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Forget Andy Burnham – these are the five people who could actually be the next prime minister

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox looks at the five contenders who have emerged this week at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool as potential leadership candidates

The Independent UK

Powell and Phillipson vie for votes as Labour conference draws to a close

The pair displayed little disagreement during a hustings at the end of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting: We won't impose VAT on private healthcare in the autumn Budget

But Wes Streeting rules out the Government imposing VAT on private healthcare in the autumn Budget: ‘It’s not happening’

Evening Standard

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Starmer promises ‘fairer country’ after long, difficult road to renewal

The Prime Minister will say Britain stands at a fork in the road with a choice between decency and division.

The Independent UK

Students on ‘priority courses’ will receive maintenance grants, says Phillipson

The grants would be funded by a new levy on international students.

Evening Standard

‘Prospect of chaos’ if Reform or Plaid win in Wales – Welsh First Minister

Baroness Eluned Morgan said jobs in Wales could be ‘on the line’ if the party loses the Caerphilly by-election and is unable to get a budget through.

Evening Standard

Anas Sarwar 'distancing himself' from Keir Starmer ahead of Holyrood election

ANAS Sarwar has been accused of “distancing himself” from Keir Starmer ahead of the Holyrood election.

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Starmer pleads for space to lead Labour in ‘fight of our lives’ against Reform

The under-pressure Prime Minister told his party that now is not the time for ‘introspection or navel-gazing’.

Evening Standard

Sarwar to slam ‘knackered, desperate and incompetent’ SNP at Labour conference

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will make his keynote address to the UK party conference in Liverpool on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Starmer insists Labour can recover from poll slump as conference begins

Sir Keir Starmer hopes a policy blitz including a promise to construct new towns will help revive Labour’s fortunes.

The Independent UK

Starmer brands Reform UK’s migration plan ‘racist’ and ‘immoral’

Sir Keir said he believes Labour can ‘pull this round’ as a poll suggested Nigel Farage could be on course for a landslide win in the next general election

Evening Standard

Labour can pull this round with ‘fight of our times’, says Starmer as party conference starts

It came as fresh polling showed Sir Keir Starmer is the least popular prime minister on record

The Independent UK

Labour can pull this round, PM says of polling fortunes as conference starts

It is the fight of our times and we’ve all got to be in it together, Sir Keir said during an interview published as he arrived at Labour conference.

Evening Standard

Labour focuses on threat posed by Farage as Starmer prepares for conference

Sir Keir Starmer said Reform UK’s policies would tear the country apart as he vowed Labour would offer an alternative vision of ‘national renewal’.

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The Independent UK

Starmer prepares to take on ‘toxic’ Reform as he arrives in Liverpool for Labour conference

The prime minister said Reform UK’s policies would tear the country apart as he vowed Labour would offer an alternative vision of ‘national renewal’

The Independent UK

Starmer brands Reform UK ‘an enemy’ as he travels to Labour conference

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has meanwhile said she wants to sign an ‘ambitious’ new youth migration scheme with the EU.

Evening Standard

Labour must improve lives by time it leaves office, says Reeves

The Chancellor was speaking to the Global Progress Action Summit.

The Independent UK

UK faces ‘battle for the soul’ of the country, says Starmer amid Reform threat

In a rallying cry to progressives around the world, the Prime Minister said allies must stop the ‘politics of predatory grievance’.

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Lib Dems to call on Parliament to haul in Elon Musk for rally remarks

The Liberal Democrat leader has called for an Ofcom investigation into X, the social media site owned by Mr Musk.

Evening Standard

Justice Secretary announces 10,000 more stab-proof vests for prison officers

Meanwhile 500 Tasers will also be handed to trained-up staff in local response teams based in prisons, scaled up from 20 specialist officers in July.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage not a patriot, Ed Davey says as Lib Dem conference begins

The Liberal Democrat leader launched the broadside against Reform UK’s Mr Farage as he opened the first day of his party’s conference.

The Independent UK

‘We are very serious’, says Davey as he defends stunts ahead of party conference

The Lib Dem leader said his party was the most united by a ‘country mile’ in a Westminster where others were ‘riven by division’.

The Independent UK

Melania Trump’s fashion looks from the UK state visit – and the meanings behind them

An expert analyses Melania Trump’s fashion choices during her UK stay. They all told a story

Evening Standard

UK shelves push for 0% tariffs on British steel entering US

The UK is understood to have paused its push to slash the levy, which stands at 25%, to zero as originally agreed.

Evening Standard

Patel: ‘UK’s enemies queuing up’ to get close to Mauritius after Chagos deal

The shadow foreign secretary said adversaries such as Russia, Iran and China back the deal, which was signed earlier this year.

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