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Scottish Labour leader refuses to pledge full confidence in Starmer

Anas Sarwar has previously been a key ally of the Prime Minister north of the border.

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

Train fans urged to stay off tracks as railway celebrates 200 years

Thousands of people are expected to line the route when a newly restored replica of Locomotion No.1 runs in County Durham.

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

Andy Burnham ‘committed’ to Manchester Mayor job as leadership coup rumours criticised by MPs

The former cabinet minister has claimed ‘wholesale change’ is needed in Labour to see off an ‘existential’ threat from Reform and left-wing parties

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

Who is Andy Burnham? Manchester mayor's by-election bid gets blocked by Labour

Andy Burnham has been blocked from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election after Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC)’s subgroup voted against his candidacy by a clear majority

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

UK politics: ID cards ‘will make Britons’ everyday lives easier and build trust’, claims Blair thinktank - as it happened

Thinktank’s Alexander Iosad claims says cards will tackle illegal migration and help people access government services

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025

UK politics live: Criticism of Starmer’s digital IDs grows as senior Tory MP slams ‘dangerous’ plan

Sir David Davis said he had ‘little faith’ Whitehall would be able to protect people’s data effectively, while a petition against the policy has surpassed 170,000 signatures

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

Boris Johnson brands Nigel Farage’s party ‘extremely dangerous’ as he rules out Reform move

Boris Johnson said Nigel Farage can’t be trusted as PM with rising tensions in Eastern Europe

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

Andy Burnham made commitment to serve full term as mayor, Cabinet minister says

Steve Reed dismissed talk of a leadership challenge facing Sir Keir Starmer as ‘tittle-tattle’.

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

Starmer under mounting pressure to lift two-child benefit cap

Lifting the two-child benefit cap is set to be the top recommendation of Keir Starmer’s child poverty taskforce

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

Andy Burnham: Labour MPs are privately urging me to oust Keir Starmer

ANDY Burnham has said MPs are privately urging him to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership in an intervention likely to fuel speculation…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 25, 2025