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Party hopes for compromise wording after previous SNP motion saw 56 MPs defy Keir Starmer

Formal rules to block relevant candidates will make it easier to ‘weed out the bad apples’, politicians say

Editorial: The strong performance of Reform UK has placed Rishi Sunak in a strategic bind from which he will struggle to escape

Loudest voices urge further tack to right after Reform UK gains but moderates argue general election can only be won on centre ground

Scottish Labour leader defends windfall tax proposal as business leaders say levy could cost up to 100,000 jobs

The young, disabled and armed forces are all entitled to cheaper travel ‘but many of them do not know it’, the mayor has been warned

Senior Labour figures gather for funeral of one of the longest-serving MPs in recent history

This isn't going to be one of those newsletters that opens with a Tony Blair reference, a convoluted 1990s pop culture storyline or a self-deprecating yet witty personal anecdote. We can leave those at home. Instead, allow me to regurgitate three things the godfather of psephology, Sir John Curtice, said…

Leading members of party’s One Nation caucus caution against any ‘attempt to become the Reform party’

The Wellingborough byelection was the Labour leader’s fourth mammoth turnaround, as the Tories suffered a record fall

After what was widely acknowledged to be one of the worst weeks of Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership — in which Labour once again became embroiled in antisemitism and the leader himself was accused of indecision over Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali — the mood has suddenly switched.