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Education unions urge Keir Starmer to scrap ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap

A letter to the prime minister on the eve of the Labour conference warns of ‘critical need’ to abandon the policy

The Guardian - UK

Labour restores whip to two more child benefit cap rebels

John McDonnell and Apsana Begum were among last still suspended for July 2024 rebellion

The Guardian - UK

McDonnell and Begum have Labour whip restored after two-child benefit cap rebellion

The two London MPs were suspended last July after voting against Sir Keir Starmer’s government

Evening Standard

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Labour restores whip to MPs who opposed two-child benefit cap

The pair – along with five colleagues – voted against the Government on the King’s speech last year.

The Independent UK

A wake-up call for all of us to resist the far right

Letters: Last Saturday’s Tommy Robinson march should focus our minds on the dangerous urgency of the situation, writes John McDonnell MP. Plus letters from Redbridge councillor Shanelle Johnson and other readers

The Guardian - UK

Bid to scrap two-child benefit cap supported by MPs

The SNP’s Kirsty Blackman branded the two-child benefit cap ‘cruel’.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer 'trying to bounce through own candidate' for Labour deputy leader

LABOUR are being accused of trying to "bounce their own candidate through" for deputy leader by one of their suspended MPs.

The National (Scotland)

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Hillsborough Law coming ‘very soon’ as Labour conference in Liverpool nears

Solicitor general Lucy Rigby told the Commons a ‘Hillsborough Law’ would include the duty of candour for public officials that campaigners wanted.

The Independent UK

Tax the rich more to fill black hole in public finances, Labour members tell Starmer

Exclusive: PM urged to conduct a ‘radical change of direction’ as the government attempts to plug gaps in the public finances

The Independent UK

Watch: Moment police arrest protesters as hundreds rally in support of Palestine Action

Watch as police detain demonstrators during a protest against the terror ban of the group Palestine Action. (9 August)

The Independent UK

Labour is about to shred its green credentials over Heathrow’s third runway

Letters: This is aviation’s equivalent of HS2, writes John McDonnell MP, while Nick Hodgkinson says a government serious about climate commitments should not allow any airport to expand

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Keir Starmer has asserted his power by suspending the Labour rebels – about time, too

COMMENT: The prime minister has cracked down on ‘persistent k***headery’ in his party, as one source put it – he’s finally shown true grit, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK

MP likens Government to flat-earthers over refusal to compensate Waspi women

Labour’s Rebecca Long Bailey said the Government’s argument against compensation for the 1950s-born women is ‘bizarre’ and ‘makes no sense’.

Evening Standard

Poorly led, strategically inept and shorn of democracy. Now I truly fear for this Labour government

The welfare bill passed, but it was chaos. A party this dysfunctional and divided cannot escape the wrath of voters at the next election, says John McDonnell, former Labour shadow chancellor

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The National (Scotland)

Ex-Labour frontbencher calls for Rosebank rejection over Israel links

A SUSPENDED Labour MP has called on the UK Government to reject the controversial Rosebank oil field, citing concerns profits from the project could…

The National (Scotland)

Jeremy Corbyn says police ‘picked on him’ as Gaza protest case dropped

Police were “picking on” Jeremy Corbyn to “silence the democratic rights of everybody in our society”, he has alleged ...

Evening Standard

Corbyn says police ‘picked on him to silence democratic rights’ as case dropped

The former Labour leader and John McDonnell were called for interview after a pro-Palestine protest in London earlier this year.

The Guardian - UK

Factionalism played a role in Labour’s election defeat

Letters: The party’s Forde report showed that tension between pro- and anti-Corbynites scuppered its chances in 2017, writes John Maher, while Geoff Booth says it still won 40% of the vote

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The Guardian - UK

Is John McDonnell’s criticism of Keir Starmer’s Labour fair?

Letters: Readers respond to the former Labour MP’s attack on the government for not being sufficiently radical

The Conversation

Reform’s threat to the mainstream parties is unique in UK political history

Labour’s former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has declared that Keir Starmer’s government has driven “a knife into the heart of what I believed Labour stood for” and called for party members, unions and MPs to take back control.

Evening Standard

'Political incompetence': Labour veteran John McDonnell calls for grassroots challenge to Keir Starmer's government

John McDonnell, who was suspended from the party last year for voting to scrap the two child benefit cap, accused the Prime Minister of ‘callousness and political incompetence’

The National (Scotland)

Labour officials 'fighting like rats in a sack' over Keir Starmer succession, MP says

A SUSPENDED Labour MP has called for a grassroots leadership challenge to Keir Starmer’s government ...

The Guardian - UK

John McDonnell calls for grassroots leadership challenge to Starmer government

In opinion piece for the Guardian, former shadow chancellor says party members, unions and MPs should ‘take back control’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer and co are trashing Labour’s legacy. We must take back control of our party – before it’s too late

Today’s government is unrecognisable from the party I joined as a young man. If we don’t act now, it might be lost for ever, says independent MP John McDonnell

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer hit by growing backlash for 'island of strangers' warning on immigration to Britain

London MPs have heavily criticised the Prime Minister over his language

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