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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.

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'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

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 National (Scotland)

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

The Guardian - UK

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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

Evening Standard

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 National (Scotland)

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

The Guardian - UK

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’.

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - 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’

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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

The Guardian - UK

Benefits cuts now? What’s the point of a Labour MP who votes for something so cruel, tin-eared and short-sighted?

Treating disabled and sick people callously flies in the face of all the party stands for – the government must rethink its plans, writes the MP John McDonnell

The Guardian - UK

Advice to Keir Starmer: stop the fawning over Trump. Then help plan for a better world without him

We need a ‘coalition of the willing’ capable of bringing together those in Europe and the global south. Britain should facilitate that, says former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell

The Guardian - UK

Anneliese Dodds: soft-left intellectual pushed to resign over Starmer’s slide right

Prime minister’s cuts to overseas aid was last straw for capable politician who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow Treasury team

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Evening Standard

Starmer pressed in the Commons to secure release of British-Egyptian activist

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been detained in Egypt since 2019 and was sentenced to five years in prison in 2021 after being accused of spreading fake news.

Evening Standard

Met Police ready as mass Pro-Palestine march and counter protest to take place at US embassy

Organisers set to accuse Donald Trump of wanting to ‘ethnically cleanse’ Gazans

The Guardian - UK

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

Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon suspended last July for backing SNP amendment to king’s speech

The National (Scotland)

Suspended Labour MPs left to learn of extended punishments through media

TWO of the seven Labour MPs suspended from the party due to their opposition to the UK Government’s two-child benefit cap have found out that they…

Evening Standard

Met Police spends over £53 million on pro-Palestine protests ‘instead of fighting crime’ in London

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley believes resources would be better used to combat phone snatches and violent crime

Evening Standard

MPs raise concerns over ‘Orwellian’ powers to crack down on benefit fraud

The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill was approved at second reading by 343 to 87, majority 256.

The National (Scotland)

Labour rebels could remain suspended because of Gaza criticism

LABOUR rebels suspended from the party may be readmitted if they promise to “behave themselves” – with some expected to remain out in the cold…

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