3 d. ago Is Lord Alli still sorting out your clothes, Keir? PM Starmer and Labour donor at centre of gifts row step out in VERY similar outfits at conference

The Prime Minister and the peer were the epitome of centrist dad chic in Liverpool with blue jackets, dark t-shirts and dark trousers paired with Adidas sports trainers.

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4 d. ago The Guardian view on catastrophe in Darfur: The world has looked away, but Sudan’s civilians can’t wait any longer | Editorial

A brutal war has been fuelled by outside powers. Diplomatic efforts must be intensifiedWhen the history of the 21st century is written, the name of El Fasher will surely appear on its bleakest pages. The besiegement of the city by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has lasted more than 500 days. Families are surviving on animal feed. An estimated 260,000 civilians face a terrifying choice: to stay and die of starvation or in an airstrike – or attempt to flee and face rape, robbery and death.El Fasher is the last major city in Darfur still defended by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) – and allied fighters – in the bloody and unrelenting struggle with the RSF, which has lasted almost two and a half years. Yet a conflict that has created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis has remained largely ignored as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza have consumed international attention. In the runup to the UN general assembly in New York last week, the US finally appeared to be ma...

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves makes thinly veiled dig at Andy Burnham with Liz Truss comments

The Chancellor made the comments during her keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool

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4 d. ago Andy Burnham risks 'going the way of Liz Truss', Rachel Reeves says

The Chancellor has suggested the Greater Manchester mayor would crash the economy

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves warns Andy Burnham is ‘going the way of Liz Truss’

The red-on-red attack shows how far relations have deteriorated between Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer’s camp

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6 d. ago ‘There are ripples of hope’: allies of Keir Starmer say he can prove doubters wrong

At Labour conference the PM needs to draw a line under the chaos and prove he is best placed to challenge Reform UKIn the imposing marble rooms of the Methodist Central Hall in the heart of Westminster on Friday, the great and the good of the progressive movement gathered at what many fear is an existential moment for their brand of centre-left politics.Keir Starmer was on punchier form than usual, telling the summit audience that he was up for the fight against the populist right’s “industrialised infrastructure of grievance”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago PM condemns ‘politics of predatory grievance’ in rallying cry to centre

Sir Keir Starmer said allies must directly confront the ‘lies’ being told about their countries.

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8 d. ago Now Keir Starmer's allies dub rival Andy Burnham the 'Liz Truss of Labour' as party's civil war intensifies

Just days before Labour's annual conference, and following weeks of speculation, Andy Burnham accused the Prime Minister of creating 'alienation' within Labour.

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8 d. ago Starmer warns Burnham’s policies would cause ‘harm’ like Liz Truss

The prime minister warned there was ‘nothing progressive about abandoning fiscal rules’ as he slammed Andy Burnham’s suggested policies

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8 d. ago Starmer dismisses ‘personal ambitions’ of Burnham amid leadership speculation

The Manchester mayor proposed a 50p top rate of income tax and a tax cut for lower earners, in interventions widely seen as a leadership pitch.

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8 d. ago UK politics live: Starmer allies claim Burnham would be Labour’s Liz Truss as leadership row deepens

Manchester mayor has accused Downing Street of creating a ‘climate of fear’

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