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Keir Starmer promises to revive UK as he dismisses ‘silly’ freebies stories

Keir Starmer will deliver a speech to reboot his government and inject hope, and attempt to move beyond the scandals about gifts, the internal squabbles and the accusations of being doom laden

The Independent UK

Cabinet ministers tell Keir Starmer he must immediately remove top civil servant to regain his authority

Exclusive: Ministers have lost patience with the UK’s top civil servant Simon Case and one accused him of ‘poisoning the well of government’ with off-record briefings

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting jokes Sue Gray ‘shot JFK’ and ‘no one should earn more than the PM’

The health secretary joked about Sue Gray’s influence amid repeated negative press briefings about Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

The Independent UK

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Monday briefing: Will Labour lift the gloom at its first conference in power?

In today’s newsletter: The party have been criticised for being too pessimistic while Keir Starmer has been rocked by a scandal over freebies. Can the party reset their message to the public in Liverpool?

The Guardian - UK

Rayner acknowledges ‘anger’ over gifts as row threatens to overshadow conference

The Deputy Prime Minister rejected claims of dysfunction within Number 10 centred on chief of staff Sue Gray.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer's popularity plummets to record low as Labour conference begins

KEIR Starmer’s approval ratings have plummeted to a record low as Labour conference gets underway ...

The National (Scotland)

Angela Rayner rejects claims she broke rules on donations

Deputy PM denies wrongdoing but says ‘I get that people are angry, I get that people are upset’

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Starmer and Gray took football freebie in latest gifts row

Keir Starmer has opened the Labour conference with a defence of his gift-taking but is facing questions about hospitality at another football match

The Independent UK

Give us your vision for the country, Sir Keir. Costly glasses shouldn’t be required

Worried ministers think that so much media prominence is being given to freebie-taking and faction-fighting because the government lacks a positive narrative

The Guardian - UK

Labour conference: No 10 braced for potential defeat on winter fuel allowance vote as trade unions set to back motion – as it happened

Unison and GMB understood to be likely to back motion to reverse policy

The Guardian - UK

Starmer eyes ex-Tory minister David Gauke for sentencing review role

The former Conservative justice secretary is on a shortlist to lead a policy review that could herald radical reforms

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer's 'control' gaffe shows he may have already lost it

IT’S worth remembering given the nightmare week Labour have had that this is the grown-ups back in charge, government restored to “service”.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer and top Labour colleagues to stop taking clothes gifts from donors

Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner will not accept donations for work outfits after row over Waheed Alli gifts

The Guardian - UK

Misogyny lies behind attacks on No10 aide Sue Gray, Jess Phillips suggests

But safeguarding minister admits that rows about Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff are a ‘distraction’

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The Independent UK

Pensioners still more likely to support Starmer’s Labour despite winter fuel row, new poll reveals

The first tracker poll by Techne UK after the election has revealed that Starmer has increased his lead over the Tories even though only a third believe he can deliver on the country’s priorities

The Guardian - UK

‘Appalling’ rows over Sue Gray must stop, senior ministers say

Cabinet ministers rally around chief of staff as Keir Starmer insists he is in control of No 10

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on 10 Downing Street: Labour risks losing the plot

Editorial: Rows over donations and the role of Sue Gray have exposed a disturbing lack of grip in Keir Starmer’s government

The Guardian - UK

Why is Sue Gray at the centre of a new political storm?

Keir Starmer’s chief of staff is being paid a larger salary than the prime minister, it has emerged. But there’s also more to the story

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The National (Scotland)

'I'm in control': Keir Starmer responds as row erupts over Sue Gray pay

KEIR Starmer has insisted he is “completely in control” following a row within Government over his top adviser’s pay ...

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer insists he is ‘completely in control’ of his own government amid Sue Gray row

PM faces questions ahead of the annual Labour Party conference next week

The Guardian - UK

With a lust for freebies and hobbled by infighting, Labour look like the Tories 2.0

The prime minister promised a government a world apart from Rishi Sunak’s, yet the similarities are mounting

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray’s salary isn’t the problem – it’s the backstage power struggle Starmer cannot afford

Mere weeks into the dawn of a new Labour era, Starmer’s No 10 is enmeshed in a spat more typical of a regime on its last legs, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Evening Standard

How much do MPs earn? Sue Gray paid more than Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

The PM’s chief of staff’s pay rise has reportedly angered Labour Party special advisers

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accused of handing ‘gold-plated pension’ to Sue Gray as pensioners brace for winter fuel cut

Conservative Party has claimed prime minister had ‘snatched away support for the vulnerable’ while handing large pensions to his senior officials

Evening Standard

Minister defends £170,000 salary of Keir Starmer aide Sue Gray

Ministers have ‘no political input’ into the pay of advisers, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds says

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