the double standard that dogs our politics

Why is it that the politics of hope offered up by the left is dismissed as naive, while the policies of the centre and right are portrayed as all that is possible? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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A word of warning to the hounds circling Starmer: be careful what you wish for

With this level of unpopularity, the question of the PM’s future may seem simple. Yet what comes next could be nastily complicated, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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