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Ed Sheeran spearheads call for music education funding after ‘decades’ of cuts

He has written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Government officials calling for immediate, long-term funding for UK music education.

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch is failing to hit the spot at PMQs – and everywhere else

The Conservative leader isn’t convincing fellow Tories that she possesses a viable route map to recovery

The Guardian - UK

Starmer Slammed by Own MPs as Loopy Human Rights Laws Let Offenders Stay in UK

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Inside story of Scottish Labour haemorrhaging activists amid disability cuts row

CAROLYNNE Hunter previously harboured ambitions to run as a Scottish Labour MSP.

The National (Scotland)

All UK families could see average living standards fall by 2030, forecast warns

Sir Keir Starmer’s government could be first to see living standards fall since 1955, warns Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The Independent UK

All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns

Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement

The Guardian - UK

If Rachel Reeves were serious about growth, she would look to the EU

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: There is one shortcut to prosperity: reverse some of the damage of Brexit

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Voices: Labour’s hero-worship of Ed Miliband won’t save him

COMMENT: Party members love the energy secretary, but Keir Starmer has already demonstrated his ruthlessness, says John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Labour Faces Furious Backlash Over Skyrocketing Council Tax Bills—Starmer’s Promise to Freeze Tax Now in Tatters

Labour is facing a furious backlash after council tax bills across England shot up once again — with the average Band D household now paying £109 more than last year.

The Fashion Central

From the police to the prime minister: how Adolescence is making Britain face up to toxic masculinity

The Netflix drama isn’t just a critical smash – its tale of social media-fuelled violence to women by young boys has forced a national debate in the UK that might lead to genuine political change

The Guardian - UK

Labour 'considering' sending migrants to 'return hubs' in third-party countries

KEIR Starmer is considering sending asylum seekers to migrant centres in the western Balkans and other third-party countries, according to reports…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer Just Proved He Can’t Be Trusted – £2.9 Billion Council Tax Bombshell Hits Hardest

Back in 2023, when Keir Starmer was still desperate to get the keys to No.10, he made a bold promise: he wouldn’t raise council tax.

The Fashion Central

ITV and BBC could not afford to make Adolescence, Wolf Hall director says

The four-part limited series, made in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, has received backing from the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Evening Standard

Mother of activist imprisoned in Egypt threatens to go back on hunger strike

Laila Soueif says she intends to resume protest next week unless progress made on release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

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The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves still needs to level with the British people over tax rises

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The chancellor’s Budget in October was a gamble that the outlook would brighten. It did not pay off

The Guardian - UK

Trump is abandoning democracy and freedom. That creates an opening for Europe – and Britain

Whether it’s sweeping up disgruntled US scientists or rejoining the EU, a bold Starmer must capitalise on Trump’s extremism, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

‘I want us to get it right’: Rachael Maskell on becoming Labour’s reluctant rebel

Believing her party should help the poorest, the York Central MP spoke out on winter fuel payments, overseas aid, Waspi women and now benefit cuts

Evening Standard

Plaid leader pledges to launch payments for poor children

Rhun ap Iorwerth said child poverty ‘remains a national stain’ with children ‘not even afforded the decency of good health and the bare essentials’.

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The Guardian - UK

Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE

Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up

The Independent UK

Stanley Tucci and Stephen Fry say Starmer must rethink ‘shameful’ benefit cuts

Stanley Tucci and Stephen Fry call on Starmer to rethink ‘shameful’ benefit cuts

The Independent UK

Fact check: ‘Welfare bill’ cost and tracking Labour’s pledges

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The Independent UK

‘Nothing off the table’ over possible troop deployment for Kyiv, No 10 says

It comes after Sir Keir Starmer warned Vladimir Putin would face ‘severe consequences’ for breaching any truce.

The Independent UK

Budget 2025: What time is the Spring Statement – and what will be in it?

There have been several big policy announcements in the run-up to the event, most recently welfare changes to achieve £5 billion in spending cuts by 2029/30

The Guardian - UK

Lords watchdog investigating Labour peer who wrote to Treasury on behalf of crypto firm

Inquiry into Iain McNicol is third to be launched after revelations in the Guardian’s Lords debate investigation

The Independent UK

UK economic growth forecast to be cut in half in blow to Starmer and Reeves

Major downgrade to growth forecast will pile further pressure on the chancellor

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