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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Rishi Sunak’s scare tactics aren’t going to work against a soothing Keir Starmer

As he demonstrated at the launch of his pledge cards, the Labour leader has succeeded in de-risking perceptions of his party

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting defends Archbishop of Canterbury’s attack on two-child benefit cap – ‘literally his job’

The Archbishop slammed the cap as ‘cruel’ and called on Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer to commit to scrapping it

The Independent UK

Third of voters believe Starmer was wrong to let Elphicke into Labour party

In latest Opinium poll, only 16% say accepting rightwing Tory MP’s defection was the right move – against 33% who see it as a mistake

The Guardian - UK

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The Observer view on child poverty: Labour must tackle this scourge as soon as possible

Growing up in a poor household is one of the biggest barriers to opportunity, yet it affects millions of children

The Guardian - UK

Archbishop of Canterbury urges Starmer to ditch ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap

Head of Church of England Justin Welby tells Observer that ending policy would lift thousands of children out of poverty

The Guardian - UK

SNP pile pressure on Keir Starmer to answer key questions on nuclear power

THE SNP have piled pressure on Keir Starmer to clarify whether a future UK Labour government would attempt to impose nuclear power stations on…

The National (Scotland)

Starmer thought he’d found the nation’s pulse in Essex. Here’s what ‘Essex man’ made of him

In thrall to a character who may not truly exist any more, the Labour leader kicked off his election campaign in Purfleet, says author Tim Burrows

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Beware the Biden factor, Keir Starmer: you can govern well and still risk losing the country

Politics is about achieving things and telling a compelling story. But neither the president – nor Starmer – can match Trump’s gift for narrative, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Rachel Reeves' Hammersmith Bridge vow shows Labour's conundrum

Stop me if you've heard this one before. The shadow chancellor appeared on the radio this morning and, when asked about a crumbling corner of the public realm, agreed it was bad and said a Labour government would fix it. Pressed on whether she was actually committing any funding towards this,…

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt launches Tory fightback over Labour’s ‘disgraceful, fake news, lie’

The chancellor said the election will be about how the two main parties deal with Britain’s record tax burden

The Independent UK

Corbyn 'won't be Labour candidate at election,' says Reeves despite local party’s protests in north London

Shadow Chancellor rules out the former leader standing for Labour after an antisemitism row

Evening Standard

Member of Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet ‘misspoke’ - to the tune of £70bn - on key green policy

Tories seize on his comments to claim there is a multi-billion-pound ‘black hole’ in Labour’s plans

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt promises further tax cuts and hits out at Labour plans

Chancellor attempts to draw election battle lines, suggesting he wants to reduce national insurance and Labour intends to raise tax

The Guardian - UK

Union urges Labour not to ban new North Sea licences without plan for jobs

Unite launches bid to persuade Keir Starmer to invest more in north-east Scotland

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The Independent UK

British decline linked to Brexit, weak leadership and poor finances in damning report

A damning report has shown that the UK has dropped out of the top 10 countries for good governance under Rishi Sunak’s leadership

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer dons his election boots to tramp all over Tory territory

The Labour leader launched his general election campaign today with a 48-hour blitz of Conservative-held battleground seats

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s election campaign: Keir Starmer sounded like a prime minister in waiting

Editorial: The opposition leader knows that he is being measured for the highest office in the land

The Guardian - UK

NI government failed to be proactive in Covid pandemic, Sue Gray tells inquiry

Former civil servant who investigated Partygate says power-sharing executive was prone to ‘silo working’ and leaks

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The Conversation

Natalie Elphicke defection: Keir Starmer risks feeding the perception that politics is ‘all just a bit of a game’

Natalie Elphicke is the third Conservative MP to defect to Labour since the last election – but the first Tory rightwinger. She had enthusiastically backed Brexit, and was a member of the eurosceptic European Research Group of Conservative MPs. She has attacked Labour’s “softness on immigration” and harshly criticised trade…

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s gear change shows inevitability of Labour election victory

Endorsements came from business, policing and the heart of the establishment – the only question is how to avoid complacency

The Guardian - UK

How does Natalie Elphicke fit in with Labour’s values and vision?

Letters: Readers remain unconvinced about how the rightwing MP can help the party’s ‘national renewal’

The Guardian - UK

What are Labour’s six pledges and how likely is their success?

Commitments range from cutting NHS waiting times to delivering economic stability – and are united by a lack of detail

The Independent UK

Theresa May doesn’t want Trump hand-holding and Brexit failure to be her legacy as she mocks Truss and Johnson

Theresa May joked that Boris Johnson’s memoirs would be about ‘current affairs’ and said Liz Truss’s new book should be labelled ‘sci-fi or fantasy’

The National (Scotland)

Ingrown eyelid and Boots mentioned more than Scotland in Labour's big election pitch

SCOTLAND wasn’t mentioned once in Labour’s big pre-election pitch today...

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer gains from 'one rule for him' pension but ignores Waspi women, MP says

KEIR Starmer has been blasted for a “one rule for him” pension plan he benefits from as he refuses to commit to compensation for women…

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