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Keir Starmer suggests he didn't read through 'island of strangers' speech

Keir Starmer has suggested he didn't read through his highly-contentious "island of strangers" speech on immigration in advance

The National (Scotland)

Starmer ‘must hike taxes’ to plug £4.5bn black hole after welfare U-turn

Keir Starmer’s U-turn now leaves the government with a choice between raising taxes or cutting spending elsewhere

The Independent UK

Government climbdown on welfare Bill marks third U-turn this month

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government also U-turned on winter fuel payments and an inquiry into grooming gangs.

Evening Standard

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Welfare bill: what compromises have been made and how will claimants be affected?

More than 120 Labour MPs were planning to defeat the bill by voting against it before last-minute concessions

The Guardian - UK

Welfare reforms: What concessions has the Government made?

The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill is due before the Commons on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Lesley Riddoch tears into Labour's 'demeaning' benefits cuts on Question Time

Lesley Riddoch has torn into Labour's "demeaning" plans to cut benefits on the BBC's Question Time programme

The National (Scotland)

Irish trio Kneecap address controversial ‘dead Tory’ remark ahead of Glastonbury set

Band have insisted that their political statements have satirical intent and are not ‘more outrageous than the murdering of innocent Palestinians’

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Third U-turn in a month leaves Keir Starmer diminished

Changes to welfare bill likely to win over moderates, but PM’s reputation for embracing tough reforms damaged

The Guardian - UK

Czech billionaire Kretinsky named chairman of Royal Mail after takeover

Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group closed its £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail’s owner earlier this month.

Evening Standard

UK politics: Starmer says welfare concessions are ‘common sense’ but dodges funding question – as it happened

No 10 has offered significant concessions to the rebels, estimated to cost around £3bn a year, amid fears over Tuesday’s vote

The Guardian - UK

Labour partially U-turn on benefits cuts in bid to win over rebel MPs

The Labour Government has partially U-turned on its cuts to welfare in a bid to appease rebel MPs

The National (Scotland)

Starmer makes U-turn in bid to head off Labour welfare revolt

Some 126 party backbenchers had signed an amendment that would halt the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill in its tracks.

Evening Standard

Another tragic fact about this disastrous welfare bill: it proves Labour hasn’t learned and doesn’t truly listen

From cabinet members to the British public, there is an outcry about these benefits cuts. Why is the government always so poor at reading the room? asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

‘We just want to stop people being murdered’: Kneecap on Palestine, protest and provocation

The Irish rap trio have recently faced censure and a court case, but have also had support for their pro-Palestine stance. Ahead of a Glastonbury appearance deemed ‘inappropriate’ by Keir Starmer, they argue the backlash against them is a deliberate distraction

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Evening Standard

Keir Starmer sparks 'two-tier' benefits system row with major U-turn on welfare cuts

The U-turn on personal independence payments will protect the incomes of some 370,000 people - but new claimants could be more than £5,000 worse off

The Independent UK

UK prepares to announce ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal with France

More than 17,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats so far this year

The Independent UK

UK smoking ban risks breaching post-Brexit deal, ex-Tory justice secretary warns

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer urged to ‘hit pause’ or end up in court over key agreement with the European Union, designed to deal with major issues caused by Britain’s decision to leave the bloc

Evening Standard

Government expected to unveil welfare Bill concessions after talks with rebels

Sir Keir Starmer is understood to have agreed to water down some reforms in a move to save the Bill.

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Government expected to unveil welfare concessions after talks with Labour rebels

Some 126 backbenchers had signed an amendment that would halt the legislation in its tracks.

The Independent UK

Delaying welfare reform is better than bad welfare reform, prime minister

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Prior to putting before parliament its plans to cut disability and sickness-related benefits, the government must first complete essential groundwork that ought to have been done already – namely, consulting with those at the sharp end of the change: people with disabilities

The Guardian - UK

Starmer aide Morgan McSweeney under fire after Labour welfare rebellion

Backbenchers feel PM’s chief of staff missed strength of feeling over cuts – and there are deeper tensions at play

Evening Standard

BBC says it will not show Neil Young’s Glastonbury Festival headline set live

The 79-year-old is due to perform on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm on Saturday night with his band the Chrome Hearts.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s welfare revolt: ministers should take MPs more seriously

Editorial: The government’s reforms were too fierce. The scale of the backbench rebellion was unusually large. Starmer’s team should have seen what was coming

The Guardian - UK

Note to Starmer and the other sabre-rattlers. Why spend billions on weapons – soft power would keep us safe

With hawks on one side and doves on the other, we ignore the obvious fact that engagement is the best defence against conflict, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Evening Standard

Starmer ‘agrees’ concessions with welfare cut rebels as he faces huge revolt

Economists warn tax rises could be needed to fund a U-Turn on Sir Keir Starmer’s £5bn welfare reforms as PM opens door to concessions

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