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Labour easily holds on to Stretford and Urmston in byelection

Andrew Western wins with a majority of 9,906 with promise to fight for properly funded public services

The Guardian - UK

Labour hoping for easy win in Stretford and Urmston byelection

Voters go to polls in byelection called after sitting Labour MP became Greater Manchester mayor’s deputy

The Guardian - UK

How Labour can benefit from a principled stand in favour of electoral reform

Letters: Readers reflect on a Guardian editorial urging Labour to back proportional representation, and Gordon Brown’s commission

The Guardian - UK

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My cunning plan to claim back lost years as I hit the dreaded late forties

It’s my birthday on Thursday. I know we’re all meant to be positive about ageing but let’s be honest, the whole managed decline vibe is pretty depressing. Especially as a woman. I know that’s a bad thing to say but c’mon … Weird things start happening to you in your…

Evening Standard

Ed Balls warns Sir Keir Starmer not to make Neil Kinnock’s 1992 mistakes of early big election promises

Former Cabinet minister says that the next general election is ‘Labour’s to lose’

Evening Standard

Bombshell poll predicts 314-seat Labour majority - and no Tories north of Lincolnshire

The major Savanta and Electoral Calculus poll projects the Labour Party would win 482 seats if a general election was held tomorrow - more than the 418 under Tony Blair's 1997 landslide

Daily Mirror

NHS backlog is a crisis for Conservatives, but a chance for Labour

Only the Blair/Brown government managed to reduce waiting times, but that strategy won’t work for Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

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Decade of neglect means NHS unable to tackle care backlog, report says

Exclusive: Government-commissioned paper pinpoints budget squeeze as key reason for service’s loss of capacity

The Guardian - UK

David Trimble remembered by Jonathan Powell

Tony Blair’s former chief of staff recalls the Ulster Unionist party leader’s courage in getting the Good Friday agreement over the line – at the cost of his own political career

The Guardian - UK

The fading Tories are stealing ideas from Labour – a transition has already begun

Blurred lines between one government and the next happen quite often, but that doesn’t mean Starmer’s fight is over, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Doomed Manchester 'gambling palace' super casino would have rivalled those in Las Vegas

With proposals for thousands of gambling machines and unlimited pay outs the plans were always going to be controversial

Manchester Evening News

Research has long shown institutional misogyny and racism within the UK's fire services

Following the tragic death of trainee firefighter Jaden Matthew Francois-Esprit, who took his own life in August 2020, an independent review was set up to investigate the workplace culture at the London Fire Brigade. Chaired by the solicitor and former crown prosecutor, Nazir Afzal, the review has found evidence of…

The Conversation

All the MPs standing down at the next general election as Dominic Raab says he will quit (old)

Matt Hancock is to stand down as he looks to “influence the public debate” outside Parliament

The Independent UK

London Eye bids to become fixture on capital’s landscape for generations to come

Merlin Entertainments is to apply to Lambeth council for permission to stay in place beyond the current 2028 limit of its consent

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Tory MP who attacked Marcus Rashford can ‘f*** off’, says Labour’s Rachel Reeves

Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke had accused England star of ‘playing politics’

The Independent UK

UK has lost its status as ‘development superpower’, Andrew Mitchell says

The new development minister said structural changes in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are needed to restore the UK’s reputation.

Evening Standard

Gordon Brown: Support ‘swelling’ for Labour under Starmer’s leadership

Last Labour PM said the public are backing Labour because the party is offering ‘real change’

The Guardian - UK

Will Labour really axe the Lords, that laughing stock of democracy? I’ll believe it when I see it

It is time for this institution to be replaced by a council of the people, but Starmer may not have the stomach for reform, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The Independent UK

Brown: Support ‘swelling’ for Labour under Starmer’s leadership

Last Labour PM said the public are backing Labour because the party is offering ‘real change’.

The Guardian - UK

The rightwing press will never back Keir Starmer – but he can win without them

Things have changed since Murdoch aided Blair’s rise to power, and no Labour party leader should be in thrall to the tabloids, says the former Sun editor David Yelland

The Guardian - UK

Longtermism: how good intentions and the rich created a dangerous creed

Tech billionaires seem intent on giving away a lot of money. But are those who support ‘longtermism’ and ‘effective altruism’ ignoring the very real problems of today?

The National (Scotland)

Abuse victim wins £450,000 in damages from leading Scottish private school

A FORMER pupil who was abused at Sir Tony Blair’s old school has been awarded £450,000 in damages – thought to be the largest such award from…

Evening Standard

Political musicals: from the forthcoming Berlusconi to Hamilton, it’s the gift that keeps on giving

Politics, it turns out, is a great topic for musicals

The Conversation

Trust in UK politics has taken a hit after recent chaos – and historical data suggests only a change of government can fix it

A YouGov poll conducted in October this year asked respondents if they trusted the Conservative party. Some 68% said that the party could not be trusted and only 14% said that it could. This followed the ill-advised mini budget from former prime minister Liz Truss and former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng…

The Independent UK

Tony Blair praises Matt Hancock for ‘courageous’ decision to appear on ‘I’m a Celebrity’

Ex-Labour PM hits out at ‘meanness’ directed at those in public life

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