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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Watch: Starmer reflects on ‘tough few days’ and addresses Reeves

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The Independent UK

A year of Keir Starmer: Screeching U-turns, backbench insurrections and a Chancellor reduced to tears

Lapses in judgment, U-turns galore and, most troublingly, an abyss between himself and the nation: the sky is deathly grey in Starmerland, writes Andy Coulson

Evening Standard

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Rachel Reeves smiles and laughs in show of unity with Keir Starmer after Commons tears

The Chancellor joined Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting in east London

Evening Standard

UK government bond markets rally after Starmer backs Reeves

Bond yields fall, reversing a sharp rise on Wednesday sparked by speculation over the future of the chancellor

The Guardian - UK

Reeves appears in public day after PMQs tears

Chancellor Rachel Reeves joined Sir Keir Starmer at the launch of the Government’s NHS plan.

Evening Standard

Voices: Can Labour’s 10-year plan finally fix the NHS? Join The Independent Debate

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Labour’s newly published 10-year plan for the health service raises questions about whether the party can deliver meaningful reform, or if it risks repeating past promises without the funding or detail to succeed

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Why Starmer finally came out to give his full backing to his tearful chancellor

NEWS ANALYSIS: After Rachel Reeves’ tears and a complete failure by the prime minister to appreciate the gravity of his situation in PMQs, Sir Keir Starmer had to intervene quickly prevent the markets being spooked further, says David Maddox

The Independent UK

Starmer admits to ‘tough’ few days as prime minister addresses Reeves crying

Sir Keir Starmer has admitted the past few days have been “tough” as he discusses Rachel Reeves crying during parliament on Wednesday (2 July).

The Independent UK

PM shoulders blame for welfare fiasco and says No 10 ‘didn’t get process right’

Keir Starmer says Downing Street should have engaged more with Labour MPs and repeats support for Rachel Reeves

The Guardian - UK

Can Starmer and Reeves hold the Labour Party together? Ask John Rentoul anything

ASK ME ANYTHING: The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions as Labour grapples with a welfare reform crisis, mounting pressure on Keir Starmer’s leadership, and growing doubts over Rachel Reeves’s position

The Independent UK

Starmer backs ‘excellent’ Reeves after Chancellor’s tears in the Commons

Sir Keir Starmer said Rachel Reeves was upset about a personal issue, and was caught on camera because there’s no ‘hiding place’ in politics.

Evening Standard

Anti-apartheid activists would have been called terrorists under logic banning Palestine Action, Peter Hain says – as it happened

Labour peer says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ his party is backing moves to ban group

The Guardian - UK

PM takes blame for welfare U-turn as he gives full backing to Chancellor

Speaking in his first interview since a threatened backbench revolt, Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged the past few days had been ‘tough’.

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The Guardian - UK

Pound and UK bonds recovering after Starmer backs Reeves; US economy adds 147,000 jobs in June – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as economists predict that Wednesday’s sell-off has strengthened Reeves’s position

Evening Standard

Reeves is 'fine' and will be Chancellor 'into next election', says Starmer after her PMQs tears hit markets

The Prime Minister said he spoke to Ms Reeves on Wednesday evening and she is ‘fine’

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Labour is betting on an NHS overhaul to deliver real change, but can they pull it off?

In today’s newsletter: With no new funding and a workforce already stretched, questions loom over whether ambition alone can overcome a system in crisis

The Guardian - UK

For all the errors and crises, the blight on Starmer’s first year is still the lack of vision

Prime ministers have recovered from bad starts. But unless Starmer can articulate an idea of the Britain he wants, the public – and his party – may desert him, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Evening Standard

MPs declare more than £1m of gifts and hospitality in year since election

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage declared the highest value, receiving gifts worth a total of £98,709 over the past year.

Evening Standard

Labour sees biggest first-year poll drop for governing party since 1990s

The last government to experience a double-digit fall in the 12 months after an election was John Major’s Conservatives.

Evening Standard

Starmer faces Labour turmoil and global volatility as he marks year in Number 10

The Prime Minister’s first year in office has been marked by a series of domestic and global challenges after Labour’s landslide victory.

The Independent UK

F1 chief Stefano Domenicali tells Keir Starmer what sets the UK apart: ‘The home of our sport’

Starmer welcomed a host of F1 personalities to 10 Downing Street on Wednesday in celebration of the sport’s 75th anniversary year

The Independent UK

New NHS 10-year plan marks start of ‘major renewal of Britain’, Starmer pledges

The Prime Minister will unveil his vision for the NHS, as he seeks to shift focus away from several chaotic days in Westminster.

International Business Times

UK's Starmer Backs Finance Minister After Tears In Parliament

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday said that finance minister Rachel Reeves would remain in her role for "a very long time to come" after she appeared visibly upset in parliament as rumours swirled around her future.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer outlines plan to shift NHS care from hospitals to new health centres

Prime minister unveils 10-year health plan to ‘put care on people’s doorsteps’ and prevent illness in first place

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