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Lammy: Number one issue to secure release of jailed pro-democracy activist

British-Egyptian dual national Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been detained since 2019 and his mother has spent more than 100 days on hunger strike.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves faces grilling from MPs amid market turmoil

Rachel Reeves will move to reassure turbulent financial markets amid high Government borrowing costs as she faces a grilling from MPs on Tuesday.

The National (Scotland)

Reeves will be committing ‘political suicide’ if she orders spending cuts, warns John McDonnell

Ex-shadow chancellor calls for wealth tax to tackle economic crisis

The Independent UK

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UK politics: Starmer says ‘door remains open’ for Tulip Siddiq following her resignation as Treasury minister – as it happened

PM appoints Emma Reynolds as her replacement as Siddiq steps down but implies she could return to government in future

The Guardian - UK

Starmer insists under-fire Reeves will be in job ‘many, many years’ and rules out emergency Budget: Live

Starmer and Badenoch clash over chancellor’s future in fiery PMQs

The Independent UK

MP suggests Israeli ambassador should face expulsion amid war in Gaza

John McDonnell called for isolation both economically and militarily for Israel.

Evening Standard

There’s a threat lurking right underneath Labour’s nose – and it’s from the left

The party wants to seem in control. But many of its MPs have knife-edge majorities that a challenger could obliterate, says independent MP John McDonnell

The Guardian - UK

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Peter Mandelson confirmed as new ambassador to US – as it happened

Downing Street confirms appointment, with Keir Starmer praising his ‘unrivalled experience’

The Guardian - UK

‘Time is running out’: 12 Nobel laureates urge Keir Starmer to intervene in case of jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Writers JM Coetzee, Annie Ernaux, Kazuo Ishiguro and Olga Tokarczuk are among the laureates imploring the prime minister to act on behalf of the British Egyptian political prisoner

The Guardian - UK

MPs call for tougher approach towards foreign governments holding UK citizens

MP John McDonnell said the Foreign Office should change the travel advice for Egypt on its website

Evening Standard

Parties, cabinet and families split – and assisted dying bill still has a long way to go

The granular detail of Kim Leadbeater’s bill for England and Wales is yet to be agreed, and some MPs want reassurances before finally backing it

The Guardian - UK

‘One conversation really changed my mind’: the personal stories driving MPs’ decisions on assisted dying

Traditional allies such as Diane Abbott and John McDonnell are split over Friday’s vote as politicians grapple with the issue

The Guardian - UK

Charity Commission to review blogpost by Campaign Against Antisemitism

CAA accused of engaging in ‘public attacks on government’ after it called suspension of 30 arms exports to Israel ‘obscene’

The Guardian - UK

As she delivers her budget, Rachel Reeves must not forget Labour’s historic mission

It is well within this government’s power to rebuild our welfare state, says John McDonnell, shadow chancellor from 2015 to 2020

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The Independent UK

King Charles acknowledges ‘pains of the past’ as he weighs in on reparations row amid pressure on Starmer

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Britain could not afford to pay reparations for its part in the slave trade

The Independent UK

From new MPs to cabinet ministers, how influential think tank is bankrolling Labour

Exclusive: Organisation linked to Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff handed donations totalling £1.5m to more than 100 MPs

Evening Standard

Rogue taxi drivers who 'defecate, litter and racially abuse' in villages near Heathrow face £100 fine

Hayes and Harlington MP John McDonnell has raised in the Commons this anti-social behaviour causing ‘suffering’ to local residents

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer is ‘the new George Osborne’ says John McDonnell

Former Labour shadow chancellor attacks plan to curb welfare fraud and says the prime minister is becoming a ‘replica’ of the former Tory chancellor

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer promises swift action against welfare fraudsters

PM to pledge to ‘leave no stone unturned’ in bid to rebuild public services and save £1.6bn over five years

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer says Labour can deliver change and national renewal in conference speech – as it happened

PM promises to ‘leave no stone unturned’ as his government seeks to ‘rebuild our public services’

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer and top Labour colleagues to stop taking clothes gifts from donors

Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner will not accept donations for work outfits after row over Waheed Alli gifts

The Guardian - UK

Fighting over freebies, power and pay? This is not what Labour government is for – and members must say so

The disappointment so far is not the challenges we face, but how the new administration has reacted, says Labour MP and former shadow chancellor John McDonnell

The Guardian - UK

Critics of winter fuel payment cut to fight on after government wins vote

Opponents plan to push ministers to look at extra help for most vulnerable people in England and Wales

The Independent UK

Labour refuses to publish impact assessment of winter fuel payment cuts until after MPs have voted

Exclusive: Energy minister Miatta Fahnbulleh confirmed her department has assessed the impact the policy change will have on pensioners living in fuel poverty, but said only that it will be published ‘in due course’

The National (Scotland)

Dozens of Labour MPs could rebel during Winter Fuel Payment vote

DOZENS of Labour MPs could rebel against Keir Starmer’s plan to make major cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment, reports suggest.

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