Anna Soubry: Former Conservative business minister says she will vote Labour The ex-Conservative who joined short-lived centrist party says she will vote for Keir Starmer as leader Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2023
JK Rowling says Lisa Nandy is reason women on left don’t trust Labour Author claims ‘many women on the left no longer trust Labour to defend their rights’ The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023
Thursday briefing: Inside Labour’s glittery, change-making conference In today’s newsletter: Rachel Reeves delivers and Keir Starmer shows he’s ready to lead at an event that both literally and figuratively sparkled The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023
Ex-Tory business minister Anna Soubry says she will vote Labour Co-founder of Change UK who opposed Brexit praises Keir Starmer as having the ‘values and competence’ the country ‘desperately needs’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023
Why Labour will be pleased that ‘boring’ was the buzzword of conference MPs stayed on-message, fringe events were packed and businesses wanted to get involved at a conference that passed by with barely a hitch The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023
FA will announce plans to honour Israel victims before England friendly Senior Jewish football executives are understood to have reached out to the FA while Sir Keir Starmer said he wants the Wembley arch in Israel’s colours The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023
The Guardian view on Labour’s housing plan: a promising start to addressing an age-old problem Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer’s talk of ‘bulldozing’ obstacles to development is a refreshing contrast to Rishi Sunak’s cowardly retreat from the challenge The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023
Keir Starmer’s speech: Labour has to ignore the glitter and go for gold Letters: Readers respond to the opposition leader’s keynote address at the party conference in Liverpool The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023
Starmer commits to erasing 7.7m NHS waiting list in four years It is a ‘huge ambition’ of Labour’s to cut the NHS backlog in a single term if elected, party leader Sir Keir Starmer said. The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023
Housing developers could override local objections under Labour, says Starmer Party leader declares himself a ‘yimby’ in his drive to get an extra 300,000 homes built each year The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023
Labour 'already watering down major green spending commitments' LABOUR is reportedly already scaling back its major green spending plans. The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2023
What are the Labour Party’s key policies ahead of the next election? Keir Starmer made some key points about Labour’s direction in his keynote speech Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2023
Scots have 'no choice at all' between Labour and Tories in next election, say SNP VOTERS face “no choice at all” between Labour and the Conservatives at the next election, the SNP have said. The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2023
A victory lap for Starmer, now officially a member of the glitterati Standing ovations all round as Labour conference wraps up and many luxuriate in the feeling of a party poised to take power The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023 ‘Sparkle with Starmer’: Labour turns protest into campaign T-shirt T-shirt makes light of moment the Labour leader was covered in glitter during an onstage protest at party conference
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023 Labour may take heart from rightwing media reaction to Starmer’s speech No repeat of ‘Sun backs Blair’ moment, but neutral coverage from Murdoch press and others should please party
The Conversation · Oct 11, 2023 Labour's immigration policy: will focus on 'security' win an election? Labour’s immigration policy is starting to take shape. Migration, historically, has been a tricky issue for the party. So it’s perhaps not surprising that they are taking a leaf from the Conservative playbook by focusing on border security. But Labour has shifted the villain from asylum seekers to smuggling gangs.
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023 Things we learned at the Labour Party conference Sir Keir Starmer said the party was on a journey from protest to power – although one glitter-throwing demonstrator did not get the memo.
The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2023 BBC defends decision not to label Hamas 'terrorists' KEIR Starmer has called on the BBC to explain why it does not label the Palestinian militant group Hamas “terrorists”.
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023 Key points from a conference season of contrasts The PA news agency picks through the main issues from the 2023 party conference season.
Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2023 OPINION - The Standard View: Keir Starmer’s discipline could win him Number 10 The Ming vase was not dropped. Sir Keir Starmer shrugged off the challenge from a protester, rolled up his sleeves and sought to answer the question many in Britain were still asking: why Labour?
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023 Starmer’s path to No 10 is assured – that’s why voters must demand greater ambition It would be a grave error to wait until Labour is in government to scrutinise what the party has to offer, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023 Seventeen Britons feared dead or missing as Israel conflict continues Foreign Secretary James Cleverly had said on Tuesday that a “significant number” of British-Israeli nationals had been caught up in the conflict.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023 Labour’s policies show party is spoiling for a fight on green issues Conference speeches indicate party is keen to take on Tories on environment and that climate is core to its electoral strategy
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023 Jamie Carragher issues warning to Keir Starmer: ‘Deliver on your word’ Former Liverpool and England footballer says people in city would rather play for Man United than support the Tories