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Who’s who in the Conservative shadow cabinet

Kemi Badenoch’s new front bench team will hold its first meeting on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Hidden behind this budget is a terrible bombshell: billions in cuts for disabled people

The DWP confirms that draconian ‘savings’ are coming down the track. Are we a nation that will repair hospitals, but not help a nurse with long Covid, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK

What the papers say – November 5

University tuition fees and the US presidential election dominate Tuesday’s front pages.

The Independent UK

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Badenoch’s new shadow cabinet to gather for first meeting

The new Opposition leader is expected to name her full shadow cabinet on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Farage: Harris should pardon Trump to curb threat of unrest if she wins

The Reform UK leader also suggested the Republican candidate should concede defeat if he suffers a ‘clear and decisive’ loss on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride says Labour hiding behind an ‘alibi’ over NI rise

Newly-appointed Mr Stride claimed the Labour Party has breached its manifesto as a result of the increase to national insurance for employers.

Evening Standard

Labour should raise price of a pint, says one of its backbenchers

Alcohol duty on most other products is set to rise.

Evening Standard

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Who has been appointed to Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet?

Mel Stride and Priti Patel take top jobs while defeated leadership rival Robert Jenrick also joins the new team

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch plucks Patel, Jenrick and Stride from the Tories’ tiny gene pool of talent

James Cleverly has the right idea – sit tight until the new leader of the opposition crashes and burns of her own accord

The Guardian - UK

Jenrick accepts job in Badenoch's first shadow cabinet with key roles for Patel and Stride

The new Tory leader has also chosen Dame Priti Patel as her shadow foreign secretary and Mel Stride as her shadow chancellor.

Evening Standard

'Labour cannot be trusted' as tuition fees hiked in England, say SNP

LABOUR “cannot be trusted” on their pledge to keep universities free in Scotland after tuition fees were hiked in England, the SNP have said ...

The National (Scotland)

How will the Budget affect the living standards of London's nine million people?

The Budget feels like a significant missed opportunity to create a world class regime to attract international wealth to the UK.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Dawn Butler's racist slur on Kemi Badenoch was disgusting and dangerous

Kemi Badenoch’s victory as the new leader of the Conservative Party was marred by hateful comments from those on the extreme right and left. Yes, shockingly the right were as unhappy as the left about a black woman becoming the leader of Britain’s oldest political party. One particular person on…

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch: UK Conservatives’ new leader fighting ‘left-wing nonsense’

She was a passionate supporter of Brexit and threw her weight behind the much-maligned Rwanda deportation scheme.

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The Guardian - UK

‘High energy, high risk’: Tories already wonder if Kemi Badenoch will last until the next election

She says virtually nothing on policy, but this is no cautious ‘Ming vase’ strategy. Her appetite for chaos will make or break her, says Katy Balls, political editor of the Spectator

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch's 6 most controversial comments

This weekend, straight-talking Badenoch became the new Tory leader. From maternity pay to Partygate, here are her top clangers

Evening Standard

PM says Dawn Butler was ‘quite right’ to delete tweet about new Tory leader

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke amid calls from some Tories for the Labour MP to have the whip removed.

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch makes her first frontbench appointments as Tory leader

Robert Jenrick was named shadow justice secretary, Mel Stride shadow chancellor and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary

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The Conversation

The true class divide in British politics is not which party people choose, but whether they vote at all

Traditionally, Britain was regarded as the class society. And class was pre-eminent among the factors used to explain political party allegiance. In broad terms, working-class voters chose Labour, the party set up to represent them. Middle-class voters chose the Conservatives, the party that represented homeowners and business owners.

The Independent UK

New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch tells staff they can turn it around in a term

It is thought Ms Badenoch said the first challenge for the party will be winning back council seats at local elections.

The Guardian - UK

Johnson’s Brexit left ‘wholly negative legacy’ across Ireland, says new SDLP leader

Claire Hanna lambasts arrogance of former PM and ‘stinking status quo’ in Stormont that has stifled ambition

The National (Scotland)

Russell Findlay labels SNP figure 'permanently grumpy' as he denies 'far-right' move

RUSSELL Findlay has labelled the SNP’s depute leader “permanently grumpy” as he denied moving the Tories further to the right.

The National (Scotland)

Former MP quits Labour and blasts 'authoritarian' Keir Starmer

A FORMER Labour MP has quit the party with a public blast at “authoritarian” leader Keir Starmer.

The Independent UK

Labour MP’s ‘white supremacy’ retweet about Badenoch ‘appalling’ – Cooper

Sir Keir Starmer has faced calls to remove the whip from Dawn Butler after she appeared to repost a tweet about the new Tory leader.

Evening Standard

Labour MP Dawn Butler in growing row for 'sharing' tweet of Kemi Badenoch as 'Blackface of white supremacy'

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stressed people should be welcoming Ms Badenoch breaking a glass ceiling to become Tory leader

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