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UK politics latest: Sue Gray ‘rejects’ new role as Starmer makes huge emissions pledge at Cop29

The former chief of staff had been offered the role as envoy to the nations and regions

The Independent UK

Will Typhoon Orange wreak havoc on Britain? Keir Starmer has to prepare for the worst

Downing Street may be making friendly overtures but the cabinet’s stomachs are in knots about the threats to the UK’s security and prosperity

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street to decide upon new US ambassador within days

David Miliband, Peter Mandelson and Cathy Ashton thought to be on shortlist for diplomatic role

The Guardian - UK

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Relations between Ukraine and UK are worse under Labour, say Kyiv officials

Exclusive: Zelenskyy administration expresses frustration with Starmer over lack of missiles

The Guardian - UK

UK politics live: Reeves dismisses Lammy’s Trump ‘Neo-Nazi’ jibe as Farage’s mediation offer snubbed by Labour

The US election result has brought past comments made by foreign secretary David Lammy about Donald Trump back into the limelight

The Independent UK

Sir Keir Starmer ‘fondly recalls’ Donald Trump meeting with ‘hearty congratulations’ in first call

The pair spoke on phone after US election to follow up on Trump Tower encounter

The Independent UK

PM would ‘welcome’ Trump visit as ‘steadfast’ supporter of special relationship

The Prime Minister congratulated the Republican politician on a ‘historic election victory’ after American voters returned him to the White House.

Evening Standard

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London politics LIVE: Badenoch attacks Starmer and Lammy over Trump comments at first PMQs as Tory leader

New Tory leader used US election victory of Donald Trump to go on offensive against Labour government

Evening Standard

Labour divided on Trump’s return as Sadiq Khan refuses to congratulate president-elect

The prime minister said the two leaders ‘stand shoulder to shoulder in defence of our shared values’

The Independent UK

Downing Street declines to commit to Sir Alan Bates’s redress payment deadline

Sir Keir Starmer responded to the campaigner’s request for assistance on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch says Partygate scandal was ‘overblown’

New Tory leader calls Boris Johnson a ‘great prime minister’ who fell into a ‘trap’ over Covid rules

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – as it happened

PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five years

The Guardian - UK

Southport suspect to face court on terror charge as row erupts over Tory ‘cover-up’ questions

Axel Rudakubana will appear in court charged with making a deadly poison and a terror-related offence

Evening Standard

No 10 denies cover-up after Southport suspect charged with terror offence

Downing Street insisted the timing of the latest charging announcement was a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

‘Cock-up with the comms’: how Labour announced five non-existent freeports

Erroneous announcement traced back to briefing note prepared by Treasury officals, ahead of PM’s Samoa trip

The Independent UK

HS2 ‘doomed from the start’, says former government transport advisor

Andrew Gilligan blamed dishonest project management for the ‘train wreck’

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer vows to ‘embrace harsh light of fiscal reality’ ahead of budget

PM will defend Labour plans in speech and insist working people need better public services more than lower taxes

Evening Standard

No new freeports in Budget despite No 10 announcing five more would be built

Government sources said there had been a ‘total cock-up with the comms’ arising from the conflation of customs sites and freeports.

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Evening Standard

Government says Israel’s escalation in the Middle East ‘is in no one’s interest’

Downing Street released a statement after Israel launched an assault on Iran in an escalation of aggression.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer confronts slavery reparation calls in speech to Commonwealth leaders

THE Prime Minister has confronted calls for the UK to pay reparations for its historical role in the slave trade while surrounded by Commonwealth…

The Guardian - UK

Tommy Robinson charged with phone offence under Terrorism Act – as it happened

Far-right activist has been charged with failing to provide the pin to his mobile phone over an incident earlier this year in Folkestone

Evening Standard

Starmer confronts slavery reparations calls in address to Commonwealth leaders

The Prime Minister has insisted reparations are not on the table for the Commonwealth summit.

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: The Commonwealth summit that could put reparations ‘on the table’

In today’s newsletter: Caribbean nations forced conversations about restorative justice on to the Chogm agenda – here’s what that could mean

The Independent UK

No 10 climbs down on PM’s claim stocks and shares owners not ‘working people’

The Government has been asked repeatedly to define what a ‘working person’ is to establish which taxes could rise.

Evening Standard

Downing Street climbs down on Keir Starmer's claim shares owners are not ‘working people’ ahead of Budget

The Prime Minister had suggested asset owners would not fall within his conception of what a working person is

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