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COMMENT: Mocking the Conservative Party may win applause, but it also helps Nigel Farage dominate the stage, writes John Rentoul. The prime minister should be trying to prop Kemi Badenoch up instead of boosting Reform

Keir Starmer did not deny a rethink of benefit cut to 10 million pensioners blamed for Labour’s electoral losses

Deal that stops short of joining customs union or single market could pay for reversing benefit cuts, party says

The former first minister accused the Prime Minister of a ‘very deliberate dog whistle’.

Keir Starmer says Britons have moved on but many in Thurrock think they were lied to in debate about leaving EU

Labour members from Leeds West and Pudsey to write letter to chancellor over plans to reduce Pip payments

After a week of bruising criticism, the PM will show what he really stands for when he signs a pivotal agreement with Brussels, says former Labour adviser Tom Baldwin

There was a telling moment at last week’s PMQs. After Keir Starmer declared that Plaid Cymru leader Liz Saville Roberts was talking “rubbish” – she asked if there was any belief that he held for more than a week – Rachel Reeves roared with laughter. But Angela Rayner, sat by…

Voters in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Holyrood seat will go to the polls on June 5.

Darren Millar, leader of the Welsh Tories, will address his party at the Welsh Conservative Conference in Llangollen on Saturday.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Kim Leadbeater, the sponsor of this private member’s bill, should continue to try to meet the concerns expressed in good faith by its critics