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‘Don’t compare Keir to Boris’ pleads minister as Diane Abbott accuses PM of being ‘in pocket of millionaires’

Exclusive: Ministers are concerned that comparisons are now being drawn between Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson as the row over gifts erupts

The Independent UK

Starmer will stop accepting clothes to show solidarity with public, says Nandy

Culture secretary says PM and others will stop accepting gifted clothes as they don’t want voters to believe they are ‘living very different lives’

The Guardian - UK

Chancellor Rachel Reeves considering raising alcohol duty in Budget, reports say

Drink industry bosses have warned against hiking up taxes on beer, wine and spirits

The Independent UK

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Union clashes and rule changes: what to look out for at Labour conference

Keir Starmer will aim for an upbeat message while unions could try to force vote on winter fuel allowance cut

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner: ‘I get criticised for going on holiday. Am I not allowed to do that?’

Deputy PM on Keir Starmer donations row, winter fuel allowance cuts and missing out on grace and favour mansion

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s popularity ratings will bounce back, Angela Rayner insists

Deputy PM also says people ‘will have a better life’ within five years in interview with the Guardian

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s tax red lines have left Reeves with ‘one hand tied’ for budget, says IFS

Ruling out of rises to four main taxes could lead chancellor to make ‘economically damaging’ decisions, says thinktank

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on Labour party conference: continuity or real change? It’s time to choose

Editorial: A grim audit of the Tory legacy was necessary but it has crowded out optimism. Keir Starmer must redress the balance

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer and top Labour colleagues to stop taking clothes gifts from donors

Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner will not accept donations for work outfits after row over Waheed Alli gifts

The Guardian - UK

Fighting over freebies, power and pay? This is not what Labour government is for – and members must say so

The disappointment so far is not the challenges we face, but how the new administration has reacted, says Labour MP and former shadow chancellor John McDonnell

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer will no longer accept donations for clothes after freebies row

Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves also make the same vow in change of policy before Labour’s conference opens in Liverpool

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves to hike taxes by up to £16 billion in October Budget, warn economists

They believe the Chancellor may raise inheritance, pension and capital gain taxes

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Rachel Reeves must focus on growth, not just doom

Round numbers should be no more interesting or enlightening than any other. But the revelation that Britain’s debt has hit 100 per cent of GDP is unlikely to lift the sense of gloom that has already settled above Whitehall.

Evening Standard

UK debt hits 100% of GDP, the highest level since 1960s

Debt pile increases by 4.3 percentage points in year to August, adding to challenge for chancellor Rachel Reeves

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The National (Scotland)

Rachel Reeves urged to reverse winter fuel cut amid £10 billion Budget boost

RACHEL Reeves is coming under pressure to reverse a cut to the Winter Fuel Payment after being handed a £10 billion Budget boost by the Bank of…

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves under pressure to axe winter fuel cut after £10billion Bank of England windfall

The chancellor was handed more room for manoevre as a result of a Bank of England decision to slow the pace of its quantitative tightening programme

Evening Standard

New headache for Rachel Reeves as public borrowing hits 100% of GDP for first time since 1961

The public finances have been put under enormous strain by the costs of responding the triple whammy of the financial crisis, the pandemic and the energy crisis.

The Conversation

Economists have urged Rachel Reeves to loosen the purse strings – here’s why it’s not that easy

A group of economists has publicly urged chancellor Rachel Reeves to reverse her stance on public investment, and relax the Treasury rules that constrain it. They argue in a letter to the Financial Times that low investment is the root cause of Britain’s productivity stagnation, and that the government must…

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Evening Standard

'My kids won't suffer': Ed Balls on surname bullying trauma

The ex Labour politician chose not to give his children his surname

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves to replace No 11 paintings with art of or by women

State room artworks will be ‘of or by women’ as Reeves celebrates becoming first female chancellor

The Guardian - UK

Unite aims to force vote on winter fuel payment at Labour conference

Union motion to condemn cut could prove embarrassing for PM at party’s first gathering since taking power

Evening Standard

Another London council issues urgent budget warning over soaring homeless costs

Lambeth council said the government must provide ‘urgent support’

Evening Standard

Labour urged to honour £15 million Tory pledge to feed vulnerable people with excess farm food

After successful campaign by the Standard, charities warn that Rishi Sunak’s pledge risks getting ditched in Rachel Reeves’ Budget

The Guardian - UK

Women in UK ‘will be worse off than in 2010 unless public spending rises’

Economists say living standards of poorest women will decline by 21% by 2027-28 if Labour sticks to Tory plans

The Guardian - UK

Government urged to help as shipmaker Harland & Wolff prepares to enter administration – as it happened

Steps are now being taken to reduce headcount at Harland & Wolff, as board concludes the company is insolvent

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