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Keir Starmer: Wakefield win shows Labour on track for government

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party’s triumph in the Yorkshire red wall seat of Wakefield showed he was on course to win the next general election.

Evening Standard

Friday briefing: Party chair resigns after catastrophic results for Tories

In today’s newsletter: devastating results for the Conservatives in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton intensify questions over the prime minister’s future

The Guardian - UK

Tories handed ‘wake-up call’ with double defeat in Tiverton and Wakefield by-elections

Lib Dem win in Devon represents the largest majority ever overturned at by-election

The Independent UK

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Boris Johnson suffers brutal double by-election defeat as voters abandon Tories

Disastrous by-election defeats in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton will pile pressure on Boris Johnson, who has been trying to restore his battered premiership after he clung on in a no confidence vote

Daily Mirror

Labour win in Wakefield proves party is ready for power, says Starmer

Simon Lightwood elected as MP in symbolic victory in ‘red wall’ seat won by Conservatives in 2019

The Guardian - UK

Labour's Simon Lightwood wins Wakefield by-election - piling pressure on Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson may be thousands of miles away in Kigali, Rwanda, but his premiership will undoubtedly come under intense pressure as Labour shows signs of rebuilding back its so called Red Wall.

Daily Mirror

Tories braced for trouble as votes counted in crunch by-elections

Boris Johnson insisted he was optimistic and it would be “crazy” for him to quit if the Tories lost both the Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton seats.

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Key records in previous by-elections as polls close in Wakefield and Tiverton & Honiton

Conservatives last lost two by-elections on the same day in 1991

The Independent UK

Johnson ‘full of optimism’ as polls close in crunch by-elections

Boris Johnson acknowledged that mid-term votes are “never necessarily easy for any government” as polls closed in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton.

The Independent UK

This summer of discontent should be a gift to Labour – so where are Starmer’s big ideas?

There’s never been a better time to capitalise on the Tories’ economic weakness, writes Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Folk singer reveals what Boris Johnson was like at Glastonbury in 2000

BILLY Bragg has revealed what it was like to be at Glastonbury with Boris Johnson when the Prime Minister attended the music festival in 2000.

The National (Scotland)

Billy Bragg speaks about Glastonbury trip with Boris Johnson in 2000

The singer will play at the Left Field tent from 9pm on Friday.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer to snub traditional Durham Miner's Gala despite predecessors attending

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer is set to miss a trip to the Durham Miners’ Gala next month, unlike his two most recent predecessors.

The National (Scotland)

Momentum to keep list of Labour MPs who fail to back rail strike

Labour left-wingers to campaign for MPs to ‘do their jobs’ and back industrial action

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The Independent UK

Sir Keir Starmer set to miss Durham ‘Big Meeting’

The Labour leader is not among the speakers listed to address the Durham Miners’ Gala – a traditional trade union-backed event.

The Independent UK

Starmer stance on rail strikes ‘may end’ Labour party, union chief warns

Labour leader’s order to stay away from picket lines has angered left of party

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Has Keir Starmer suffered signal failure on rail strikes?

In today’s newsletter: Labour frontbenchers who joined striking rail workers on picket lines are being asked to apologise. The Guardian’s political editor Heather Stewart explains why

The Independent UK

By-election in Tory stronghold of Tiverton and Honiton ‘neck and neck’ as voters prepare to head to polls

Boris Johnson faces crucial electoral test in two by-elections on Thursday

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The Independent UK

Voters go to polls in two crucial by-elections

The two by-elections, both triggered after the previous Tory MPs resigned due to scandals, are seen as key tests for Boris Johnson’s leadership.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson faces a bruising 24 hours ahead of two key by-election tests

Defeat would undermine the PM’s vote-winning reputation – the reason many Tory MPs are continuing to stand by him

Evening Standard

Tube and rail strikes: London suffers more strike chaos as Grant Shapps blasts ‘lying’ RMT

The Transport Secretary denied claims he had refused to allow Network Rail to withdraw a letter threatening redundancies

The Guardian - UK

Boris produces bubbles of nonsense when quizzed about Carrie

A Labour question rattled Johnson at PMQs, and then a revitalised Keir Starmer pounced

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer is too timid just when he needs to show leadership

Letters: John Robinson, David Napier, Mike Cowley and Stephen Smith on the need for the Labour leader to speak up as rail workers take strike action

The Guardian - UK

Labour frontbenchers who joined rail strike pickets pressed to apologise

MPs who defied Keir Starmer’s order to stay away from striking RMT workers may be disciplined for attendance

The National (Scotland)

Who will win Wakefield by-election? The odds ahead of Thursday's vote

Who will win in the Wakefield by-election, after the resignation of disgraced Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan?

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