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Keir Starmer’s freebie row is likely to blow over – here’s why

MP Rosie Duffield has ensured that the row over Keir Starmer accepting freebies will remain in the news by resigning from the Labour party, stating that they care “more about greed and power than making a difference”.

The Conversation

Rosie Duffield’s savage departure raises difficult questions for Keir Starmer. He’d be foolish to ignore them

The MP isn’t alone in complaining about the PM’s inner circle, party donations or welfare reform. Labour should treat this as a warning, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

'Not surprising': Tory shadow minister backs Labour's 'damaging' NHS plans

THE SNP have hit out at Labour after a senior Tory shadow minister backed Wes Streeting’s NHS policies ...

The National (Scotland)

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Tories only have themselves to blame for terrible election defeat, warns Ben Houchen

Exclusive: Ben Houchen, Britain’s only senior Tory left in power, says his party can turn things around in five years but should have listened to Rishi Sunak to avoid calamity

The Independent UK

UK Lawmaker Quits Labour Party Over PM's 'Hypocrisy'

The new government of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer reeled from its first resignation Saturday, as lawmaker Rosie Duffield quit the Labour Party, accusing him of "hypocrisy" over his acceptance of free gifts.

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Rosie Duffield’s resignation letter in full: Your lack of ‘political instincts have come crashing down on us’

Rosie Duffield has quit as a Labour MP, attacking Sir Keir Starmer’s “cruel and unnecessary policies” and the freebie row engulfing the party.

The Independent UK

Rosie Duffield quits Labour with damning attack on Keir Starmer

The Canterbury MP and long time critic of Keir Starmer will sit as an independent after resigning the Labour whip ‘with immediate effect’

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Anas Sarwar calls on UK Government to look into Gaza family visa scheme

ANAS Sarwar has urged the UK Government to look into bringing in a family reunion scheme to enable Palestinians in Gaza to reunite with their loved…

The National (Scotland)

Your Labour Party conference questions answered by John Rentoul as Keir Starmer pledges to ‘face the storm’

As the Labour Party conference unveiled more of the party’s platform and policy positions ahead of the upcoming budget, our chief political commentator John Rentoul answers your questions

The Independent UK

Starmer saved by Tory leadership chaos in Labour poll slide over freebies row

Exclusive: Despite being beset by criticism over freebies and gifts, Keir Starmer and Labour appear to be holding firm in the polls with the leaderless Tories struggling to make in-roads

The Independent UK

Starmer’s Covid broadcast urging work from home recorded in donor’s £18m penthouse

The Christmas broadcast aired on December 13 2021, the same day new Covid guidance urging people to work from home came into force.

The Independent UK

Labour's new 'climate envoy' linked with £4m party mega-donor hedge fund

LABOUR’S appointee to a plum government job is linked with a Cayman Islands-based hedge fund which donated £4 million to the party, The National…

The National (Scotland)

Stephen Flynn: Scots feel short-changed and betrayed by Labour

THE SNP have challenged Keir Starmer to “U-turn on his Winter Fuel Payment cuts and end the Labour Party’s damaging obsession with austerity”,…

The National (Scotland)

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer Faces Donation Controversy

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces criticism for accepting gifts, while his chief of staff's salary and past investigations draw attention. Labour Part...

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Stephen Flynn blasts Labour after pro-Palestine protester ejected from conference

STEPHEN Flynn has called on the Labour Party to "show a little empathy" after they ejected a pro-Palestine protester from their party…

The Independent UK

Who is Lord Waheed Alli? The Labour donor embroiled in Starmer gifts row

Lord Alli was first appointed to Lords by Tony Blair in 1998 and fought to repeal Thatcher’s notorious Section 28 laws

The Independent UK

Labour doubles down on pensioner winter fuel cuts: ‘The money has got to come from somewhere’

Exclusive: Labour chair Ellie Reeves speaks to The Independent about taking on Momentum, why change was needed to win the election, keeping pensioner winter fuel cuts and the need to build more prisons

The Guardian - UK

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

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Investigative news outlet 'barred' from Labour conference in 'alarming' move

AN investigative news outlet has reportedly been blocked from attending the

The Guardian - UK

A Woman Like Me by Diane Abbott review – voice of the left

The veteran MP’s inspirational memoir charts a life in politics and testifies to the power of refusing to pipe down

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour being 'bankrolled' by group Anas Sarwar described as 'fringe'

A THINK tank once described by Anas Sarwar as being on the “fringe” of his party is bankrolling Scottish Labour, it has been revealed.

The National (Scotland)

Jeremy Corbyn addresses meeting on creation of new left-wing party

FORMER Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has reportedly addressed a meeting for a new left-wing political party.

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Corbyn addresses meeting on formation of new leftwing party

Exclusive: Ex-Labour leader gives speech at event where organisers say they aim to start party named Collective

The Guardian - UK

‘Corbyn had flown too close to the sun’: how Labour insiders battled the left and plotted the party’s path back to power

Exclusive extract from new book says Corbyn’s appearance at Glastonbury was a key moment in the party’s long way back to power. And as one anti-Corbyn group tried to build a moderate coalition, it also needed a credible leader …

The Independent UK

Neil Kinnock thought Black MPs were ‘an embarrassment’, claims Diane Abbott in memoir

In her book, ‘A Woman Like Me’, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington is deeply critical of Lord Kinnock’s leadership

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