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Craig Dalzell: Here's my verdict on Keir Starmer's 'pain' speech

AHEAD of the reopening of the UK Parliament next week, Prime Minister Keir Starmer painted a bleak picture of a broken Britain that he plans to…

The National (Scotland)

The Guardian view on Labour’s gloomy politics: it is bad economics

Editorial: Keir Starmer wants to pin the blame for broken Britain on the shambolic Tories. But his party has yet to form its own, more hopeful narrative

The Guardian - UK

How George Osborne laid the groundwork for austerity – and Keir Starmer copied him

“I am not going to hide the hard choices from the British people.” “We have had to pay the bills of past irresponsibility.” “We have been…

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‘Austerity mark two is not the answer’: Trade unions hit out at Keir Starmer speech

TRADE unions have hit out at Keir Starmer’s speech in which he warned that the UK Government’s forthcoming Budget will be “painful”.

The National (Scotland)

The bedraggled Tories are useful foes, but Keir Starmer’s real enemy now is time

The public know there are no quick fixes to Britain’s problems, but without tangible change, patience will run out quickly, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer takes a political gamble with message of bad news

Past Labour PMs – Blair, Wilson, Attlee – have tended to arrive in power accentuating the positive

The Guardian - UK

I went to Downing Street to see Keir Starmer promise – and deliver – pain

KEIR Starmer promised pain and pain he delivered.

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Labour 'just slashing again which failed last time', warns top economist

LABOUR are "just slashing again which failed last time", according to a top economist.

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - Keir Starmer's mission-led government collides with short-term fiscal reality

The central problem with 'levelling up' was that no one in government ever quite articulated what it meant. Was it the application of a lick of paint to dilapidated northern high streets, or did it entail a fundamental rewiring of the British economy? And if it was the latter, join…

Evening Standard

Keir had his holiday ruined so he’s ruined ours – by telling us everything’s hopeless

When you’re told the country’s dying on its feet, it helps when the messenger has the demeanour of an undertaker

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer's weather comment proves fuel poverty point, warns minister

A SCOTTISH minister has taken aim at a comment Keir Starmer made about the weather during a major speech in the Downing Street rose garden ...

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John Swinney issues statement on Labour 'austerity' after Keir Starmer speech

SNP leader John Swinney has issued a statement in response to Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying that his Labour government’s first Budget will…

The National (Scotland)

Starmer’s choice of venue for first set-piece speech filled with symbolism

Using rose garden was reminder of Tory lockdown parties and Cummings’ Covid travel explanations

The Guardian - UK

What we learned from the first big poll for the 2026 Scottish election

Is it really looking good for Anas Sarwar? ... Polling expert James Kelly doubts it.

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Labour cuts will 'fundamentally damage' Scottish public services, SNP warn

LABOUR’S political choices will “fundamentally damage” public services in Scotland, the Finance Secretary has warned ...

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Keir Starmer says Labour cronies given jobs as they are the 'best people'

KEIR Starmer has defended parachuting Labour cronies into Government as “getting the best people into the best jobs”, amid a cronyism row…

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Read Keir Starmer's speech in full after 'painful' Budget warning

READ the full speech after Keir Starmer warned that the Labour government's first Budget, which is due in late October, will be "painful"…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Sir Keir Starmer can't just keep blaming the Tories — he needs to give us all a little more hope

It really isn’t 1997, is it? Back then, a confident new Labour prime minister promised that “things can only get better”. In sharp contrast, Sir Keir Starmer warns today, in his first keynote speech as PM, that “things will get worse before we get better”. Note the ominous “we”.

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The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer hits back at Labour cronyism claims

Prime minister says he is ‘getting the best people into the best jobs’ and has followed procedure throughout

The Guardian - UK

Starmer hints at tax rises as he warns of ‘painful’ budget

Prime minister says it will take years to clean up from Tories after finding a £22bn black hole in public finances

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar: People will find Keir Starmer's doom and gloom 'refreshing'

ANAS Sarwar has said people will find Keir Starmer’s warning of a “painful” first Budget “quite refreshing”.

The Independent UK

Starmer warns of ‘really painful’ Budget to ‘fix the rot’ left by Tories

The prime minister defended taking away winter fuel payments from thousands of pensioners as he warned of ‘worse to come’

International Business Times

UK's Starmer Warns October 30 Budget Will Be 'Painful'

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Tuesday that his new government's first budget in just over two months will be "painful", asking the country to "accept short-term pain for long-term good".

The Independent UK

UK prime minister contrasts his leadership with the past but warns of painful choices ahead

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is seeking to draw a contrast between his new government and the past, saying the solution to the country’s problems is in working together and not in continuing to stoke tensions in society

The Independent UK

Labour to extend vital household ‘lifeline’ as Reeves comes under pressure

The Household Support Fund gives local councils more dedicated money for vulnerable households

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