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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

‘Seismic night in Scotland’: Labour crushes SNP in Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection

Michael Shanks wins contest Labour considered a crucial test of apparent turnaround of its fortunes in Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Greens head to Brighton targeting four seats at next election

As the party gathers for its conference, co-leader Carla Denyer looks to win over disgruntled Labour voters

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urged to be less cautious after suggesting he may not reverse HS2 cuts

The Labour leader accused the Government of taking a ‘wrecking ball to this project’.

The Independent UK

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Labour plans for supervised toothbrushing in schools - but teachers aren’t happy

‘There has to be a limit to what we expect staff to do,’ says union chief

The Independent UK

Border poll not even on the horizon in Northern Ireland, says Sir Keir Starmer

The Labour leader also outlined a desire to renegotiate an improved trade deal with the EU.

The Independent UK

Teachers deride Starmer’s plan for supervised toothbrushing in schools

Labour leader’s pledge for English primaries as part of a wider dental plan labelled ‘window dressing’ by union chief

The Guardian - UK

‘It was electrifying’: the inside story of Labour’s 1997 election landslide

Paranoia, relentless activity, infighting – the people who saw it all look back on the dizzying days that made political history

The Guardian - UK

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Starmer: I can’t commit to reverse decision to cancel HS2’s northern leg

The Labour leader said he would look to continue transport projects already under way.

The Independent UK

Calls for Brexit debate could cause policy row at Labour conference

Rachel Reeves’s constituency party among 30 backing a motion on issues including a visa system with the EU

The Guardian - UK

Labour figures from 1997 victory warn Starmer against cautious approach

Exclusive: People involved in Tony Blair’s victory believe party needs to set out much clearer policy platform to win voters’ trust

The Guardian - UK

Labour pledges supervised school toothbrushing in bid to ‘rescue NHS dentistry’

The party wants to tackle preventable tooth decay in children with a programme to help youngsters form healthy brushing habits

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer says he cannot commit to building HS2’s northern leg

Rishi Sunak savaged by two ex-PMs for cancelling high-speed rail link to Manchester

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s new A-level exam is the HS2 of educational reform: it’ll never happen

The rotten system is crying out for a bipartisan inquiry, not a last-minute fudge like the ‘Advanced British Standard’, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Labour pledges 700,000 extra dental appointments and ‘toothbrushing’ in schools

The party would also seek to tackle preventable tooth decay in children with a programme to help youngsters form healthy brushing habits.

The Independent UK

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The Times of India

Suella Braverman: Firebrand Tory mimics US culture-war rhetoric to stoke support

LONDON: Suella Braverman lowered her voice and leaned in to the lectern to emphasize her point: “The future could bring millions more migrants to these shores; uncontrolled and unmanageable.”

The Conversation

Advanced British Standard: Sunak's proposed replacement for A-levels and T-levels could make education less divisive

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to scrap A-levels and the recently introduced T-levels. He unveiled proposals for young people to instead study the new Advanced British Standard (ABS) at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt hits back at Labour hypocrisy claims over HS2: ‘How’s Keir?’

Jeremy Hunt previously said going ahead with the high speed rail line was a ‘great decision’ adding: ‘No HS2 = no ambition for our country’

Evening Standard

Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election: Labour and SNP battle for Scotland’s future

There will be 14 candidates on the ballot paper but the by-election will be a battle between the SNP and Labour – and one that will indicate the direction of travel of politics nationally

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The Guardian - UK

Tories hoping ‘more Rishi’ is the answer to flagging poll ratings

There is a risk that the PM’s preoccupations and views are too narrow to chime with voters

The Guardian - UK

The astounding return of Liz Truss: why do so many Tories still love the failed leader?

She left Downing Street with rock-bottom ratings after tanking the economy. But at Tory party conference this week she was impossible to ignore

The National (Scotland)

MSPs call on UK Government to scrap 'abhorrent' two-child benefit cap

MSPs have called on the UK Government to scrap the two-child benefit cap following a heated debate in the Scottish Parliament ...

Evening Standard

OPINION - Rishi Sunak can be the candidate of change (if you ignore the last 13 years)

Every candidate for high office, from the freshest of faces to the grizzliest of incumbents, seeks to pitch themselves as the candidate of change. This hinges on a cursory understanding of human psychology. Life for a lot of people is tough and when it’s not, it’s tedious. Who the heck…

Evening Standard

Your Conservative party conference cheat sheet

Dance-offs with Priti Patel and Nigel Farage, Liz Truss back from oblivion, Rishi on a cancelling plans spree — Robbie Griffiths reports from the Tory gathering in Manchester

The Guardian - UK

Our panel’s verdict on Rishi Sunak’s speech to the Tory party conference

The prime minister has presented himself as the change candidate – will the British public buy it?

The National (Scotland)

Who is Katy Loudon? SNP councillor hopes to become Scotland's next MP

KATY Loudon is hoping to become Scotland’s next MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West after constituents voted to recall Margaret Ferrier.

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