Labour accused of still not engaging with ‘hierarchy of racism’ claims Author of report into party’s culture voices concern antisemitism is taken more seriously than other forms of racism The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023
‘Clearly committed war crimes’: Joe Biden backs Putin arrest warrant The Hague-based international court said it was issuing the warrant for the arrest of the Russian leader over the alleged abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2023
Labour deputy leader says Liverpool 'deserves the best' as party launches manifesto Angela Rayner was in Liverpool as the group launched its manifesto pledges Liverpool Echo · Mar 17, 2023
The real lesson of the Iraq invasion? Beware spies and allies who would drag you to war The errors, exaggerations and lies that led to the invasion offer essential lessons for our own time, in conflict and beyond, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023
Gary Lineker row signals Labour’s intention to call out BBC ‘bias’ Party insiders say a change of tactic means there will be a more muscular approach in making its own case about impartiality The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023
Tories pressured BBC over Johnson’s claim Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile Party asked corporation not to say accusation was ‘false’ relating to time when Labour leader was DPP The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023
Keir Starmer says SNP has 'lurched to right' and is 'falling apart' EXCLUSIVE: The Labour leader urged “progressive” voters to come back to the party as SNP candidates squabbled over abortion and gay marriage. Daily Record · Mar 17, 2023
Next BBC chairman should not be a ‘political appointment’, says ex-news chief Former head of BBC television news Roger Mosey said it would be a ‘great act of statesmanship’ for Rishi Sunak to de-politicise the appointment. The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023
Jeremy Hunt battling to justify pensions giveaway to the top 1% Move will have no impact on NHS retention of doctors, say economic thinktanks The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023
SNP leadership race has become a ‘squabble’, says Starmer The Labour leader said the SNP are ‘talking and arguing with themselves’. The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023
Thursday briefing: The numbers that say it’s not ‘game over’ for Rishi Sunak in 2024 … yet In today’s newsletter: His personal ratings may be surprisingly high, but his party faces a general election wipeout – can Sunak change his party’s fortune? The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023
Starmer pledges to transform medical research ahead of Edinburgh visit The Labour leader said his party’s industrial strategy would make Scotland a ‘world leader’ in medical technology. The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023
Budget 2023: Hunt warns childcare support boost ‘can’t happen overnight’ Support to be ‘ramped up in orderly way’ amid concerns system won’t cope with increased demand but struggling parents say help arriving ‘too late’ Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2023
Hunt’s ‘budget for growth’ gives top 1% a pension bonus but ignores public services No money for nurses, doctors or teachers note critics as Starmer says UK is on ‘path of managed decline’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2023
Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2023 Budget 2023: Senior Tories call for rethink on corporation tax rise to boost growth Jacob Rees-Mogg called for ‘low tax rates with few exclusions’ for businesses.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2023 Beware Hunt’s hype. There’s more poverty ahead and his budget did nothing to change that The statement will be remembered for the childcare pledge, but there was nothing to meet the scale of Britain’s economic malaise, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2023 Keir Starmer accuses Tories of turning Britain back into ‘sick man of Europe’ Labour leader says government has presided over decade of stagnation and Tory mavericks attack chancellor
Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2023 Budget 2023: Martin Lewis gives his verdict on changes to childcare, pensions and taxes Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has shared a video on social media to give a summary of Jeremy Hunt's Budget 2023 - addressing issues such as childcare, pensions and taxes
Daily Record · Mar 15, 2023 Tories give wealthy 'permanent tax cut' while taking away £67-a-month from struggling households Chancellor Jeremy Hunt also promised a 'callous' clamp down on benefits claimants
The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023 Billions spent to stop 15,000 workers retiring is ‘huge giveaway to wealthiest’ Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer criticised Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s pensions move as a boost for the ‘richest 1%’.
Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2023 Price of a packet of cigarettes to rise from 6pm tonight, after Spring Budget changes Jeremy Hunt’s tax rise in the spring statement will mean smokers fork out about another pound for a packet of 20
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2023 ‘Troubling’ messages showing No 10 pressure on BBC need investigating, say former staff BBC journalists asked to avoid term ‘lockdown’ in reporting at the start of the pandemic, leaked messages show
The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023 I dare SNP candidates to put Tories in power after general election – Sarwar The contenders said this week that another vote on independence would be the price of SNP support for a Labour UK government.
Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2023 Keir Starmer rages as Jeremy Hunt gives NOTHING to NHS, crime or housing in Budget Keir Starmer attacked Jeremy Hunt's budget after he announced the details in the Commons today. 'Health and wealth must go together. Britain can't afford to be the sick man of Europe,' the Labour Leader slammed
The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023 Scrapping of lifetime allowance is permanent tax cut for wealthy – Starmer Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget announcement ‘is a huge giveaway to some of the very wealthiest’.