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If Labour’s leadership is hobbling internal candidates, is it fit to run a democracy?

Mounting evidence of dirty tricks against prospective MPs can’t be dismissed as leftwing sour grapes, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Labour criticised for ditching commitment to start Black wing of party

Exclusive: Members say new plan waters down 2018 pledge on diversity

The Independent UK

UK faces more transport chaos as thousands of 'angry' civil servants strike next month

Today the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) announced that action would begin in mid-December after talks with the Cabinet Office failed to yield an agreement

Daily Mirror

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Ports, Border Force, driving tests and licences to be hit by strikes

The Public and Commercial Services union said action will start in mid-December and continue for a month.

The Independent UK

Starmer takes aim at loose cannons with his tight control of Labour selections

Party sources unrepentant as critics say strategy is creating identikit candidates with few from working-class jobs

The Guardian - UK

Japanese firms partner to produce next-gen chips

Eight major Japanese firms have established a new company to produce next-generation semiconductors in Japan by the end of the decade.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Like others on the left, I was blocked from standing as a Labour MP. That only harms the party

Excluding potential candidates before members have a say is a mistake – if Labour truly wants to gain power, it needs grassroots support, says Maurice Mcleod, director of Media Diversified

The Guardian - UK

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White Labour MP hopeful said he had ‘worst tan possible for a black man’

Darren Rodwell, Barking and Dagenham council leader, selected to stand despite comments at Black History Month event

The Guardian - UK

Toyah Willcox's awkward first meeting with Rod Stewart at 'very unglamorous' caravan park

Toyah Wilcox on meeting Rod Stewart and afternoon tea with the late Princess Margaret

Daily Mirror

Eddie Izzard launches bid to become a Labour MP and 'get Keir Starmer into No10'

The comedian will likely find out in late November if she's been selected as the candidate for Sheffield Central - an ultra-safe Labour seat with a 27,000 majority

Daily Mirror

Inside 'unnerving' Labour conference as party dares to set its sights on power

The Labour Party is finally daring to dare to dream of power in two years' time. We found this year's conference in Liverpool so calm, one ally of Keir Starmer called it 'unnerving'

Daily Mirror

Landmark policy hailed as under-22s 'make more than 21 million' free bus journeys

The Scottish Government has launched a new marketing campaign to encourage more eligible children and young people to use the bus pass scheme.

The National (Scotland)

Judicial survey of coal mining site in Assam elephant reserve ordered

A set of PILs had challenged the approval for mining by North Eastern Coal Fields close to the Dehing Patkai National Park

The Hindu

New HS2 station will bring in 1,000 jobs, says mayor

The HS2 interchange near the NEC and Birmingham Airport is due to open in 2026.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Sunak and Truss diverge over whether they would appoint new ethics adviser

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss were asked about the role during Times Radio’s Tory leadership hustings.

Daily Mirror

Emotionless Liz Truss says she would unleash nuclear annihilation if necessary

The Tory frontrunner told a hustings event in Birmingham that ordering the use of nuclear weapons is an "important part of being Prime Minister"

The Independent UK

Truss attacks ‘Treasury orthodoxy’ as she promotes tax-cutting leadership pitch

Rishi Sunak warned that millions of households face ‘destitution’ without further support this winter.

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss suggests she'll refuse to have an ethics advisor to police her behaviour as PM

Tonight is the tenth of 12 events held around the country for Tory party members - who account for around 0.2% of the population - to probe the candidates before deciding who should be the next PM

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Daily Record

ScotRail and RMT fail to agree on new pay deal

The RMT have said that the NEC are considering to hold strike ballots

Daily Record

How to get a free bus pass for yourself or your child as uptake for under-22s deemed 'pitiful'

Some have said that there are too many barriers in the application process.

Daily Record

Uptake of free bus pass for under-22s 'pitiful' as calls for system to be simplified

Scottish Labour has accused the government of “congratulating themselves on a job half done” saying the summer would have been a “perfect time for young people to make use of their pass”.

The Independent UK

RMT warned Tube strike ‘increases risk to financial recovery’

Transport for London has urged the union to call off the walkout planned on August 19.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: From tailoring to lifting weights, Achinta Sheuli scripts his own success story

NEW DELHI: From stitching and embroidering to augment his family's income to breaking into the CWG-bound weightlifting squad, a young Achinta Sheuli realised a father's last wish and an elder brother's unfulfilled dreams to win India's third gold medal at the Birmingham CWG on Sunday night by lifting a sensational…

The National (Scotland)

SNP to apply to intervene in Supreme Court's indyref2 case, NEC decides

THE SNP is to submit an application to intervene in the Scottish Government’s Supreme Court case on an independence referendum.

The Independent UK

SNP to apply to intervene in Supreme Court indyref2 case

The SNP’s national executive committee said the party has the ‘legal standing’ to put forward its political case.

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