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Sir Keir has said he will repay the costs of some gifts he received, including nearly £2,000 of hospitality at Doncaster Racecourse and six Taylor Swift tickets

KEIR Starmer has said him paying back more than £6000 worth of gifts and hospitality is not an admission he made a misstep.

In today’s newsletter: The end of coal, steel plants facing closure – how the UK is trying to build a post-fossil fuel economy

As the budget looms, where the party stands on investment in the UK economy, workers’ rights and more

Scheduling of event two weeks before budget in late October criticised at party conference as ‘wrong way round’

Exclusive: business secretary says some headlines about planned employment bill ‘pretty obviously wrong’

Civil servants should get back in the office in Whitehall and other parts of Britain to boost the economy, says Rachel Reeves.

Increased flexibility and allowing working from home creates a more productive workforce – so says the Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds. In response to Amazon insisting that workers return to working five days a week in the office, he says: “Workers should be judged by their output, not by whether they…

Exclusive: government is hoping to avert a potentially damaging row at Labour conference

To tackle staff shortages, jobs in schools and other public services must be made more attractive

The prime minister promised a government a world apart from Rishi Sunak’s, yet the similarities are mounting