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The Latest Breaking News from Labour Together

Compulsory digital ID plan axed as Labour makes another U-turn

New identity verification scheme aimed at deterring illegal migration is reportedly to become optional

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer Faces Leadership Crisis: Why 2026 Could End His Premiership Early

Keir Starmer leadership crisis deepens as 2026 nears, with polls at lows and Labour behind Reform. May elections, internal tensions, and policy hurdles could end his premiership early, amid calls for change

International Business Times UK

Two of Keir Starmer’s closest allies named in new year honours list

MP Anneliese Dodds made a dame and former head of Labour Together thinktank Jonathan Ashworth a CBE

The Guardian - UK

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Ditch Starmer to boost hopes of winning next election, say Labour voters in new poll

Findings of a survey commissioned by The Independent reveals Andy Burnham as favourite to take over from the prime minister

The Independent UK

New leader says Unison will end support for ‘destructive’ Labour right wing

Blunt remarks indicate UK’s largest union may be on collision course with Wes Streeting and Labour more widely

The Guardian - UK

Scrap Rayner’s workers’ rights reforms, Starmer-linked think tank urges

Labour Together previously asked party members who they would back in leadership challenge

The Independent UK

Labour think tank that supported Starmer asks members who they would back in leadership challenge

It comes amid growing concern about the direction of the government and devastating approval ratings less than two years after Labour’s historic landslide election victory

The Independent UK

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No 10 declines to comment on White House claim that Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’ – as it happened

US national security strategy takes aim at EU and other bodies over issues including migration, free speech and falling birthrates

The Guardian - UK

(Yet) another digital ID card isn’t the answer

BritCard: political theatre versus progress, and the case for smarter digital ID.

TechRadar

'Disturbing': Morgan McSweeney's power over UK exposed in explosive book

“You might not be interested in Morgan McSweeney, but he’s very interested in you.”

The National (Scotland)

Starmer allies hired investigators to look into author of McSweeney book

KEIR Starmer's allies hired private investigators to explore the background of an author whose book led to the resignation of the Prime Minister's…

The National (Scotland)

'Shelve the gimmicks': Home Office urged to act on Labour Together's asylum plans

CHARITIES, opposition parties, and people who have lived through the Home Office system have urged the UK Government to act on proposals from an…

The National (Scotland)

Morgan McSweeney will not face new donations investigation, says watchdog

Electoral Commission decision will come as relief to PM after Tory claims that his chief of staff’s position was in peril

The Guardian - UK

Voices: ‘Get over the alarmism’: Readers say ID cards work well abroad as Starmer’s plan sparks division

YOUR VIEWS: Starmer’s digital ID plan has split opinion, but many in our community have drawn on experiences overseas to argue ID cards are practical and long overdue

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The Guardian - UK

To revive Labour, Starmer should go to conference with this pledge: we will clean politics of sleaze

Another donations controversy, and another chance for the PM to draw the line – and stem the flow of dubious money into Westminster, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff 'hid' £50,000 despite being told by Electoral Commission to declare funding

Morgan McSweeney's think-tank Labour Together received the cash as he was told to declare donations

The Independent UK

Boost for Starmer as top aide Morgan McSweeney avoids investigation over donations

Labour Together, where Morgan McSweeney was director before coming to work for Sir Keir, was fined by the elections watchdog over its handling of £740,000 donations in 2021

The Independent UK

Watchdog rejects Tory call to reopen probe into Labour Together donations

The Conservatives had called for a new probe into the handling of donations during Morgan McSweeney’s time as Labour Together’s director.

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Evening Standard

UK digital ID card: Everything we know as Labour announces another U-turn

The UK government has seemingly reversed its decision to implement mandatory digital ID cards to prove the right to work

The National (Scotland)

Elections watchdog rules out fresh probe into Morgan McSweeney think tank

THE elections watchdog will not reopen an investigation into secret donations to a group which helped propel Keir Starmer to power – despite…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer confirms plans for compulsory 'Brit Card' ID scheme amid backlash

KEIR Starmer has confirmed the UK Government will bring in compulsory digital identity cards in a move which will ignite a major debate on civil…

The Independent UK

When will new UK digital ID card be introduced and how will it work?

The digital ID card marks the government’s latest attempt to crack down on illegal migration

The Guardian - UK

What is the Labour Together row and are there risks for Keir Starmer?

The Tories are calling for the standards commissioner and the police to investigate the Labour-aligned thinktank

The National (Scotland)

'Nowhere to hide': Keir Starmer's top aide 'ignored donation cover-up warnings'

KEIR Starmer’s embattled chief of staff is facing fresh questions after it emerged he ignored official warnings to declare thousands of pounds of…

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Why Starmer’s fixer is back in the headlines

In today’s newsletter: With Labour’s conference looming, Morgan McSweeney’s role in Labour Together donations threatens to engulf the party in another scandal

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