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UK Labour's Move To Tax Private Schools Stirs Passions

UK's Labour government has vowed to tax private schools in order to boost public education and create thousands of teaching posts, but the policy is causing concern for families already hard-pressed to meet the fees.

International Business Times

Is effective centre-left government possible? Starmer has yet to prove that – but prove it he must

The PM faces conflicting ideological demands. After the budget and Labour conference, we will see how adept he is at managing them, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Responding to fears about immigration

Letters: Tony Wilkinson says the public must be given accurate figures on small boat arrivals to show what a tiny proportion of immigration it actually is. Plus letters from Brian Stewart and Rosalind Brunt

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How can Labour avoid the ‘union paymasters’ jibes? By banning all large donations

There is no comparison between Labour’s transparent union funding and murky donations to the Tories – but stopping it all would be the best way to clean up politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

The truth about Tasers: what the statistics and research tell us

Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently urged the police to take “all necessary action” in response to unrest across cities and towns in England and Northern Ireland.

The Conversation

UK asylum backlog rose before election despite Sunak pledge to cut numbers

Home Office figures show number of asylum seekers waiting for initial decision up in June despite clampdown

The Guardian - UK

Small boat arrivals fell by a third in Rishi Sunak’s last year of power piling pressure on Labour

In the year to 30 June there were 31,493 arrivals in the UK via small boats, a 29 per cent fall on the year before and a slight decrease from the same period two years ago

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Keir Starmer under fresh pressure to lift two-child benefit cap in October

The prime minister is facing renewed calls to scrap the austerity-era policy after a senior party figure suggested it would not be removed by chancellor Rachel Reeves in the statement this autumn

The Independent UK

Workers v bosses: the right is obsessed with zero-sum rows over trade union power. Starmer is right to ignore them

Is economic partnership rather than conflict even possible? Keir Starmer’s government is daring to address the question directly, writes the Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Almost three in four Britons worried about far right after riots

Exclusive: polling finds concern about societal divisions weeks after worst unrest in UK for a decade

The Guardian - UK

‘Do the right thing’: Pressure mounts on government to resentence prisoners with indefinite terms

Exclusive: Sir Bob Neill heaped pressure on Keir Starmer to resentence IPP prisoners after another inmate took his life

The Independent UK

Britain bolsters fight against migrant crossings from France

The UK government on Wednesday announced new measures to curb the arrival of migrants on boats from France and to step up the removal of failed asylum seekers.

Radio France Internationale

Staycations in Swansea & penthouses in Santa Monica: where the politicians go on holiday

Summer breaks are fraught affairs for Westminster’s finest. Robbie Griffiths has the lowdown

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage criticises Keir Starmer's Right to Switch Off plan

The Reform leader says working late into the evening is key to success

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The Independent UK

Labour will not scrap two-child benefit cap in October, senior figure warns

Senior Labour figure Torsten Bell predicted the measure would not be repealed in the 30 October statement

The Guardian - UK

There is a serious problem at 10 Downing Street, but it isn’t Sue Gray v Morgan McSweeney

The rumbles of discord in No 10 matter, but they’re a sign of a creaking system rather than a destructive rivalry, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Independent UK

London mayor Sadiq Khan hints at Brexit disconnect with Keir Starmer

Mayor of London suggests UK could rejoin the EU in ‘medium to long term’

The Independent UK

UN torture tsar calls on Starmer to review sentences of IPP prisoners trapped indefinitely behind bars

Dr Alice Jill Edwards says cases raised by The Independent highlight need for ‘urgent’ action to end ‘terrible indictment’ on UK justice system

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer's squad are at the Democratic National Convention in force — and this is why

The baggage carousels at O’Hare airport for flights from the UK this week had some intriguing folk waiting for luggage. The Democratic Party’s farewell to Joe Biden as president and coronation of Kamala Harris as candidate in Chicago has attracted key Labour figures observing the transition. Jonathan Ashworth, the former…

International Business Times

King Charles III Visits UK Town Where Child Stabbings Sparked Riots

King Charles III on Tuesday visited the town in northwest England where a devastating knife attack that killed three young girls sparked nationwide anti-immigration riots.

TechRadar

UK government set to back working from home to boost productivity

Working from home could boost falling producitivty, especially if workers have the right to switch off, says PM.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer highlights green measures on Welsh visit and attacks Tories’ ‘incoherent’ energy policies – as it happened

PM pushes plans to make Britain an ‘energy superpower’ and makes first official visit with new Welsh first minister, Eluned Morgan

International Business Times UK

Rachel Reeves Exposed For Using Taxpayer Funds To Pay Bills After Stripping Pensioners Of Winter Fuel Payments

Rachel Reeves is facing backlash for using taxpayer funds to pay her energy bills while cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners, sparking accusations of hypocrisy and public outrage.

The Independent UK

Riots push overcrowded prisons to breaking point triggering ‘one in, one out’ measures

In Merseyside – where riots first erupted – there were rumoured to be just two spaces left in the prison system at the weekend

International Business Times

UK Support Of Ukraine 'Unwavering' Amid Kursk Offensive: Spokeswoman

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's commitment to Ukraine "remains absolutely resolute", his spokesperson said Monday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that UK support "has slowed down recently".

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