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Rachel Reeves is guilty of carelessness and hypocrisy

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Keir Starmer has said his chancellor will face no further action for ‘inadvertently’ failing to obtain a licence to rent out her home, and then misleading him about it. But she has fallen far below the standards that she set for her political opponents

The Independent UK

Starmer feels the effects of setting high standards for his party in opposition

Despite pledges to run a squeaky clean administration the prime minister and some in his cabinet have been caught out

The Guardian - UK

Swinney accuses Reeves of ‘extraordinary carelessness’ in home letting row

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Thursday a probe into the issue was not necessary.

Evening Standard

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What has Rachel Reeves done wrong – and how serious are things for her?

A few weeks before she delivers budget, timing of revelation chancellor failed to buy rental licence could not be worse

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Powell becomes Labour’s deputy leader – what that means for the party and Keir Starmer

If you blinked you may have missed it. Labour has a new deputy leader, Lucy Powell, who won the contest to replace Angela Rayner.

The Conversation

London 'will avoid worst of Angela Rayner's council funding raid' after fears of huge tax rises and service cuts

Former deputy prime minister had proposed to channel funding away from the capital into more deprived areas of the country

Evening Standard

Labour not ‘bold enough’ says Powell as she becomes deputy leader

Lucy Powell’s victory in the deputy leadership contest could add to Sir Keir Starmer’s headaches at the end of a bruising week.

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Lucy Powell says Labour not ‘bold enough’ in office as she becomes deputy leader

Lucy Powell said: ‘We must give a stronger sense of our purpose, whose side we are on and of our Labour values and beliefs.’

Evening Standard

Meet Lucy Powell, the minister ousted by Starmer who is now his deputy

Lucy Powell’s victory is likely to be seen as a call from the Labour membership for a change of direction amid growing unhappiness with Keir Starmer’s government

The Independent UK

Labour left piles pressure on Starmer as sacked critic elected to be his deputy leader

Lucy Powell beats Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate Bridget Phillipson in the contest to replace Angela Rayner as deputy leader

The Independent UK

Lucy Powell wins Labour deputy leadership election

MP for Manchester Central had been seen as favourite ahead of rival Bridget Phillipson throughout contest

The Guardian - UK

Foreign Office and Home Office drop demand for security changes at new Chinese mega-embassy in London

EXCLUSIVE: Two Whitehall departments had been requesting that a planning condition be a new ‘hard perimeter’ for part of the controversial new diplomatic complex at Royal Mint Court in Tower Hamlets

Evening Standard

Powell on course to become Labour deputy leader as polls close

A survey of party members found 57% back the former Commons leader, against 40% supporting Bridget Phillipson.

Evening Standard

Rayner’s return gives a lift to Labour’s gloomy backbenchers

Former deputy PM’s resignation statement offered a moment to reflect on what the party had lost – and might have again

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Evening Standard

Rayner vows to pay any taxes owed over home purchase in resignation statement

The former deputy prime minister says she is taking responsibility for a ‘mistake’ she made over unpaid stamp duty.

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner says resignation was ‘incredibly tough’ on her family as she breaks silence

The former deputy prime minister says she is taking responsibility for ‘an honestly made mistake’ over unpaid stamp duty

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Powell urged ministers to rethink legal action against Labour donor’s firm

Exclusive: Intervention by deputy leadership contender could have saved company based in her Manchester constituency millions

The Guardian - UK

Labour deputy leadership contest may only cause more trouble for Starmer

Victory for Lucy Powell or Bridget Phillipson, the rivals at the centre of the race, could be reckoning for the party

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Evening Standard

Labour deputy leader rivals begin their final week of campaigning

The deputy leadership contest was triggered after Angela Rayner stood down over a row over her tax affairs.

Evening Standard

Lucy Powell hits out at anonymous briefing in Labour deputy leadership race

Her opponent Bridget Phillipson said she had also been subjected to ‘vicious’ briefing.

The Guardian - UK

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner’s £17,000 severance pay after tax row ‘outrageous,’ Tories say

The former deputy PM quit the Government last month after breaching the ministerial code over a property purchase.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner pockets £17,000 'golden goodbye' after quitting over stamp duty scandal

Angela Rayner automatically received a severance payment after she was forced to quit as a government minister, her spokesperson has said

The Independent UK

China mega embassy decision ‘set to be delayed again’ amid spy case row

Sir Keir Starmer’s government has faced backlash following the collapse of a trial for alleged Chinese spies

The Independent UK

No way back to government role for Mandelson after Epstein scandal, Starmer says

Labour peer was sacked last month as ambassador to Washington over his links to Jeffrey Epstein

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