3 h. ago Louise Haigh says Labour’s ‘unpopular decisions overshadowing the good ones’

Ms Haigh said Labour should ‘properly explore’ a tax on the wealthy as an alternative to ‘cutting money from the people who can least afford it’.

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8 h. ago Senior Tory MPs and peers break ranks to call for recognition of Palestine

Exclusive: Conservatives ask Keir Starmer to stand ‘against indefinite occupation’ and ‘reinforce international law’More than a dozen senior Conservative MPs and peers have written to the prime minister calling for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state, breaking ranks with their own party to do so.Seven MPs and six members of the House of Lords have signed the letter to Keir Starmer urging him to defy the Israeli government and give formal recognition to Palestine in advance of key UN talks next month. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Tariff cuts and tax exemptions for some workers agreed in UK

Ministers say the long-coveted agreement will add £4.8 billion a year to the economy by 2040.

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15 h. ago Mirror Daily Digest: Our top stories from winter fuel update to Prince Harry 'worry'

In this Wednesday's Mirror Daily Digest, we've pulled together the biggest stories of the day from Keir Starmer's Winter Fuel Payment announcement to a psychiatrist's concerns for Prince Harry after his BBC interview

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16 h. ago Starmer rejects Welsh leader’s call to ‘rethink’ winter fuel policy

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said ‘we had to stabilise the economy’ as he defended the actions taken by his Government.

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17 h. ago DARREN LEWIS: 'Keir Starmer needs to grow a backbone fast if he wants to win back loyalty to Labour'

Labour's colossal by-election defeat is yet another sign that Sir Keir Starmer can't take modern voters for granted, writes Darren Lewis

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18 h. ago Keir Starmer announces trade deal with major country after Boris Johnson's failure

New trade deal will slash Indian tariffs on key products such as whisky, gin, and cosmetics, the government said after it struck a major agreement with Narendra Modi's government

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18 h. ago Downing Street rejects Welsh leader’s call to ‘rethink’ winter fuel policy

Welsh First Minister Baroness Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ of the decision to means-test winter fuel payments.

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18 h. ago Welsh Labour first minister says she is ‘losing patience’ with Starmer’s policies

Eluned Morgan says her government will move ‘to the left’ and urges UK Labour to reconsider budget cutsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Welsh first minister and leader of the Welsh Labour party has said she is “losing patience” with UK Labour and made it clear she is “tacking to the left” as she tries to counter a growing threat from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru.Eluned Morgan told the Guardian she wanted Keir Starmer to rethink policy changes on welfare and the winter fuel allowance and described the Labour party as a “messy family”. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Welsh FM will ‘call out’ UK Labour government when they get it wrong for Wales

Eluned Morgan was speaking in Cardiff Bay on Tuesday morning, one year away from the Senedd elections.

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19 h. ago The key points from Eluned Morgan's big speech as she says Farage can win in Wales and says being in Labour is like Gavin and Stacey

The First Minister likened her relationship to Keir Starmer to Smithy and Nessa in Gavin and Stacey

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21 h. ago Pressure on Starmer over winter fuel cash squeeze after local election results

Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ while Cabinet minister Wes Streeting acknowledged voters’ unhappiness over the policy.

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22 h. ago Winter fuel squeeze anger was factor in Labour election losses – Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘reflecting on what voters told us last Thursday’.

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26 h. ago The lesson for Labour? Until it can improve local lives and stop fearing Farage, more losses are coming | Polly Toynbee

Rapid, highly visible action in communities and a forthright attack on the new right – that is what’s needed nowIf you thought these elections were bad, just wait for the locals next May. Expect far worse for Labour, unless they act fast. As they tussle over which way to turn, left or right, stop and consider what’s ahead. They will be challenged by Reform UK in towns such as Barnsley, while their progressive city heartlands will be ravaged by Greens, Liberal Democrats, and pro-Palestine and other independents. Expect shocks in London boroughs that have been forever Labour. (Worth recalling that amid Labour’s landslide, Keir Starmer’s vote share in Holborn and St Pancras dropped by 17% in the general election when challenged by a pro-wealth tax radical.) With council elections in a third of seats in English cities, expect an eruption of local leftward rebellions.Those around Starmer may well be misidentifying the threat that matters most. Heavy vote losses to Lib Dems and Greens in ...

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26 h. ago Starmer ignored nuclear watchdog when he blamed regulations for delays

Office for Nuclear Regulation told government that claims about reactor delays in press release were ‘not true’Keir Starmer ignored warnings from his nuclear safety watchdog that it was wrong to blame regulations for delays building new reactors when he launched a plan to revive the nuclear power industry.The prime minister unveiled the nuclear renaissance strategy in February and said investment had slumped because the industry was “suffocated by regulations”. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Wes Streeting: I will defend the tax rises funding 8.3m GP appointments

Exclusive: Health secretary to challenge Reform on how it would fund investment in NHSWes Streeting will launch a vocal defence of the party’s tax rises on Tuesday, pledging an extra 8.3m GP appointments to “end the 8am scramble” and telling his opponents that the investment would not be possible without the national insurance rise.The health secretary, who has been the party’s most vocal challenger on Reform, is expected to step up the attacks on opposition parties, which have dubbed the NICs rise for employers a “job tax” and said he would challenge those who had criticised the rise on how they would fund investment in the health service. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Eluned Morgan to set out ‘red Welsh way’ in speech criticising Starmer

Exclusive: First minister of Wales hoping to counter threats to Welsh Labour from Reform and Plaid CymruThe Welsh first minister will criticise Keir Starmer’s welfare reforms in a major speech on Tuesday, saying she will pursue a leftwing “red Welsh way” and put a clear dividing line between Welsh Labour and the national party.Eluned Morgan will distance herself from Starmer’s government in a speech on Tuesday billed by allies as a reset moment for Welsh Labour to counter the threats from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago As the UK is denied access to crime databases... when will Starmer, the EU's most ardent suitor, wake up to its blinkered intransigence and desire to punish Britain?

Will the scales ever fall from Sir Keir Starmer 's eyes? Might our profoundly Europhile Prime Minister one day wake up to the reality that the European Union is a doctrinaire?

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31 h. ago Labour 'is reviewing its winter fuel payment for thousands of Brits' after backlash from voters during elections

Senior figures in Keir Starmer's circles have allegedly been discussing how to simmer public anger in the wake of Labour's local election thumping to Nigel Farage's Reform.

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34 h. ago Welsh Labour leader to say she ‘won’t stay silent’ as she looks to Senedd vote

The Senedd elections next spring will be Baroness Morgan’s first as party leader.

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