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Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher – or its next Liz Truss?

Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised to become Japan’s next prime minister — and the first woman ever to hold the post.

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Tory party conference 2025: Mel Stride pledges £5,000 national insurance rebate for young homebuyers

Shadow chancellor will use his Tory conference speech to set plans to cut welfare spending, foreign aid and the Civil Service if his party wins the next election

Evening Standard

Russell Findlay claims SNP 'biggest failure is the economy' as he swipes at Swinney

RUSSELL Findlay has claimed the SNP’s “biggest failure is the economy” – mentioning the pro-independence party 23 times in his speech to the…

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Badenoch is unknown to UK public and not trusted by voters, top pollster says

Sir John Curtice says the Conservative leader managed to make no impression on much of the public

The Independent UK

Will Labour’s fracking ban end practice in the UK for good?

Ed Miliband’s move to bring forward ban is gambit to stop would-be Reform voters from backing Nigel Farage’s pro-fracking party

The Guardian - UK

UK fracking ban to be brought forward as Labour counters Reform promise

Ed Miliband announces government will speed up plans to ban controversial practice supported by Nigel Farage

The Guardian - UK

Burnham says he hopes Britain rejoins EU as he hits back at Reeves and Starmer on the economy

Greater Manchester mayor denied he would be ‘hopeless’ on the economy as he tried to play down speculation over his political ambitions

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John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s future – from Burnham to Reform and digital ID

ASK ME ANYTHING: Chief political commentator John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s leadership woes, the rise of Reform, and what it means for Keir Starmer’s premiership

The Independent UK

Reeves warns Labour figures against ‘peddling idea’ of ditching fiscal rules

Chancellor tells party conference that higher borrowing to pay for public services risks serious damage to the economy

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves warns Andy Burnham is ‘going the way of Liz Truss’

The red-on-red attack shows how far relations have deteriorated between Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer’s camp

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham comes out fighting as he warns Starmer’s Labour faces ‘peril’ and must change ‘climate of fear’

His comments come after the PM compared the Greater Manchester mayor to Liz Truss

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves faces the fight of her life to duck the blame for tax rises

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The chancellor is entitled to point out that her Tory predecessors are partly responsible, but she cannot avoid the consequences of her own decisions

The Independent UK

Voices: The cyber hack on Kido nursery is every parent’s worst nightmare

COMMENT: The names, photos and addresses of 8,000 children have been stolen, with some published on the dark net. Victoria Richards writes of the terror the affected families must be feeling – and how the hack is symptomatic of a wider, darker malaise

The Independent UK

Voices: Starmer’s digital ID plan is a ‘dead cat’ play – and it won’t stop the boats

COMMENT: The PM looks like he’s cobbled together a headline-grabbing distraction from his troubles by launching a scheme that will be ineffective against its apparent target – illegal immigrants – and won’t happen for years, if at all, writes John Rentoul

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Andy Burnham has ‘legitimate concerns’ about Labour leadership – Sadiq Khan

Sir Sadiq said Andy Burnham was entitled to raise any concerns he has about Sir Keir Starmer.

The Independent UK

Voices: Over coffee and toast, I find joy in the newspapers

POETRY: This week, poet and artist Frieda Hughes delights in the crumpled pages of the British broadsheets

The Independent UK

Tories set out plan to cut red tape and end ‘woke’ practices

The party has vowed to create a ‘business-led’ law to scrap regulations.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer vows to 'lead from front' into next election amid leadership speculation

Keir Starmer has insisted he will "lead from the front" into the next General Election amid speculation his premiership could be under…

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Keir Starmer says new protections for veterans will not apply to paramilitaries

‘No, it’s for veterans, and obviously we need to make all of the arrangements workable in practise,’ Sir Keir Starmer said.

The Independent UK

Starmer warns Burnham’s policies would cause ‘harm’ like Liz Truss

The prime minister warned there was ‘nothing progressive about abandoning fiscal rules’ as he criticised Andy Burnham’s suggested policies

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s internal warfare breaks open as Starmer and ministers criticise Andy Burnham

Starmer is understood to be furious at Greater Manchester mayor’s admission that he would seek to challenge for the leadership

Evening Standard

Starmer dismisses ‘personal ambitions’ of Burnham amid leadership speculation

The Manchester mayor proposed a 50p top rate of income tax and a tax cut for lower earners, in interventions widely seen as a leadership pitch.

Evening Standard

Starmer vows to ‘lead from front’ into next election amid leadership speculation

The Prime Minister said his political project was a ’10-year’ endeavour as he sought to quell suggestions Labour is floundering under his leadership.

Evening Standard

Farage presses Bank governor on cryptocurrency and quantitative easing

The meeting with Andrew Bailey was described as a positive engagement.

International Business Times UK

Controversy Explained: Why is Bridget Phillipson Urging Kemi Badenoch to Remove Liz Truss from the Tory Party?

Bridget Phillipson urges Kemi Badenoch to expel Liz Truss after her Tommy Robinson support, citing economic wreckage and bigotry

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