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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Voices: Why would voters trust Nigel Farage’s claims?

COMMENT: Nigel Farage and Reform UK have repeatedly shown that they will lie to the public, writes Femi Oluwole

The Independent UK

Labour’s U-turn on winter fuel cuts is too little, too late

Letters: Ian Jenkinson says voters in recent local elections were disappointed that Labour policies have been abandoned, while Linda Evans thinks Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will never be forgiven. Plus letters from Dr Guy Spence and Hazel Davies

The Guardian - UK

Starmer government ‘trying to fix wings of a plane while already in flight’, veteran political adviser says

The cross-bench peer and former boss of BP fears the prime minister does not have a proper plan

The Independent UK

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Angela Rayner refuses to say if she thinks Israel is breaking international law

DEPUTY Prime Minister Angela Rayner has refused to say if she believes Israel is breaking international law.

The National (Scotland)

Labour’s botched winter fuel U-turn raises questions over its purpose in power

There is growing unease over the government’s direction – a way to restore confidence would be to scrap the ‘cruel’ two-child limit

The Guardian - UK

PM may give details of winter fuel U-turn next month, Angela Rayner suggests

Deputy PM says she cannot guarantee payment will be restored to pensioners in time for winter

The Guardian - UK

UK officials ‘probe Russian links to arson attacks on Keir Starmer’

Security officials are said to be investigating whether the Kremlin is behind three fires on property linked to the prime minister

The Independent UK

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Angela Rayner shuts down Keir Starmer leadership challenge rumours

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The Independent UK

Starmer’s criticism of Israel was met with ‘terrorist cheers’, claims Badenoch

The Conservative leader said the Prime Minister’s comments did not ‘send the right message’.

The Independent UK

Winter fuel reversal details could come in weeks, suggests Rayner

The Deputy Prime Minister indicated an announcement could be made in the Spending Review on June 11.

Evening Standard

UK Renationalises First Train Operator Under Labour Reforms

A private train operator servicing parts of southern England, including London, on Sunday became the first to be returned to public ownership under a government plan to renationalise Britain's much-maligned railways.

International Business Times

Angela Rayner says she will ‘never’ run to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader

Deputy PM denies responsibility for leak of memo setting out proposals to tax wealthy and cut migrant benefits

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner blasts leadership rumours: I don’t want to be leader of the Labour Party

Sir Keir’s deputy said she will ‘never’ be leader of the party, amid growing speculation she could launch a leadership challenge

The Independent UK

UK politics live: Badenoch blasts Starmer and Farage in benefits row as Rayner gives winter fuel U-turn update

Angela Rayner has suggested details on when winter fuel payments could be restored to more pensioners could be announced within a few weeks

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The Independent UK

Labour’s ‘soft left’ plan to replace Keir Starmer as PM

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The Guardian - UK

The charts that show just how worried Labour should be about the polls

Whether on leader favourability or on key policy areas, Labour is losing ground on almost every metric

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage to back scrapping child benefit cap and restoring winter fuel payment

Nigel Farage, who is attempting to regain control of the narrative after taking a week of holiday while the Commons was sitting, will pile further pressure on the PM over benefits cuts

Evening Standard

Farage ‘backs scrapping child benefit cap and restoring winter fuel payments’

His Reform UK party is riding high in the opinion polls.

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The Independent UK

Inside Labour plot to oust Keir Starmer as PM is given 12 months to turn things around

SPECIAL REPORT: This week’s dramatic winter fuel U-turn has not been enough to stop speculation about the future of Starmer as leader, as political editor David Maddox found out

The Independent UK

Voices: Angela Rayner is the Gordon Brown of this government

COMMENT: The deputy prime minister is serious about her ambition but, like Brown, she will have to wait, says John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Voices: Starmer is now in the crosshairs of the Kremlin

COMMENT: The prime minister’s activities on the world stage have made him of great interest to Moscow, says Katia Glod, who shows how Russian media activity about him soars every time he sticks his head above the parapet

Evening Standard

Officials probe possible Russian link to Starmer arson attacks in north London

Senior Whitehall figures want to know whether Moscow could have recruited three Ukrainian-born men

Evening Standard

Some Tories privately support PM’s stance on Israel and Gaza, Conservative says

Mark Pritchard, MP for the Wrekin, said he believed Sir Keir Starmer was on the ‘right side of history’.

The Independent UK

Starmer faces major revolt over benefit cuts as frontbenchers ‘poised to quit’ over reforms

A rebellion on this scale would be a significant knock to the prime minister’s authority and represent wider disquiet about the direction of the government

The Independent UK

Voices: After the winter fuel decision, Labour is now openly at war with itself

INSIDE WESTMINSTER: Far from defusing the growing unrest within his party, the prime minister’s U-turn has emboldened backbenchers to demand even more sweeteners, says Andrew Grice

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