48 h. ago Prime Minister's perfect storm: Keir Starmer faces cabinet split over tax hikes as prison blunders row rages

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell says the Government ‘should be following through’ on its manifesto pledge on not raising key taxes

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60 h. ago Fresh headache for Keir Starmer as Cabinet minister Lisa Nandy is found to have broken rules in picking Labour donor to be chair of football regulator

A watchdog said there were three 'material breaches' of the governance code in the appointment of David Kogan to the high-profile position.

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61 h. ago Labour's new deputy leader warns party not to break tax manifesto promise

Former Cabinet minister Lucy Powell says it is important for Keir Starmer's government to stand by the promises made before Labour's landslide election victory

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7 d. ago Labour Cabinet Minister forced to quit after breaking the law attacks Keir Starmer for treating Rachel Reeves differently

Louise Haigh, who had to quit as Transport Secretary over a fraud conviction, contrasted her treatment with how Reeves was let off with an apology by renting out her home without a licence.

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1 week ago Labour must ‘shut down legacy state’ in drive for digital ID, says minister

Darren Jones told Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday that digital ID would make people’s experience of a new state ‘fundamentally much better’.

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1 week ago Hurricane Melissa shows need for climate action at Cop30 summit, Cabinet hears

Jamaica’s government ordered evacuations from high risk areas and shut down the country’s airports as the Category 5 storm approached on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Wes Streeting says Labour needs to counter ‘growing sense of despair’ and deliver

The Cabinet minister said Sir Keir Starmer's administration had not told a "compelling enough story" about its achievements, and he acknowledged people were not yet feeling the change they voted for at the general election.

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2 w. ago Blow for Starmer as sacked Cabinet minister Lucy Powell wins Labour deputy leader contest

Lucy Powell - who was sacked from the Cabinet by the PM just last month - saw off Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson in the contest.

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4 w. ago Keir Starmer's security adviser Jonathan Powell is 'too close to China', Labour cabinet ministers warn

Jonathan Powell is facing scrutiny across the political divide after he reportedly refused to call Beijing an 'enemy' of the UK in evidence for the case.

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