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Wednesday briefing: The prime minister’s big conference speech promised renewal – can he deliver?

In today’s newsletter: Subdued vibes on the floor, poor polls and teetering party politics stand in the way of Keir Starmer’s plan to take Britain to the promised land

The Guardian - UK

Reform leader Nigel Farage is not a racist, says Prime Minister

The comments come after Sir Keir Starmer said Reform migration policy was ‘racist’ and ‘immoral’.

Evening Standard

Starmer says Nigel Farage and his supporters are not racist – but Reform’s policy is

The comments come after Sir Keir Starmer said Reform’s migration policy was ‘racist’ and ‘immoral’

The Independent UK

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Reform war on clean energy will ‘betray’ young people and ‘wreck everything’, Miliband to say

Miliband will use his speech to attack Reform leaders who said they would ‘declare war’ on green energy projects

The Independent UK

Starmer brings the steel – and draws up battle lines with Reform UK

Prime minister answers his critics in conference speech but the real challenges still lie ahead

The Guardian - UK

‘Decency or division’: Britain faces era-defining choice, Keir Starmer warns

Prime minister lambasts Nigel Farage and the politics of Reform in combative Labour conference speech

The Guardian - UK

Losing Commons seat to Reform UK in by-election was ‘wake-up call’

Labour’s Karen Shore lost to Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by six votes.

Evening Standard

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My conference pass was revoked for asking difficult questions: this is Keir Starmer’s Labour

I was told it was a ‘safeguarding’ issue. This speaks to a party that has not only lost its soul, but is scared of the truth, writes Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Anas Sarwar urged to oppose Tony Blair involvement in Gaza peace plan

ANAS Sarwar has been urged to oppose Tony Blair’s involvement in a transitional authority to govern Gaza ...

The National (Scotland)

Rachel Reeves to lift two-child cap in Autumn Budget, reports say

RACHEL Reeves is set to lift the two-child benefits cap in the Autumn Budget, according to reports.

The National (Scotland)

The Guardian view on Starmer’s conference speech: national renewal needs more than rules-bound growth

Editorial: Labour’s leader framed his fight with Reform as decency against grievance. But without pledges on improving living standards, his rhetoric risks ringing hollow

The Guardian - UK

Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to lift two-child benefit limit in November Budget

Chancellor fails to deny report she will make an announcement on the controversial policy in her Budget statement

Evening Standard

Britain's PM Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage of trying to divide UK at Labour conference

Labour promised economic growth, but has struggled to deliver and inflation remains stubbornly high with a subdued economic outlook.

Euronews

Starmer vows Labour will never surrender Britain to ‘enemy’ Farage in rousing party conference speech

Keir Starmer received a huge reception from the party faithful as he gave his most impassioned speech yet as leader

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The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves set to lift two-child benefit cap in Budget

Labour chancellor under pressure to scrap policy, brought in as part of the Tory government’s ‘austerity’ plans

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s further education plans augur well, but the policy detail will be telling

The PM’s challenge is to make vocational options as attractive to parents and young people as higher eduction

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer’s flag-waving conference speech was a disaster for Anas Sarwar

IT wasn't long after I took my seat for Keir Starmer’s keynote speech to Labour conference that the flags came out ...

The Guardian - UK

Starmer finally finds his voice as he speaks from the heart

PM sounded like a decent man making the case for decency – it’s just not clear if that’s what the British public demands of its politicians these days

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The Guardian - UK

Was this Starmer’s best speech? Yes. But he’ll need a new battle plan to convince a doubting Britain

The era when a barnstorming address would turn political fortunes is gone. The PM is out of step with modern digital politics and needs to catch up, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer called out for failing to acknowledge genocide in Gaza during speech

Keir Starmer has been called out for failing to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza during his speech to the Labour party conference.

The Conversation

As the UK plans to introduce digital IDs, what can it learn from pioneer Estonia?

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that all UK citizens and legal residents are to have a mandatory digital ID to prove their right to live and work in the country.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer finally comes out fighting to become the leader Labour wants

NEWS ANALYSIS: Emboldened by the ‘enemy’ Reform, this was the prime minister like we have never seen him before, writes political editor David Maddox

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 hits new high despite worries over potential US government shutdown

Without Congress passing a bill to fund federal operations before midnight Tuesday night, the government will partially close up shop.

The Guardian - UK

Labour won’t fend off Reform UK by just diluting Farage’s poison

Letters: The party must not offer a watered-down version of Reform’s policies, but instead tell the truth about immigrants, writes Guy Fassler. Plus letters from Doug Maughan, Sunil Bhopal and Dr Roger Hancock

The Independent UK

Seven things from the Labour Party conference you may have missed

After an action-packed Labour conference, The Independent runs through things you may have missed

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