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Conservatives 'have failed the nation', says Iceland boss Richard Walker as he defects to Labour

Former Tory donor Richard Walker, who last year attempted to become a Conservative MP candidate, endorsed Sir Keir Starmer to be the next Prime Minister

Evening Standard

OPINION - Ominous signs for Tories but 2024 different in many ways to 1997 defeat

Keiran Pedley, director of politics at Ipsos, analyses Rishi Sunak's chances of avoiding a landslide defeat for the Conservatives at the next election

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Heir to Blair? Keir Starmer has a long way to go

The 1997 election is about as close in time to the switch to a decimal currency in 1971 as it is to today. In other words, the world has changed since then. Still, the signs of a repeat in 2024 for Rishi Sunak are ominous.

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Labour promises 'proper and fair' investigation after London MP Kate Osamor suspended for Gaza genocide post

Edmonton MP Kate Osamor issued an apology for “any offence caused” by the message she wrote on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day

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OPINION - Election polls predict big Labour win but parallels with Tony Blair's 1997 landslide end there

Blair surged to power with a Nineties soundtrack of optimism and Tory economic success. For Keir Starmer, if the polls are right, it will be a case of hard graft from day one, writes George Chesterton

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Iceland supermarket boss and ex-Tory donor backs Starmer for PM

Richard Walker says Labour leader understands how cost of living crisis puts ‘unbearable strain’ on families

The Guardian - UK

Betty Boothroyd planned to criticise PMs for abusing patronage powers

Draft of former speaker’s final speech said prime ministers should not give peerages to friends or people with ‘fat bank accounts’

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Labour suspends Kate Osamor over Gaza comments in Holocaust message

Party investigating MP for Edmonton after she said Gaza should be remembered as genocide on memorial day

The Guardian - UK

Nadine Dorries to repay nearly £17,000 wrongly received as severance pay

Government mistakenly paid former Tory MP, who did not qualify due to being aged over 65

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner: Tories’ council fund is cynical pre-election sticking plaster

Exclusive: Labour ‘under no illusions’ about mess party stands to inherit, as council leaders warn more will go bust next year

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Off-peak tube and rail fare trial to start on Fridays in London

Three-month scheme to try to tempt back passengers since Covid lockdowns will begin in March

The Guardian - UK

Thinking small may get Labour into No 10. It could also stop it staying there

Unlike Brown and Blair, who made bold changes early on, Starmer seems determined to offer as little as possible, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Governments facing wipeout will always cut taxes but there are better uses for UK’s £20bn windfall

Instead, Jeremy Hunt could shelve plan to cut public investment or repair welfare safety net

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Badenoch hits out at Tory plotters for seeking to remove Sunak

Business secretary says it would be wrong to replace Sunak as party leader on the basis of poor polling

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The Men of 1924 by Peter Clark; The Wild Men by David Torrance review – Labour’s first taste of power

One hundred years since Ramsay MacDonald led his cabinet of workers into Number 10, two engrossing books illuminate the party’s extraordinary leading players and their achievement, largely unheralded, in making the country more civilised

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‘If we win, we have to be ready’: Labour prepares for first 100 days as Tories slide into chaos

In the week an unruly former Conservative minister was slapped down for suggesting yet another change of leader, the opposition was readying itself for government under Starmer’s rigid control

The Guardian - UK

Chancellor considers further national insurance cut to take heat off Rishi Sunak

Jeremy Hunt targets further reduction in ‘jobs tax’ in March budget

The Guardian - UK

What state are government finances in and what legacy is Reeves likely to inherit?

Hunt has steadied the ship, but some may question whether there is really fiscal room for tax cuts

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Albanese 'hopeful' for Senate support in tax cut change

The prime minister is standing by his changes to stage three tax cuts, remaining confident parliament will support the amended plans.

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Theresa May to confront Home Office over ‘appalling’ secret policy on trafficking victims

Department has admitted that it hid the policy due to concerns about former PM’s reaction

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Europe is heading for perilous waters, and its leaders are dozing at the tiller

Ukraine needs more help, the far right is on the rise and the Middle East crisis gets worse. Where is the European Union’s vision?

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to reform ministerial severance pay after Tories handed £1m last year

Individuals deemed unfit for office still walked away with payments from taxpayers, says shadow Cabinet Office minister

Evening Standard

Lib Dems amend Sadiq Khan's budget to include £700,000 for 'green doctors'

City Hall's Lib Dem group argued that more Londoners should receive tailored advice on how to reduce their energy bills

The Guardian - UK

Tory donors deny funding poll for group working to oust Sunak

Donors close to Boris Johnson and hedge fund boss behind GB News say they had no involvement in polling

The Guardian - UK

Sunak to cut taxes twice more before election, says Tory chair

Richard Holden signals further cuts likely as he plays down polls showing party trailing Labour

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