3 d. ago Starmer investigates briefing war as pressure on chief of staff grows

The Prime Minister was forced to condemn briefings against his Cabinet after reports about a possible Wes Streeting coup.

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3 d. ago Starmer apologises to Streeting for briefing war and launches probe into source

The Prime Minister was forced to condemn briefings against his Cabinet after reports about a possible Wes Streeting coup.

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3 d. ago Labour Traitors war: Who has been accused of plotting against the Prime Minister and why?

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to condemn ‘completely unacceptable’ briefings against his Health Secretary, Wes Streeting

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3 d. ago Streeting row focuses attention on ‘toxic’ No 10 and Starmer’s leadership

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to condemn briefing against his Cabinet after reports about a possible Wes Streeting coup.

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3 d. ago Streeting hits out at ‘juvenile’ No 10 claims he wants to replace Starmer as Labour leader: Latest

The Prime minister has condemned briefings against health secretary by senior Downing Street aides overnight

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3 d. ago Starmer backs Streeting and refutes ‘completely unacceptable’ No 10 leaks over ‘coup attempt’: Latest

The Prime minister has condemned briefings against health secretary by senior Downing Street aides overnight

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3 d. ago Starmer condemns ‘unacceptable’ attack on Streeting amid leadership row

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has called for heads to roll in No 10 over suggestions he was plotting to oust Sir Keir Starmer.

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3 d. ago Streeting denies plot to oust Starmer and condemns briefings from No 10

Health secretary says attacks on him from Downing Street ‘self-defeating’ after reports PM’s job could be under threatUK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has denied leading a plot to overthrow the prime minister and called for those briefing against him to be sacked, widening an extraordinary rift at the top of government. The health secretary condemned the “self-defeating” attacks on him coming from Downing Street and said they were indicative of a toxic culture inside No 10. He rebuked the senior aides who were behind the anonymous briefings and said they proved that “there are people around the prime minister who do not follow his model and style of leadership”. Streeting was responding to the Guardian’s report that Downing Street has launched an operation to protect Keir Starmer against a leadership challenge his allies believe could come from Streeting after the budget or May local elections. The prime minister’s closest allies insisted he would fight any “reckless” ...

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2 w. ago I was spat on for being Black – but Britain is not racist, says David Lammy

The deputy prime minister hit out at Reform MP’s remarks over adverts, warning they marked a return to ‘flagrant racism’

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage defends MP’s complaint about TV adverts as ‘ugly’ but not ‘deliberately’ racist

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin said seeing adverts of black or Asian people ‘drives me mad’Nigel Farage has defended remarks made by a Reform MP who said seeing adverts full of black and Asian people “drives her mad”, arguing the intention behind her comments was not racist.The Reform UK leader said if he felt Sarah Pochin’s words were “deliberately and genuinely racist”, he would have “taken action” against her. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Reform MP’s remarks ‘ugly’ but intention was not racist, Farage says

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the remarks made by Sarah Pochin were ‘ugly’ and ‘wrong’ but resisted calls to remove the whip.

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage under pressure to kick out Reform MP Sarah Pochin in racism row

Anna Turley, who chairs the Labour Party, has written to Nigel Farage saying his silence is 'deafening' and calling on him to withdraw the whip from Sarah Pochin today

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2 w. ago Labour ministers round on Reform UK over MP’s ‘racist’ remarks

Sarah Pochin’s comments on race in advertising elicit concerted response by politicians in effort to dent populist party’s appeal

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2 w. ago Streeting condemns Farage’s ‘deafening silence’ over ‘racist’ remarks from Reform MP

Reform MP Sarah Pochin provoked widespread condemnation when she said: that it ‘drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people’

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3 w. ago Trump backs down on sending federal troops to San Francisco for immigration crackdown

Protesters flood streets in show of resistance, as president calls off deployment after speaking with city’s mayor and Silicon Valley leadersDonald Trump canceled plans for a deployment of federal troops to San Francisco that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and sent protesters flooding into the streets.The Bay Area region had been on edge after reports emerged on Wednesday that the Trump administration was poised to send more than 100 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agents to the US Coast Guard base in Alameda, a city in the East Bay, as part of a large-scale immigration-enforcement plan. By early Thursday morning, hundreds of protesters had gathered outside the Coast Guard base, holding signs with slogans such as “No ICE or Troops in the Bay!”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Streeting warns of ‘challenging winter’ for NHS and condemns use of cafe as ward

The Health Secretary told the Commons the NHS is ‘already running hot ahead of winter’, but said the Government is ‘not complacent about that’.

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