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Ousting Keir Starmer is harder than it looks – party rules mean he can choose to keep fighting

Between 2016 and 2024 the UK saw four changes of prime minister by way of a party leadership contest. In that time, even casual observers became familiar with the dramatic process that the Conservative Party uses to topple one leader and select another. Secret letters to the 1922 Committee, the…

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The Labour candidates who could replace Keir Starmer as prime minister

Sir Keir Starmer is facing significant pressure to resign as Labour leader following the party's 'nightmarish' performance in recent local elections

The Independent UK

Israel's military said a Palestinian family could bury their father. Then the settlers arrived

A Palestinian family in the West Bank says Israeli settlers forced them to dig up their newly buried 80-year-old relative

The Independent UK

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Starmer began the day damaged and then things got worse

A growing number of Labour MPs are in no mood to heed calls from the PM’s allies to keep faith with their leader

The Guardian - UK

Sir Rod Stewart ‘so proud’ of wife Penny Lancaster receiving freedom of London

The 55-year-old received the accolade at London’s Guildhall on Monday.

Evening Standard

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Newark, New Jersey's, mayoral election

Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka faces seven challengers as he seeks a fourth term Tuesday as the chief executive of his state's largest city

The Independent UK

Thousands attend rally against antisemitism outside Downing Street

Conservative and Reform leaders cheered as they address crowd, while Labour’s Pat McFadden met with boos and shouts of ‘where is Starmer?’

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What is the King’s Speech and when is it?

King Charles will outline the government’s legislative agenda in a speech on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Local elections across UK test Starmer as Reform UK eyes major gains

UK voters began casting ballots on Thursday, 7 May, in local and devolved elections seen as the biggest political test yet for Prime Minister Keir Starmer since Labour’s landslide victory in July 2024.

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Bulletin PM briefing: New Middle East missile attack and Starmer ‘facing coup’

Iran launches missile and drone attack on UAE for second day as war escalates. Labour MPs plotting Blair-style coup of Starmer after local elections – report. Met Police launch fresh probe after rapist nurse convicted. Rachel Reeves ‘clashes’ with US treasury secretary over Iran war. Brit needing ‘urgent’ care after…

The Independent UK

SNP bound to win ‘vast bulk’ of constituencies if polls are accurate – Curtice

The polling expert however said the three current largest parties in Scotland are ‘all doing badly’ compared to the last election.

Evening Standard

Bulletin PM briefing: London terror attack latest and could Starmer sack Reeves?

Here are five of today’s biggest stories

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage referred to standards watchdog over failure to declare £5m gift

The Reform UK leader revealed he had received a seven-figure sum from a crypto investor to boost his security and that his home was firebombed.

The Independent UK

Housing secretary rules out rent freeze amid Iran war – despite chancellor’s hints at helping tenants

Steve Reed says he is ‘crystal clear’ the government is ‘not doing’ a rent freeze

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Middle East energy crisis could wipe £35bn off UK economy – even in best-case scenario, think tank warns

Impact of Donald Trump’s Iran war a ‘serious blow’ to Keir Starmer’s economic hopes

The Independent UK

‘Unhelpful and ill-informed’: Charities slam Tony Blair think tank report on disability benefits

The former PM’s firm put forward an ‘emergency handbrake’ plan for welfare spending

The Independent UK

Growing up with ‘Toy Story’: Andrew Stanton on 30+ years with Woody and Buzz

Andrew Stanton has spent over half his life with “Toy Story.”

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Met Police assessing evidence on donations to Robert Jenrick’s Tory leadership campaign

Robert Jenrick ran to be Tory leader in 2024, before his defection to Reform UK earlier this year

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The Independent UK

Bulletin PM briefing: Starmer could face Mandelson probe and the King heads for Trump visit

As the King and Queen head to the US – here are five of the day’s top stories

The Independent UK

Households fork out £3,400 more for bills in five years due to war impact on energy prices

Ofgem will announce on 27 May the price cap for the three months covering 1 July to 30 September

Evening Standard

Paddington Bear and Sir David Attenborough among public’s banknote design ideas

Sir Winston Churchill, who currently features on the £5 note, was the fourth most commonly suggested idea..

The Guardian - UK

Those who cannot remember the past

Brief letters: British colonial history | Starmer’s premiership | Chelsea sacking | Kakistocracies

The Independent UK

Bulletin AM briefing: Trump warns UK with ‘big tariff’ over tech tax

Trump threatens ‘big tariff’ on UK unless they drop key policy. Starmer made ‘biggest mistake of his life’ over Mandelson appointment, Labour backbencher says Trump says Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended. US Navy sailor prepped for minesweeping in Strait of Hormuz injured in bizarre attack. Britain set to be hotter than Ibiza…

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What Mandelson vetting row reveals about escalating tensions between ministers and civil servants

Keir Starmer’s decision to fire Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins has contributed to “one of the worst crises in relations” between ministers and civil servants in modern times. The words of former cabinet secretary Gus O'Donnell, writing after Robbins was sacked for declining to inform Starmer that Peter Mandelson failed…

The Independent UK

Officials requested Mandelson’s vetting details days after Independent revealed he failed

Cat Little, the most senior official in the Cabinet Office, said details of the disgraced peer’s vetting were requested by the Foreign Office seven months ago

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