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Defiant Rachel Reeves says she will be Chancellor for years and pledges to ‘defy her critics’

A defiant Rachel Reeves has said she will be Chancellor for years and is “determined to defy her critics” following her controversial Budget.

The Independent UK

Minister blames ‘shifting sands’ amid criticism of pre-Budget ‘fiscal fandango’

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander declined to deny that the Chancellor is planning a pay-per-mile scheme for electric vehicles.

Evening Standard

Reform UK pulls out of BBC film amid Trump speech edit row

Internal party memo says ‘trust has been lost’ as US president reiterates threat of legal action against corporation

The Guardian - UK

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PM’s national security adviser ‘played no role in collapse of China spy case’

Jonathan Powell did not take part in discussions about the ‘substance or the evidence’ of the case, Bridget Phillipson said.

Evening Standard

Does the BBC have an issue with covering the Greens?

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The National (Scotland)

Police investigate hate crime after mosque set on fire in southern UK coastal town

Footage from the incident, released by police on Sunday, shows two balaclava-clad people approach the front door of the Peacehaven Mosque, before spraying accelerant on the entrance and igniting a fire.

Euronews

Kemi Badenoch says she is ‘doing politics differently’ – you can’t argue with that

Conservative leader has achieved the seemingly impossible: she has taken the Tories even further backwards

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Watch: Home Secretary responds after David Lammy heckled at Manchester terror attack vigil

Shabana Mahmood has said that people are “justified in asking for more from their government” after David Lammy was heckled at a Manchester terror attack vigil.

The Independent UK

Mahmood: ‘Dark forces running amok’ as synagogue attack raises wider questions

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood was speaking after Thursday’s terror attack on a Manchester synagogue.

The Independent UK

Starmer denies putting ‘donkey field’ in trust to avoid inheritance tax

The prime minister has denied any wrongdoing

The Independent UK

What a difference a year makes as Labour conference delegates settle for survival

‘The atmosphere is like Dignitas on the Mersey,’ said one MP, but the mood was lifted by Starmer’s tough words for Reform

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer urges Labour Party unity to fend off Nigel Farage's Reform UK threat

Starmer appealed to his Labour Party colleagues to have more trust in the government and display a united house, warning them to prepare for the “fight of our lives” amid Nigel Farage’s poll-topping Reform UK party threat.

Euronews

Keir Starmer’s donkey field: what are the allegations and how has he responded?

PM denies putting land he bought for his parents into a trust, after report claims he may have done to avoid inheritance tax

The Guardian - UK

Starmer denies putting ‘donkey field’ in trust to avoid inheritance tax

The Prime Minister bought the land behind his parents’ house in 1996 to use as a donkey sanctuary

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Evening Standard

Starmer denies putting field he bought for parents into ‘complicated trust’

He bought the land behind their house in 1996 to use as a donkey sanctuary, so his mother and father could care for the animals.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer brands Nigel Farage’s Reform UK’s indefinite leave policy racist

KEIR Starmer has said Reform UK’s policy, which would require those who have been granted indefinite leave to remain to reapply under much…

Evening Standard

Starmer pleads for space to lead Labour in ‘fight of our lives’ against Reform

The under-pressure Prime Minister told his party that now is not the time for ‘introspection or navel-gazing’.

The National (Scotland)

Gaza student hoping for Glasgow PhD in urgent plea as family blocked from entering UK

A student from Gaza hoping to study in Scotland has issued a plea to the UK Government urging them not to "make her choose" between her…

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The Independent UK

Voices: Why is Nigel Farage so touchy when asked about his finances?

COMMENT: When the Reform UK leader is questioned about who actually owns the £900,000 Clacton property where he lives and how much stamp duty was paid on it – especially in light of Angela Rayner’s resignation over a tax irregularity – Farage becomes uncharacteristically irritable. Why might that be, asks…

The Independent UK

UK politics live: Thornberry and Haigh make Labour deputy leader pitches as race heats up

Labour’s national executive meeting to draw up plans for contest today

The National (Scotland)

Brian Cox warns UK is ‘lost’ without Europe as he brands Nigel Farage 'venal'

Actor Brian Cox has said the UK is "lost" if it doesn't recognise Europe as the place to be amid war and the rise of Reform UK during his…

The Guardian - UK

Shabana Mahmood to host Five Eyes meeting on people-smuggling

New home secretary will be joined in London by counterparts from US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand

The Independent UK

Voices: Can no one silence Nigel Farage’s latest populist dog whistle?

COMMENT: Nigel Farage’s plan to halve crime – by spending £17bn on building ‘Nightingale prisons’, jailing for life those convicted three times, and sending Britain’s worst offenders to jail in El Salvador – simply doesn’t add up. But should we be worried that neither Labour nor the Tories seem able…

The Guardian - UK

Environment secretary ‘furious’ about England and Wales water bills

Steve Reed says he is unable to rule out further above-inflation rises and any decision would be up to regulators

The Independent UK

Farage repeats ‘no idea’ six times over Reform mayor’s 600% allowance hike

Nigel Farage has responded that he has “no idea” six times in an interview with the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

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