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Blow for Starmer as biggest trade union elects left-wing leader who was expelled from Labour

Andrea Egan has beaten the current general secretary of Unison Christina McAnea in a shock result

The Independent UK

Minister urges Labour donor Dale Vince to apologise for Bondi attack social media post

The founder of Ecotricity and previous Labour donor faced criticism for his social media posts in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack

Evening Standard

Ex-Labour donor should apologise for social media post after Bondi Beach terror attack, minister says

Vince posted later to say his words ‘were not intended to excuse or legitimise terrorism, or any form of racism’

The Independent UK

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Streeting warns doctors’ strikes could collapse NHS – but BMA chief insists walkouts won’t put patients at risk

Tom Dolphin says ‘the same model that has worked for all the previous strikes to keep patients safe will apply’ during next week’s planned walkout, which comes amid surging flu cases

The Independent UK

West London Labour councillor suspended for employing illegal worker in her home

Councillor Hina Mir was handed a £40,000 fine for employing the illegal worker

Evening Standard

Labour think tank that supported Starmer asks members who they would back in leadership challenge

It comes amid growing concern about the direction of the government and devastating approval ratings less than two years after Labour’s historic landslide election victory

The Independent UK

Labour has completely abandoned women’s rights, former EHRC chief claims

Kishwer Falkner said Labour was traditionally the ‘party of feminism’ but that the current generation of Labour MPs has ‘lost it’

The Independent UK

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Labour’s child poverty strategy is a great step forward for social justice

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Lifting the two-child benefit limit – at a cost of £3bn – will improve the life chances of more than half a million young people. For this government, it is a move in the right direction

The Independent UK

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq says corruption verdict against her ‘flawed and farcical’

Tulip Siddiq said ‘I refuse to be distracted by the dirty politics of Bangladesh’.

Evening Standard

Use cash freed up by end of two-child cap to cut income tax, Swinney urged

But the Scottish First Minster said he will instead use the £155 million to further act to reduce child poverty in Scotland.

Evening Standard

Second Labour MP calls for Keir Starmer to resign

The Prime Minister has dismissed talk of leadership challenges as ‘wasted’ time

The Independent UK

Starmer dismisses coup talk as wasted time and praises Burnham’s work as mayor

Last week’s extraordinary briefing war within the Labour Party focused attention on the Prime Minister’s position.

Evening Standard

Tax the banks to offer £300 energy bill cuts, Reeves urged

The SNP said a windfall tax on commercial banks would raise £8 billion a year.

The Independent UK

Ex-Labour MP defects to Greens as he accuses Starmer’s party of ‘leaving millions behind’

In a statement, Lloyd Russell-Moyle took aim at the direction of the Labour Party saying it has ‘left behind millions of people who want hope’

The Independent UK

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Burnham refuses to rule out challenging for Labour leadership

The mayor of Greater Manchester suggested questions over his leadership ambitions are part of the problem with Westminster culture.

The Guardian - UK

How can Labour see off Reform? Both Andy Burnham and Shabana Mahmood offer clues

A moral crusade won’t work. To defeat Faragism, Labour must revive a vision of social cohesion and collective responsibility, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘The narrative has been overtaken by far-right lies’: Readers weigh in on Labour’s asylum crackdown

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over Labour’s immigration reforms. While many reluctantly accepted the need for tougher rules, others warned that plans to rewrite human rights laws and curb ECHR protections risk dragging the party too far to the right

The Independent UK

Jewellery and valuables belonging to refugees could be confiscated to pay for accommodation

‘It is right that if people have money in the bank, if people have assets...they should be contributing’, a Home Office minister said on Monday

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The Independent UK

Home secretary condemns ‘mortifying’ Labour leadership row as Rayner allies forced to deny new plot

Labour party ‘fighting like rats in a sack’ as turmoil at top of government overshadows Shabana Mahmood’s immigration crackdown

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer has had ‘500 days of failure’ in office, says SNP

SNP Westminster deputy leader Pete Wishart highlighted issues such as pensioner winter fuel payments and the two-child benefit cap.

Evening Standard

PM’s chief of staff ‘not involved’ in briefing against ministers – reports

Sir Keir Starmer has faced calls to sack his top adviser, Morgan McSweeney.

Evening Standard

Streeting refuses to discuss ‘silly Westminster soap opera’ after briefing row

The Health Secretary, who was the subject of coup rumours, said he did not care whether Sir Keir Starmer was investigating the source of the claims.

Evening Standard

PM prepared to ‘get rid’ of those responsible for briefing war, Miliband signals

Ed Miliband suggested that Sir Keir would sack anyone found to be responsible for the briefings, as the PM faces pressure to overhaul his No 10.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer stands by McSweeney and says he has been ‘assured no briefings against ministers done from No 10’ – as it happened

PM says he has ‘full confidence’ in his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney amid calls for him to be sacked

The Independent UK

It is time for Labour to get a grip and stop this juvenile leadership farce

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Not a single job would be created, asylum hotel closed or pound knocked off the national debt by ousting Keir Starmer – it is time for the Labour Party to act like adults if it is to stop Nigel Farage from marching into No 10

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