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Starmer vows to curb migration as Sunak makes community care offer

The Labour leader proposes a ban on law-breaking employers from hiring foreign workers.

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2024

Labour's left-wing purge may cause back bench rebellion, say experts

A BACKLASH from Labour backbenchers is predicted if the party take power, despite the apparent purge of left-wing MPs and leftist would-be…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 2, 2024

Labour and Conservative battlebuses hit the road, but ‘lonely figure’ Sunak seems like a solo traveller

Keir Starmer launched his campaign bus on Saturday with his senior shadow cabinet members, but Tory ‘big beasts’ appeared to have deserted the PM in Redcar

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

Diane Abbott might now be allowed to stand as a Labour MP, but the damage is done – and it’s deep

Keir Starmer will need broad support to undertake a ‘decade of renewal’ in office. This sordid episode suggests he won’t have it, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

Election diary: Tory campaign going exactly as planned, say Tories

With the Tories’ chances at near zero, Labour is concentrating on fighting an ideological ground war with itself

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

Former Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen says she does not think “there’s any way back” for her into the party

The former candidate addressed a rally in northeast London on Friday.

Evening Standard · May 31, 2024

Labour MP selections: Who’s in and who’s out amid Abbott and Shaheen row

Several left-wing Labour candidates have been barred from standing at the general election

The Independent UK · May 31, 2024

Labour MP hopeful told Scots to vote Conservative in General Election

A LABOUR candidate urged Scots to vote Conservative in the General Election, The National can reveal ...

The National (Scotland) · May 31, 2024

OPINION - Keir Starmer is ruthlessly remaking Labour in his own image – even if Diane Abbott is 'free' to run

Long-standing readers will know that this newsletter takes a dim view of knee-jerk comparisons between UK and US politics. Yes, America is a big, powerful and frankly weird place and we should absolutely not be strangers. But as liberal democracies go, our two nations could scarcely be more different.

Evening Standard · May 31, 2024

UK's first Black female lawmaker 'free' to stand for Labour at election after row over her future

The U.K.’s first Black female member of parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the upcoming general election, leader Keir Starmer says, following a fractious few days over her political future

The Independent UK · May 31, 2024