Jeremy Clarkson burns Keir Starmer effigy over Labour farming tax IN FULL The Independent UK · May 29
Digested week: Is it pedantic to point out Trump is ‘ending’ a war he started? Plus, Nicola Sturgeon’s marital relations, the hell of burnout, Tony Blair’s saviour complex and Spurs The Guardian - UK · May 29
UK condemns Russian drone crash in Romania: ‘Extremely dangerous and reckless’ IN FULL The Independent UK · May 29
Do not hold back any Mandelson documents, Tories tell Starmer as they issue contempt warning Priti Patel issues warning after concerns raised that the government is redacting more information than was initially agreed The Independent UK · May 29
Jeremy Clarkson burns Keir Starmer effigy after farming tax controversy In ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ season five, an effigy of the PM is set ablaze on top of a bonfire The Independent UK · May 29
Sunak is right that our students need financial literacy – but that shouldn’t mean yet more maths Education should prepare young people for dealing not only with practical things such as insurance, pensions and taxes but also with tech and mental health, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · May 29
Evidence backing under-16 social media ban limited, Children’s Commissioner says Nicola Killean, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland, responded to a UK Government consultation on the issue. Evening Standard · May 29
Labour faces union backlash after minister says living wage extension to over-18s not certain before election – as it happened Torsten Bell says Labour manifesto ‘did not set out the timeline’ for changes to living wage after scale of youth unemployment crisis revealed in Milburn report The Guardian - UK · May 29
Darren Jones says Westminster must get better at governing for a world with AI Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, described a ‘challenge of speed’ which lawmakers are grappling with. Evening Standard · May 28
Morning Mail: Hanson and Joyce’s cruise ship claims, Netanyahu’s Gaza order, Sinner wilts in Paris One Nation figures billed taxpayers for going to private events on board luxury cruise ship; Israeli army to seize ‘70%’ of strip in breach of ceasefire The Guardian - AU · May 28
Keir Starmer defends approach to AI and energy in response to Tony Blair’s essay The Prime Minister penned an almost 3,000-word-long post published to Substack on Thursday, responding to Sir Tony Blair’s essay. Evening Standard · May 28
Three devolved governments. Three paths to independence THERE hasn’t been much to excite or inspire Scotland’s independence movement in the last few years The National (Scotland) · May 28
Keir Starmer defends policy choices in rebuttal of Blair’s criticism PM says predecessor misunderstands government’s successes and ‘very different’ situation compared with 1997 The Guardian - UK · May 28
Life for Britons is much harder than it used to be – and Blair has ignored that, says Burnham The party’s most successful former leader and prime minister has issued a scathing indictment of Labour The Independent UK · May 28
The Independent UK · May 28 Blair is wrong about my government, Starmer says, as he hits back over Labour criticism Prime minister ‘doesn’t agree with much’ of Sir Tony Blair’s scathing 5,700-word essay
The Independent UK · May 28 Starmer says he is ‘vindicated’ by change in rebuff to Blair criticism The former Labour prime minister launched a scathing attack on Sir Keir and his Government earlier this week.
The Guardian - UK · May 28 Burnham steps back from past calls to end immigration benefits restriction Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate understood to have changed stance on no recourse to public funds policy
Evening Standard · May 28 Greens take control of another London council as Zack Polanski's party forms coalition with Lib Dems Labour lost control of the borough for the first time in 16 years in a devestating set of local elections for the party on May 7
The National (Scotland) · May 28 John Swinney on what next for independence as UK Government rejects vote JOHN Swinney has said he is looking at a “range of tactics” to “make it impossible” for the UK Government to refuse handing Scotland the…
The Independent UK · May 28 Starmer ‘urged to reconsider North Sea drilling’ amid rising oil costs IN FULL
Evening Standard · May 28 Milburn backs Blair’s criticism of policies affecting entry-level jobs The author of a review of youth unemployment suggested the current Government should rethink an uplift in the minimum wage.
The Independent UK · May 28 Starmer ‘facing calls to rethink approach to North Sea drilling’ as oil prices spiral While Sir Keir has argued that new drilling in the North Sea would not reduce domestic oil prices because they are set internationally, some ministers and industry figures are now thought to be challenging this claim
The Guardian - UK · May 28 Much of what Blair said in essay criticising Labour was wrong, says Starmer – as it happened Starmer launches long defence of his record when asked about former PM’s essay critiquing current government
The National (Scotland) · May 28 Who is on BBC Question Time tonight and what time does it start? THE BBC’s weekly political debate programme Question Time will be broadcast live from Dulwich this evening
The Guardian - UK · May 28 Mitigating Mandelson risks would have been impossible, says former MI6 chief Vetting of former UK ambassador to Washington warned of ties to senior figures in China, Russia and Israel