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Keir Starmer insists he is ‘completely in control’ of his own government amid Sue Gray row

PM faces questions ahead of the annual Labour Party conference next week

The Independent UK

With a lust for freebies and hobbled by infighting, Labour look like the Tories 2.0

The prime minister promised a government a world apart from Rishi Sunak’s, yet the similarities are mounting

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray’s salary isn’t the problem – it’s the backstage power struggle Starmer cannot afford

Mere weeks into the dawn of a new Labour era, Starmer’s No 10 is enmeshed in a spat more typical of a regime on its last legs, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

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How much do MPs earn? Sue Gray paid more than Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

The PM’s chief of staff’s pay rise has reportedly angered Labour Party special advisers

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer accused of handing ‘gold-plated pension’ to Sue Gray as pensioners brace for winter fuel cut

Conservative Party has claimed prime minister had ‘snatched away support for the vulnerable’ while handing large pensions to his senior officials

The Independent UK

Do the Starmers’ expensive donated clothes matter? Yes and no

Keir Starmer’s commitment to putting an end to “the chaos of sleaze” is already on the ropes, largely because of reports surrounding his wife’s clothes. The prime minister initially failed to declare clothes gifted to Victoria Starmer by Labour party donor Waheed Alli – although he has now done so.

The Conversation

OPINION - The Israeli device attacks make the world a more dangerous place for us all

The detonation of hundreds of pagers, and dozens of walkie-talkies, used by Hezbollah leaders and associates across Lebanon, killing at least 20 and injuring 450, was a daring and high-risk attack by Israel. Some might call it foolhardy, because it opens the prospect of Israel now having to handle war…

Evening Standard

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Minister defends £170,000 salary of Keir Starmer aide Sue Gray

Ministers have ‘no political input’ into the pay of advisers, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds says

Evening Standard

UK leader Starmer is facing flak for taking freebies. He says he's done nothing wrong

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was elected in July on a promise to restore trust in politics

The Independent UK

Starmer’s free tickets for Arsenal and Taylor Swift part of job, says minister

Business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, defends PM over gifts he has received since becoming Labour leader

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer warned to back or sack Sue Gray row as use of Arsenal box donation revealed

PM should either ditch chief of staff or back her ‘because he can’t let this carry on’, says political biographer

The Independent UK

Starmer says accepting gift of use of corporate box at Arsenal will save taxpayer money given security costs – as it happened

PM defends decision to accept corporate hospitality but dodges question about who paid for his glasses

The Guardian - UK

Labour will lean into hope at first conference in power for 15 years

Don’t expect Obama 2008 levels, say sources, but ministers know Starmer’s party have much to celebrate in Liverpool

The Guardian - UK

Working together, Labour and the Lib Dems could exile the Tories for a generation

Starmer and Davey need to seize the moment. They have enough common ground to ally against their common enemy, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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The brutal truth behind Italy’s migrant reduction: beatings and rape by EU-funded forces in Tunisia

Keir Starmer says he wants to learn from Italy’s ‘dramatic’ statistics. But a Guardian investigation reveals that EU money goes to officers who are involved in shocking abuse, leaving people to die in the desert and colluding with smugglers

The Guardian - UK

Unite aims to force vote on winter fuel payment at Labour conference

Union motion to condemn cut could prove embarrassing for PM at party’s first gathering since taking power

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urged to appoint ‘mould-breaking’ outsider as civil service head

Allies say Simon Case’s replacement must drive through change, amid internal battles over appointment

The Guardian - UK

UK must stop being naive over resetting relations with EU, thinktank says

European Centre for International Political Economy outlines a plan to bring the two sides closer

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The Independent UK

US wants more clarity from Ukraine on possible use of long-range weapons

U.S. officials say the Biden administration still isn't convinced that it should give Ukraine the authority to launch long-range missiles deeper into Russia

The Independent UK

Ukraine ‘drone attack hits major Russian arms depot’ sparking huge fire and evacuations in Tver region

‘Powerful’ explosion picked up by earthquake monitoring systems causes fires to burn across four miles in Russian region close to Belarus border, source says

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer making it 'difficult' to argue for Union, Better Together adviser says

PRIME Minister Keir Starmer’s insistence that the UK is “rotten” is making it "difficult" to argue for the Union, a former Better…

The Guardian - UK

How UK leaders’ spouses have negotiated clothing in the media age

Not all prime ministerial partners have followed in Keir and Victoria Starmer’s footsteps

Evening Standard

'Row ignites' within Government as Sue Gray paid more than PM

The Government has been forced to deny reports of tensions between Sue Gray and senior Labour aide Morgan McSweeney

The National (Scotland)

Bitter row breaks out as Keir Starmer's top aide Sue Gray paid more than him

KEIR Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray is reportedly paid more than the Prime Minister himself – as a bitter war of words breaks out over…

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray is paid more than the prime minister

A government spokesperson said Sue Gray had ‘no involvement in any decision on her pay’

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