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OPINION - Londoners don't want gambling shops on their high roads – just ask them

Hampstead has no betting shops, but in Brent we are inundated. This industry targets poor people – and we need to do something about it, writes Dawn Butler MP

Evening Standard

Who's in the running to replace Angela Rayner as Labour deputy leader?

The starting gun has been fired on the race to succeed Angela Rayner as deputy leader of the Labour Party.

The National (Scotland)

Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes

Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’

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Calls for phone snatching law change – but expert warns it may not go far enough

Labour MP Dawn Butler is seeking an amendment that would require tech giants to block stolen phones

The Independent UK

Do you have a high street full of gambling shops breeding poverty and addiction? I have a way to fight back

Communities feel powerless because the law gives betting firms the upper hand. But a simple change could transfer power to the people, says MP Dawn Butler

The Guardian - UK

UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise

Exclusive: Lobbyists meet with ministers, and host a darts night with Labour advisers and MPs’ staff

The Guardian - UK

Tom Dolphin: BMA’s new chair who’s taking on government despite bid to be Labour MP

As members vote to strike for a 29% pay rise, new elected chair of UK’s main doctors union says he is no party lackey

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Nearly 60 Labour MPs call for UK to immediately recognise Palestinian state

Exclusive: MPs say in letter Gaza is being ethnically cleansed as Israeli defence minister plans ‘forcible transfer’

The Guardian - UK

Who are the 47 Labour MPs who rebelled in the welfare reforms vote?

Mother of the House Diane Abbott, former minister Dawn Butler, and Andy McDonald were among those who voted against the Government.

Evening Standard

Ban on political parties taking part in Pride ‘a retrograde step’, says minister

Chris Bryant told a debate on Pride month that political parties were crucial to the rights given to LGBT+ people in the UK.

Evening Standard

Furious parents demand action as knife thugs ‘overrun’ enclave near Willesden Green Tube station

Father-of-two Recorda Davey-Ann Clarke murdered and number of stabbings increased by four per cent in Brent, according to Scotland Yard data

Evening Standard

From singing nappies to taxi-style toilets: would you have fallen for these April fools?

It is that time of the year for media and product pranks. Here is our roundup of the best of them

The Guardian - UK

The best April Fool's Day pranks 2025, from Emirates' box delivery service to pineapple eggs

A Christmas range in April, anyone?

Evening Standard

Jess Phillips honours femicide victims and says Government will ‘push harder’

Ms Phillips has read the names of women killed by men every year for a decade – this year being her first as a Home Office minister.

Evening Standard

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‘Nurse’ title should be legally protected to prevent exploitation – Labour MP

Dawn Butler pressed the Government to change legislation, as she raised concerns that those who have been struck off can continue to use the title.

The Guardian - UK

Are we a racist society? The majority of us say no – but science begs to differ

Although greater awareness of prejudice would suggest we are less bigoted than ever, empirical evidence indicates not

The Conversation

Attacks on Jess Phillips show how online abuse of women is intended to keep them out of the public square

British MP Jess Phillips describing the online attacks she has received from Elon Musk in recent days as “very, very, very tiring” will have struck a chord with many women. Powerful men trying to silence women happens so often that it rarely makes news.

The National (Scotland)

'My integrity is worth more': Labour MPs blast Waspi move in leaked WhatsApps

LABOUR MPs have confronted Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall over angry WhatsApp messages after she opted to not give Waspi women any compensation.

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Evening Standard

‘Half of Met Police officers missing from DNA database’ in new vetting scandal after Wayne Couzens

London Labour MP Dawn Butler demands answers from Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley

Evening Standard

Gendered vocabulary should be removed from pregnancy care, suggests Labour MP

Speaking during a debate focused on International Men’s Day in the Commons, Alex Sobel began his speech by stating: ‘Trans men are men.’

The Independent UK

The missed warning sign that could have saved Harshita Brella’s life

‘Reading how Harshita was found sent a shiver down my spine and tears from my eyes,’ Labour MP says

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

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.

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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