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Labour MP who led welfare revolt calls for wealth tax to meet £5bn cost of U-turn

Rachael Maskell blamed the chancellor for the scale of rebellion, saying the Treasury had chosen to ‘find savings on the backs of disabled people’

The Independent UK

Ministers ‘have to work harder’ to bring down small boat numbers – McFadden

The tally for 2025 is approaching 20,000.

The Independent UK

Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says senior minister

Pat McFadden says U-turn will change calculations, as IFS says tax rises in autumn look increasingly likely

The Guardian - UK

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Reeves ‘going nowhere’ and has Starmer’s full backing, No 10 says – as it happened

Downing Street’s show of support comes after Reeves was seen in tears in the House of Commons

The Guardian - UK

Minister declines to rule out tax rises amid welfare climbdown warning

Pat McFadden said that ministers ‘will keep to the tax promises’ in their election manifesto.

The Independent UK

Britain ‘must prepare for wartime scenario on home soil’, security review warns

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden says whole country must be ‘clear-eyed and hard-edged’ about threats faced major powers like China

Evening Standard

Daniel Hannan Day celebrates his chronicle of Brexit idiocy foretold

Back in 2016, Dan prophesied about what the post-EU sunlit uplands would be like on this very day – no spoiler alert needed

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‘UK must prepare for war on home soil for first time in years’, strategy warns

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden told the Commons the whole country must now be ‘clear-eyed and hard-edged’ about the threats it faces.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan joins growing Labour rebellion against disability benefit cuts

Exclusive: London mayor is most senior party figure to call for plans to be dropped, as Starmer vows to press ahead

The Guardian - UK

UK must be ‘clear-eyed and hard-edged’ about global threats, minister warns

Pat McFadden warned of the challenge from ‘major powers like China’, and threats of new technologies as he set out the national security strategy.

Evening Standard

Minister defends welfare cuts, saying number receiving Pip rising by 1,000 a day

Pat McFadden says number of people on benefit is due to double over decade, as more than 100 Labour MPs try to pause cuts

The Guardian - UK

Why defeat on unpopular welfare reforms could prove to be the end of Starmer

NEWS ANALYSIS: After less than a year as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion on a crucial policy which could leave him severely weakened or even force him out, warns David Maddox

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan leads huge Labour revolt against Keir Starmer's benefit cuts that will 'destroy financial safety net'

City Hall warned that disabled Londoners face losses of between £3,800 and £5,700 a year if Labour reforms approved

Evening Standard

UK politics: Starmer to ‘press forward’ with welfare cuts despite rebellion – as it happened

PM says current system is ‘broken’ and there is a ‘clear moral case for change’

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Evening Standard

Procurement rules set to be overhauled as ministers lay out infrastructure plans

The Treasury has promised hundreds of billions over the next decade for projects such as roads, railways and homes.

Evening Standard

UK ministers confident post-Brexit trade friction will be eased by deal

The movement of trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was one of the main discussions at the East-West Council on Thursday.

Evening Standard

China’s proposed ‘super embassy poses super risk’ to security, Tories claim

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart accused the Government of being ‘too weak’ to block the plans.

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Martin Lewis ‘Flabbergasted’ by Broken System Harming 700,000 Pensioners

Martin Lewis didn’t hold back on Good Morning Britain as he took the government to task over what he called a “flawed system”

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Evening Standard

Martin Lewis welcomes plans to consult on fairer council tax debt collection

The consumer champion said he hopes that the consultation ‘could be the start of changing things’.

Evening Standard

Backlash to Starmer’s immigration speech ‘overblown’ – minister

Sir Keir’s comments have been likened to Enoch Powell’s infamous ‘rivers of blood’ speech.

The Guardian - UK

New prisons to be built and inmates released early, justice secretary says, as MoJ warns men’s jails could run out of space – as it happened

MoJ says male prisons currently operating at 99% capacity

Evening Standard

Carney: Canadians not impressed by second UK state visit for Trump

PM Mark Carney said the invitation ‘cut across’ messages his government is trying to send in response to US threats against Canada’s sovereignty.

The Independent UK

Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as government cuts costs

New regional hubs are set to open across the country

Evening Standard

Canadians unimpressed by UK state visit invite to Donald Trump, says PM Mark Carney

Canada’s newly-elected Prime Minister said the invitation ‘cut across clear messages’

The Guardian - UK

Major Whitehall buildings to be shut to shed 12,000 civil servant jobs in London

Move to bring number of full-time government staff working in Whitehall down from 95,000 to about 83,000

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