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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)

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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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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 ...

The National (Scotland)

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.

Evening Standard

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

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 Guardian - UK

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.

The Conversation

'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’

Evening Standard

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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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David Lammy 'must explain if he misled us on Israel arms exports', MPs say

DOZENS of MPs have called for Foreign Secretary David Lammy to face parliament over allegations he “misled” the public about Labour allowing…

The Guardian - UK

UK sent Israel thousands of military items despite export ban, study finds

Trade data analysis shows British firms have exported items including munitions since suspension of key licences

The Guardian - UK

Labour alienated its core and failed to attract Reform voters. Now will Starmer change tack?

The local elections showed that voters feel betrayed. But in a party that brooks no dissent, that message isn’t getting through, says independent MP John McDonnell

Evening Standard

Minister: Significant progress made to clear rubbish from Birmingham’s streets

The Conservatives pressed communities minister Jim McMahon to ‘rule out the humiliation of service personnel ever having to collect refuse’.

The Guardian - UK

This government has one last chance to take a progressive path. Otherwise, we’re at the point of no return

In her spring statement, I urge Rachel Reeves to look beyond short-term economic stability – and towards tackling long-term inequality, says former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell

The Independent UK

Minister defending Labour’s £5bn benefits cuts admits he couldn’t live on £70 a week

Hitting back at left-wing Labour critics of the government, Torsten Bell accuses them of ‘defending a Tory system’

The Guardian - UK

John McDonnell accuses ministers of lacking empathy over benefit cuts

Former shadow chancellor also says he is surprised at how poorly government has handled lead-up to policy changes

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