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Starmer urged to suspend councillors at meeting that heard Israel comments
Labour leader under pressure over claims Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali’s remarks went unchallenged at eventUK politics...
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Final day of campaigning in Kingswood and Wellingborough byelections – UK politics live
Labour seeking to take two seats from Tories on Thursday amid fraught week of candidate suspensionsMy...
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Wednesday briefing: How the Rochdale furore exposed claims of factionalism in Labour’s handling of antisemitism
In today’s newsletter: The party has disowned candidate Azhar Ali following his remarks about Israel and...
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Labour faces Rochdale byelection backlash after party withdraws support for candidate – UK politics live
Party criticised for delay in acting over comments in which Azhar Ali suggested Israel had allowed...
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Labour’s Rochdale byelection campaign engulfed in antisemitism row – UK politics live
Candidate Azhar Ali issues apology after comments emerge in which he suggested Israel allowed Hamas attack...
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Major Tory donor among 13 new peers named in honours list
Entrepreneur Stuart Marks reportedly featured on – but was removed from – Boris Johnson’s resignation honours...
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Rachel Reeves defends Labour green U-turn, saying she won’t apologise for fiscal responsibility – UK politics live
Shadow chancellor says Labour will receive a ‘bleak inheritance’ from Tories and has had to make...
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Warrington ‘more humane’ on trans issues after Brianna Ghey’s murder, says MP
Charlotte Nichols says Brianna gave people someone to identify with and humanised discussion on gender issuesBrianna...
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Labour left call U-turn on green investment ‘environmentally irresponsible and ‘strategically incompetent’ – UK politics live
Labour MP Barry Gardiner, former shadow climate change minister, criticised Starmer’s plan to scale back the...
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Kwasi Kwarteng to stand down as MP at next election – UK politics live
PM says he is ‘not a betting person’ after making £1,000 bet during an interview with...
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Sunak ‘out of touch’ for betting £1,000 on Rwanda plan’s success, says Labour
PM also criticised for saying ‘the facts speak for themselves’ when asked if Keir Starmer was...
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Labour ditches radical reforms as it prepares ‘bombproof’ election manifesto
Plans to reform social care and House of Lords are trimmed as Keir Starmer’s party opts...
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Labour accused of ‘massive backward step’ over decision to drop £28bn green investment pledge – UK politics live
Sources say party will keep plan to invest in green infrastructure but will in effect cut...
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Jeremy Hunt suggests tax cuts in budget won’t match last year’s £20bn giveaway – UK politics live
The chancellor said he wanted to manage people’s expectations ahead of the spring budget In his...
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Labour has no intention of reinstating cap on bankers’ bonuses, says Reeves
Shadow chancellor says party aims to be champion of a thriving financial sector if it wins...
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Northern Ireland will no longer automatically have to follow EU laws under deal to restore power sharing, DUP leader says – politics live
The DUP has endorsed a deal with the UK government to restore power sharing in NI,...
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Liz Truss says Sunak’s plan to gradually ban cigarette sales is ‘profoundly unconservative’ – UK politics live
Former PM is fomenting revolt describing proposal as ‘absurd’ as government set to go ahead with...
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Voters think Labour would be better than Conservatives on housing and house prices
Opposition would do better on issues including the economy, health, education, the environment, immigration and crime,...
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Labour vows to reform ministerial severance pay after Tories handed £1m last year
Individuals deemed unfit for office still walked away with payments from taxpayers, says shadow Cabinet Office...
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Minister admits that previous crackdown on zombie knives contained obvious loophole – UK politics live
Chris Philp says manufacturers found ploy to get around previous ban on previous ban on zombie...
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Starmer vows that Labour will ‘get a grip’ on knife crime
Leader proposes taking steps to reduce availability of ‘zombie’ knives and creating bespoke plans for all...
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Sunak’s Rwanda treaty to face first test in House of Lords – UK politics live
Lords to debate whether it should delay ratification of UK-Rwanda treatyThe Post Office Horizon IT scandal...
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Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt David Lammy speech in London
Shadow foreign secretary tries to continue as demonstrators shout and criticise Labour’s stance on Israel-Gaza warMiddle...
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Sadiq Khan hits out at ‘desperate, divisive narrative’ from Conservatives
Exclusive: London mayoral elections in May will be ‘toughest fight yet’, Khan will tell Fabian’s Society...