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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer suggests two-child benefit cap row is example of what taking ‘tough choices’ involves – as it happened

Labour leader says party is having row about ‘touch choices’ at the moment during speech at thinktank run by Tony Blair

The Guardian - UK

Starmer ally says Labour may have to keep ‘lots of bad policies’ in power

Labour leader faces fury over plan to uphold Tory two-child benefit cap – as four Labour mayors join rebellion

The Independent UK

SNP Westminster leader accuses Sarwar of attempt to ‘con’ voters on benefit cap

Sir Keir Starmer did not commit to scrapping the controversial policy if his party won the next election.

The Independent UK

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'Labour are undone': Jackie Baillie panned for 'car-crash' BBC interview

JACKIE Baillie has been panned for a “woeful” interview in which she appeared to blame the SNP for the levels of child poverty in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Labour backlash against Starmer over child benefit U-turn

‘There’s a lot of unhappiness’: Keir Starmer hit by rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap hated Tory policy

The Independent UK

'Two cheeks of same backside’: Alba leaflet takes swipe at Tories and Labour

THE Alba Party have slammed Keir Starmer, stating that Labour and the Tories are now “two cheeks of the same backside” ...

The National (Scotland)

SNP challenge Keir Starmer amid Labour 'meltdown' over two-child limit U-turn

KEIR Starmer has been asked what “other cruel Tory policies” he would keep in place if elected prime minister after he outlined Labour’s…

The National (Scotland)

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Labour MPs urge Starmer to rethink two-child benefit cap decision

Commitment to keep controversial policy has opened splits ahead of national party meeting

The Guardian - UK

Starmer faces party row over decision to keep two-child benefit cap

Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday confirmed he would retain the two-child limit despite growing calls from poverty campaigners for the cap to be abandoned.

The Independent UK

Twitter users come up with new nickname for Sir Keir Starmer

TWITTER users have rebranded Sir Keir Starmer as Sir Kid Starver – as a Labour civil war erupts over the two-child benefit cap.

The National (Scotland)

Two-child benefit cap: What is it and why is Keir Starmer coming under fire?

Policy was introduced in 2017 under direction of former chancellor George Osborne

The Independent UK

Sarwar: Scottish Labour opposed to two-child cap despite Starmer stance

The policy means applicants can only receive benefits for up to two children, with an exemption if the third child was conceived through rape.

The Independent UK

Listen up, critics: first let Labour win power. Then scrutinise its real record

Of course Keir Starmer is cautious in the runup to an election – Labour can’t change Britain from the opposition benches, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

There’s no point to Labour as a party if it won’t pay to pull children out of poverty

Families punished by the inhumane two-child benefit cap are being betrayed, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Evening Standard

Labour backlash over Starmer’s commitment to two-child benefit cap

Sir Keir Starmer’s comments have sparked an outcry among Labour MPs

The National (Scotland)

'Do another U-turn': First Minister weighs in on Labour two-child benefit cap row

HUMZA Yousaf has urged Anas Sarwar to tell Keir Starmer to “do another U-turn” and scrap the two-child benefit cap.

The Guardian - UK

Jamie Driscoll quits Labour after snub in north-east mayor race

Leftwing regional mayor hits out at Keir Starmer over broken pledges in scathing resignation letter

The Independent UK

Labour mayor quits and lashes out at Starmer’s ‘U-turns and broken promises’

Jamie Driscoll accuses Sir Keir of ‘mental gymnastics worthy of Olympic gold’

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Evening Standard

Reform wants to restore the two-child benefit cap: What is it and what does this mean for families?

Labour is aiming to scrap the two-child benefit cap, but Reform would bring it back

The Independent UK

Labour backlash against Starmer over child benefit U-turn

‘There’s a lot of unhappiness’: Keir Starmer hit by rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap hated Tory policy

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs attack Starmer’s commitment to keep Tories’ two-child benefit limit

Campaigners react on policy that has been criticised as one of the biggest drivers of child poverty

The National (Scotland)

Jackie Baillie compared two-child cap to China's 'abhorrent' one-child policy

SCOTTISH Labour’s deputy leader previously said that the Tories should “follow China’s example” and scrap the two-child benefit cap after…

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar makes ridiculous excuse for Labour's two-child benefit cap U-turn

ANAS Sarwar has made a ridiculous excuse for Labour’s decision not to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

Evening Standard

Bimini Bon Boulash: Labour’s Keir Starmer is weak on trans

The outspoken drag queen was at The Standard hotel’s fourth birthday party

The Week

Two-child benefit cap: a litmus test for Keir Starmer?

Keir Starmer is performing a careful balancing act between maintaining his party’s economic credibility and defending a policy that is deeply unpopular among the majority of Labour MPs and supporters.

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