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Now is not the time for a Labour leadership election

The focus should be on talking up this government’s achievements so far – and preventing a Reform victory, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Labour has entered its musical chairs era – and we’re sucked into another pointless death spiral

Briefing wars, toxic infighting, paranoid office politics: we’ve seen it all before. And once again, the drama at No 10 has absolutely nothing to do with us, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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Angela Rayner declines to rule out running for Labour leader as she condemns infighting

Former deputy PM hits out at ‘arrogant tittle-tattle’ over the past week and says she has ‘not gone away’

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner condemns ‘arrogant tittle tattle’ amid Labour infighting

When quizzed if a return to frontline politics may be on the cards, the former deputy Labour leader said she had not ‘gone away’.

The Independent UK

Rayner allies hit out at ‘false’ claims of plot to oust Starmer as Labour leadership row deepens

A source close to the MP said Ms Rayner is ‘focussed on representing her local community’

The Independent UK

Income tax U-turn will only hasten Starmer’s departure, MPs warn

Ministers and backbenchers reacted with despair to U-turn and claimed the prime minister was ‘weakened’

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Blunkett tells Starmer to sack No 10 chief Morgan McSweeney

The intervention comes after a row at the top of Labour following anonymous briefings against health secretary Wes Streeting

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform

Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity and the health service is unlikely to meet its targets

The Guardian - UK

Why the NHS doctors’ strikes look set to continue

The BMA and Wes Streeting are poles apart, with the union committed to full pay restoration and the health secretary adamant there is no money for that

The Guardian - UK

Reeves’s tax U-turn: how Labour changed course on budget plans

Chancellor spent weeks preparing the ground for breaking manifesto pledge but events this week appeared to change her mind

The Guardian - UK

‘They all think Keir is done’: how push to protect Starmer’s job backfired spectacularly

Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Who could be behind the phantom briefing and the tax rise that wasn’t? Inspector Starmer is on the case

Chaos and ineptitude dog our poor PM. Perhaps the explanation lies (very) close to home, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

We don’t want to be here, say striking doctors – as NHS sounds alarm over early flu spike

In the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023, resident doctors are at the picket line again in disputes over pay

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Evening Standard

Nightmare on Downing Street: 'Iron Chancellor' loses her mettle with Budget U-turn and Starmer in coup chaos

Commentary: Two startling own goals in a week have damaged Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ authority

The Independent UK

Despairing economists warn Reeves’s income tax U-turn will make system ‘too complicated’ – and will wipe out buffer zone

The chancellor has ditched plans to increase income tax, leading to fears she will not be able to create the buffer zone needed to protect the UK from economic shocks next year

Evening Standard

Doctors holding patients to ransom by going on strike – Streeting

The Health Secretary said doctors were being ‘irresponsible’ in striking for five days in their dispute over pay and conditions.

Evening Standard

Government borrowing costs rise in wake of income tax U-turn speculation

Reports that the Chancellor has scrapped her plans to raise income tax at the Budget has sparked a sell-off in UK Government bonds.

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Evening Standard

Streeting says he and Starmer ‘extremely frustrated’ by leadership row

Health Secretary Wes Streeting was targeted by briefings suggesting he was plotting a coup against Sir Keir Starmer.

The Guardian - UK

Treasury won’t cut threshold for higher rate income tax, say sources – UK politics live

Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bn

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting’s gamble with the NHS is greater than any play for Downing Street

The health secretary has embarked on a high-stakes reorganisation. It could be a model for rebuilding public services – or a nail in his and Labour’s coffin, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Inside the dispute driving resident doctors back to the picket line

In today’s newsletter: As England’s doctors plan further walkouts, we look at what’s at stake for patients, the NHS and the health secretary, Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves to abandon plans to raise income tax rates in budget

Labour had laid the ground to break a manifesto pledge on taxes for working people but has now made a U-turn

The Independent UK

NHS doctors begin five-day strike amid staff cuts warning

Thousands of the 77,000 resident doctors working in hospitals and community services are believed to be striking on Friday

The Independent UK

NHS may have to cut jobs if strike action over pay continues

This latest action marks the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023

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