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Two-child benefit cap hit 80,000 Scottish kids in 12 months, study finds

THE two-child benefit cap has affected more than 80,000 children in Scotland in the last year, research commissioned by the SNP has found ...

The National (Scotland)

Two-child benefit cap affects more than 80,000 children in Scotland, study shows

An additional 20,000 children in Scotland were placed into poverty, a study commissioned by the SNP found.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s approval rating hits all-time low, polling suggests

The survey showing 65% of Britons hold an unfavourable view of the PM is likely to add to Tory jitters ahead of three crunch by-elections.

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Labour has to take tough decisions on spending, says Keir Starmer amid two-child benefit cap row

The party leader’s confirmation he will retain the Conservative-imposed limit has sparked a backlash among Labour MPs

Evening Standard

Blair and Starmer bask in each other’s reflected glory

Current Labour leader and former Labour PM find validation in onstage love-in

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer defends decision not to scrap two-child benefit cap

Labour leader says there will have to be more tough choices ahead if party is to win the next election

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer hits back at Labour critics of child benefit U-turn

‘Talk of no money left is the economics of the kindergarten’ says economist

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Labour has to take the tough decisions on spending, says Starmer

Sir Tony Blair told the Labour leader that he would inherit a ‘grim’ set of circumstances if he becomes prime minister at the next election.

The Independent UK

Where've the 'broad shoulders of the Union' gone?

KEIR Starmer has said the UK is not “even close to match-fit” for the new challenges facing the country – in an admission Yessers said…

The National (Scotland)

First Minister: Labour sticking to two-child cap is ‘unforgiveable’

Humza Yousaf said the Scottish Government is ‘taking action’.

The Independent UK

Elect Keir Starmer on Thursday, and fight him on Friday

Letters: Where reform is really needed is in the taxation system, writes Bernie Evans. Plus letters from Hilary Lang, Stephen Porter and Peter Womack

The Guardian - UK

Labour has to be more than simply the anti-Tory party

Letters: Gary Nethercott and Lyn Howard respond to Frances Ryan’s article about the party’s lack of clear policy direction under Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer must scrap the two-child benefit cap

Letters: Dr Jonathan J Ross points out that removing VAT relief from private schools would raise more than lifting the cap would cost. Plus letters from Richard Morgan and Peter Brooker

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer mocks Labour critics in two-child benefits cap row

KEIR Starmer laughed off his internal critics over plans to keep draconian Tory benefit rules during an interview with Tony Blair.

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Labour MPs launch bid to block Keir Starmer over two-child benefit cap

Labour leadership expecting to face vote this weekend in policy forum

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Watch as Keir Starmer and Ben Wallace speak at Tony Blair institute conference

Watch as Keir Starmer makes a speech on his vision for the future of Britain at the Tony Blair institute conference on Tuesday 18 July.

Evening Standard

‘This policy should be changed’: Sadiq Khan weighs in on Labour two-child benefit cap row

The London mayor said he will be lobbying Sir Keir Starmer to abolish the cap, but that he “understands why” the party leader is refusing to make the change

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'Completely wrong': Labour's 'no money left' claim sparks economists' fury

LABOUR’S claim there is “no money left” to end a hated benefits cap blamed for pushing children into poverty has infuriated economists.

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Jeremy Corbyn: I won’t rule out running for London mayor

The former Labour leader left the door open to standing in next year’s contest as an independent

The Guardian - UK

Labour voters are disillusioned with the party. Their support since my resignation proves it

After the party blocked me, I left it to run for North East mayor as an independent. It’s a campaign people believe in, says North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer is getting a shellacking, but his strategy is right

You gotta give them hope: so declared Harvey Milk, the San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights campaigner. And it is so, especially in the case of progressive politicians. Hope is the bedrock of what they offer.

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs ‘seething’ over Starmer’s child benefit stance, says Corbyn

Intervention follows shadow minister’s claim Labour may not be able to afford to reverse ‘bad policies’

Evening Standard

We can’t do it all, Labour MP admits as Sir Keir Starmer backs ‘cruel’ child benefit cap

Labour will have to take a “long, hard look” at what they can promise if they win the next election, a senior MP has warned as Sir Keir Starmer faced further criticism over his plan to uphold the Tories’ two-child benefit cap,

The National (Scotland)

SNP minister apologises as WhatsApp leak reveals 'not acceptable' comments

AN SNP minister has apologised after leaked WhatsApp messages revealed comments about colleagues which she conceded were “not acceptable” ...

The Guardian - UK

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

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