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Keir Starmer’s communications chief quits after nine months

Exclusive: Matthew Doyle is second senior member of PM’s team to be in post for less than a year after election

The Guardian - UK

Millennial tech leader who held senior management roles at major companies says having cancer has killed her job prospects: 'I'm being told I should work for free'

The millennial senior manager says she’s been out of work for 432 days and submitted 108 applications.

Fortune

Voices: Labour’s hero-worship of Ed Miliband won’t save him

COMMENT: Party members love the energy secretary, but Keir Starmer has already demonstrated his ruthlessness, says John Rentoul

The Independent UK

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Why a journalist could obtain a minister’s ChatGPT prompts – and what it means for transparency

When the New Scientist revealed that it had obtained a UK government minister’s ChatGPT prompts through a freedom of information (FOI) request, many in journalism and politics did a double take. Science and technology minister Peter Kyle had apparently asked the AI chatbot to draft a speech, explain complex policy…

The Conversation

It is mission critical that Labour repairs the contract between citizen and state

Smarter, more productive, government will require more than yet another bonfire of the quangos

The Guardian - UK

Cuts to welfare. Cuts to international aid. Has Labour lurched too far to the right?

People on benefits are worried and some MPs are talking of ‘cruelty’. Is Keir Starmer’s plan to cut public spending a betrayal of his party’s values?

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Keir Starmer has been on a journey: From Corbynism to being ‘more Tory than Tony Blair’

COMMENT: And yet Labour MPs and members are remarkably quiet – that will not last, predicts John Rentoul

The Independent UK

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Jonathan Powell: the veteran negotiator being lauded over US-Ukraine detente

UK national security adviser may prefer to work behind the scenes but he found himself in the limelight this week

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s cautionary tale: how hereditary peers clung on for 26 years

Delay in removing hereditaries from Lords illustrates how hard it will be to push through more significant changes

The Guardian - UK

Release of technology secretary’s use of ChatGPT will have Whitehall sweating

Use of Freedom of Information Act to reveal Peter Kyle’s ChatGPT queries has shocked experts and left journalists wondering what to request next

The Guardian - UK

What are Labour governments for? Why aid budget cuts are an existential matter

What is the point of a Labour government? This is a question traditionally asked after Labour governments lose office. But it’s also a question asked while Labour governments are in office. And, sometimes, even when they still only recently arrived in office.

The Conversation

OPINION - Margaret Thatcher would have loved Keir Starmer — he's now more Tory than the Tories

With policies echoing Thatcher, Keir Starmer is steering Labour towards a more right-wing stance

Evening Standard

How Starmer finally found his voice as prime minister – by doing what even Tony Blair feared to do

NEWS ANALYSIS: Buoyed by polls which show the public approves of his handling of the Ukraine crisis, Sir Keir has finally begun to look - and sound - like a prime minister. His defiant response to a Labour revolt over proposed welfare cuts is the latest sign of a marked…

The Independent UK

Benefits crackdown 'doomed to fail', warns senior Blair-era Labour figure

PLANS to crackdown on disability benefits including PIP and Universal Credit are doomed to fail, a senior Blair-era party figure has warned

The National (Scotland)

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Ignore the row: Oscar-winning No Other Land offers a vision of a shared Palestine forged in solidarity

The documentary is both antisemitic and Israeli propaganda, according to critics. The truth is, it provides a rare glimpse of hope

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney 'pushed SNP to back Iraq war', party grandee claims

JOHN Swinney pushed the SNP to come out in support of the Iraq war during his first tenure as leader, a former Scottish Cabinet secretary has said…

The Conversation

Convicting the innocent: how a rotten system ensures miscarriages of justice will continue

The following story is the winner of The Conversation Prize for writers, a competition run in partnership with Faber and Curtis Brown. Read more about the competition here.

The Independent UK

Corbyn calls for Chilcot-style inquiry into UK’s role in Gaza war

Jeremy Corbyn has written to Sir Keir Starmer demanding an independent inquiry into the UK’s role in the conflict in the Middle East

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The National (Scotland)

Jeremy Corbyn calls for Chilcot-style inquiry into UK’s involvement in Gaza

JEREMY Corbyn has called for a Chilcot-style inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Gaza ...

The Guardian - UK

Tories fight abolition of hereditary peers as Labour’s Lords reforms stall

Keir Starmer’s plan to replace upper house was scaled back to scrapping hereditaries – but even that is proving difficult

The Guardian - UK

How much does the UK spend on overseas aid – and where does the money go?

With more spending going to defence, the latest budget cut will take Britain’s aid contribution to its lowest for a quarter of a century

Evening Standard

How previous prime ministers handled the ‘special relationship’

Winston Churchill coined the phrase to describe what has become an enduring diplomatic priority, but relationships between leaders have varied.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer can only hope slashing aid to boost defence wins Trump’s favour

PM’s Washington trip clear impetus for abrupt news of budget switch to meet defence commitment by 2027

The Guardian - UK

Lord Evans of Watford: long-serving peer facing cash-for-access questions

Made a peer by Tony Blair in 1998, Evans is well connected to a Labour party back in power

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: how members of House of Lords benefit from commercial interests

Months-long Guardian investigation exposes weaknesses in code of conduct that could trigger calls for greater reform

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