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Starmer lauds Prescott’s ‘tenacity and vision’ ahead of ex-deputy PM’s funeral

More than 300 family members, friends and colleagues have been invited to the service for John Prescott at Hull Minster.

Evening Standard

Reeves rejects Heathrow expansion critics, saying answer ‘cannot always be no’

The Chancellor said the economy will stagnate if you ‘always give in’ to objections.

Evening Standard

Labour’s plan for ‘growth’ won’t take off, but it will leave ordinary people behind

We used to call this ‘trickle-down economics’, and we learned a long time ago that it is a myth, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Government accused of having ‘rogue algorithm’ for deciding housing targets

Conservative former minister Damian Hinds told MPs the number of houses expected to be built in his constituency of East Hampshire had ‘doubled’.

Evening Standard

Tote couture? My old bag’s a classic

Brief letters: Tote bags | Charity charmer | Handwriting | Starmer’s brakes | Religious conversion

The Guardian - UK

Trump played games with Starmer over Mandelson – but PM has card up his sleeve

ANALYSIS: Trump and Starmer have resolved their differences on Lord Mandelson but at what cost to the prime minister? David Maddox reports

The Independent UK

Idris Elba proposes dulling kitchen knives to curb stabbing deaths

There were more 50,000 serious knife crime offences recorded in England in the year ending June 2024

The Independent UK

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Omagh Bombing Inquiry hears tributes to oldest and youngest atrocity victims

It came on the second day of commemorative hearings at the Strule Arts Centre in the Co Tyrone town.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves’s plan for Heathrow to ‘turbocharge’ economy struggles to take off

Chancellor’s optimistic economic growth vision hit in the short term as Tesco and Lloyds announce hundreds of job losses and she admits fixing the economy is ‘not an easy job’

The Independent UK

OPINION - Dylan Jones: Keir Starmer should copy Donald Trump and end working from home for lazy civil servants

Boom! In a rather terse email sent on Tuesday, Donald Trump told federal government workers they had to decide by Thursday of next week whether they wanted to be part of a hastily arranged “deferred resignation” programme. His email said that if they agreed by that date to quit their…

Evening Standard

What is Donald Trump and Keir Starmer's relationship?

Here’s an overview of the relationship between the UK prime minister and US president:

Evening Standard

Starmer to look at report on legality of Drax power station subsidies

The Government has previously faced calls to end financial support for companies such as Drax which generate electricity from burning wood.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves will publish tax return in U-turn hours after refusing to do so

Chancellor said after delivering speech on growth she had no plans to release her tax returns

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves will publish a tax return after saying she had no ‘plans to do so’

A Treasury spokesperson indicated that Ms Reeves will publish details on her finances.

Evening Standard

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PM says Badenoch wants to ‘shrink pensions’ as he commits to no means-testing

Kemi Badenoch accused the Prime Minister of having ‘misled’ MPs in relation to his comments on the Children’s Wellbeing Bill.

The Independent UK

Voices: Rachel Reeves’s growth speech felt more like an emergency Budget

COMMENT: Allies insist that, after a gloomy start in the job, the chancellor had long planned to shift up a gear – but her announcement of a third Heathrow runway and a ‘Silicon Valley’ from Oxford to Cambridge felt suspiciously like someone in a hurry to correct her own mistakes,…

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves refuses to publish tax return

The Chancellor said she had no plans to release information on her personal finances, but Downing Street confirmed the Prime Minister would.

The Independent UK

Reeves backs third runway at Heathrow as she banks on planning reform for growth

Rachel Reeves gave a major speech this morning where she confirmed she will back a third runway at Heathrow

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The Independent UK

Starmer labels Tories ‘coalition of blockers’ as he defends growth plan at PMQs

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch urged the Prime Minister to drop his ‘anti-growth’ Employment Rights Bill.

The National (Scotland)

Tory leader praises Keir Starmer for 'embracing Conservative policies'

KEMI Badenoch has welcomed a “series of Conservative policies” from Labour as the Government desperately try to improve the economy ...

Evening Standard

Reeves looks to the skies in search of economic growth with support for Heathrow

Rachel Reeves put support for a third runway at the London hub airport at the heart of her plan to kickstart the UK economy.

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch scolded for claiming Keir Starmer misled House of Commons

Kemi Badenoch was scolded after she accused Sir Keir Starmer of misleading the House of Commons.

The Independent UK

Number of Britons who think Brexit was right decision hits new low, new YouGov poll shows

On the five-year anniversary of Britain’s EU exit, new YouGov polling lays bare damning public sentiment on the decision

The Independent UK

Watch: Keir Starmer grilled at PMQs as Rachel Reeves backs Heathrow third runway

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer faced MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions after Rachel Reeves backed a third Heathrow runway on Wednesday, 29 January.

The Independent UK

Peter Mandelson backtracks on 'ill-judged' Trump criticism after being appointed US ambassador

Labour grandee, now Keir Starmer’s representative in Washington, described the Republican as a ‘danger to the world’ in 2019

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