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Keir Starmer shies away from some of Sadiq Khan's key policies but backs mayor for a third term

The Labour leader refused to explicitly endorse the mayor’s Ulez expansion, and suggested that he would not allow rent controls in London

Evening Standard

David Beckham-backed EV firm Lunaz puts commercial arm into administration

The company had been valued at $200 million and was described as a ‘world leader’ in a speech by Keir Starmer as recently as December

Evening Standard

Labour has not got long to find its moral compass

Letters: Peter Riddle says voters fear they will get Tory-lite policies and calls for honesty, while Carl Gardner says the party should make the UK attractive to struggling people, not big business. Plus letters from Martyn Taylor and Michael Meadowcroft

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Loyalty was once the glue that held the Tories together. But now they’ve come unstuck

Claims of a leadership bid are ‘bonkers’, say Penny Mordaunt’s allies. But so too is staying silent while the PM stumbles towards an election, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan launches re-election campaign with pledge of 40,000 council homes

He stresses the prospect of a Labour government and Labour mayor are a ‘once in a generation” chance to ease London’s housing crisis

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan promises 40,000 new London council homes if he wins third term

Mayor says May election will be ‘closest ever’ and says the contest is ‘once in a generation’ chance to tackle city’s housing crisis

The Guardian - UK

Labour landslide will be much harder to achieve than in 1997, analysis shows

Starmer’s shadow cabinet is less popular than Blair’s, and Britons and have lost confidence in politicians and in their own prospects

The Guardian - UK

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Children get lessons to help for awkward chats with the boss

North London Collegiate School teaching children how to speak to adults they find ‘overawing’

Evening Standard

Starmer’s team coached for government over dinners with top Whitehall figures

Shadow ministers step up preparations by holding informal meals to pick the brains of senior political figures

The Guardian - UK

Britain doesn’t need ‘reform’. It just needs to rejoin the EU

Well-intentioned moves are afoot to ‘overhaul the machinery of government’. But it’s the policies that are the problem

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey: ‘We need a cross-party agreement on social care’

Speaking ahead of the party’s spring conference, the Liberal Democrat leader challenges the Tories and Labour to find consensus on financial package for the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott thanks supporters at anti-racism rally in east London

Hackney MP tells large crowd ‘this is not about me, this is about the level of racism in Britain’

The Guardian - UK

This Tory long goodbye is toxic for the country – and making Labour’s job ever harder

The greater the wait until the election, the more reassurance Labour must provide. And that weakens its future mandate, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

‘Nope, no way’: can the Tories afford to give Frank Hester’s money back?

Unwillingness to hand back £15m in donations despite uproar may show frailty of financial firepower

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Frank Hester racism row: how key figures reacted to remarks about Diane Abbott

Tory donor has been widely condemned over racist and misogynistic comments about prominent black MP

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Black Britons fear for Diane Abbott after a millionaire’s call for violence

A top Tory donor said the veteran politician, affectionately called ‘Auntie Di’ by her supporters, should be shot.

The Guardian - UK

I’ve never heard a Labour leader speak about the arts like Keir Starmer – now I hope words become action

He has signalled a return to old Labour values: that everyone, no matter their background, should have access to temples of high culture, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Vaughan Gething or Jeremy Miles to make history as Welsh Labour’s new leader

Outcome of election paves way for first black head of a European country or the UK’s most senior gay leader

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Evening Standard

Diane Abbott says Labour leadership determined to keep her out of parliamentary party

Party insists a long-running investigation into Abbott should not be conflated with its support for her now over a Tory donor ‘racism’ row

International Business Times UK

Left-Wing Muslims Lose Faith In The Labour Party As Gaza Death Toll Passes 31,000

Labour's chance of winning the next general election has been threatened by its inability to call for a permanent ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.

The Guardian - UK

I’d like Diane Abbott to be Labour MP again, says Angela Rayner

Deputy leader also says she does not know why Abbott has not received an apology about racism she has faced within party

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott’s chances of getting whip back appear remote despite Hester row

Senior figures including deputy leader want to see MP back in fold but Starmer is firm that he does not want to ‘conflate’ issues

Evening Standard

Growing calls for Diane Abbott to be restored as Labour MP

Ms Abbott has sat as an independent MP since April after the Labour whip was withdrawn

Evening Standard

Labour plan to get working class into arts jobs and prevent sector being dominated by privately educated

Sir Keir Starmer vowed that investment in culture will be put “at the core” of his government if he were to become prime minister

The Guardian - UK

Labour to promise ‘access to the arts’ to widen involvement in creative industries

Starmer will set out new strategy for culture after analysis found 40% of recent British awards nominees were privately educated

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