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Keir Starmer downplays praise for Margaret Thatcher after backlash

SIR Keir Starmer has downplayed his praise for Margaret Thatcher after sparking widespread backlash.

The National (Scotland)

Luxon Sworn In As New Prime Minister Of New Zealand

Former airline boss Christopher Luxon formally took office as New Zealand's prime minister Monday, vowing to tame inflation and bring down interest rates.

International Business Times

Labour deny reports Keir Starmer pushing to water down £28 billion green plans

Labour have denied reports that Keir Starmer could U-turn on the party’s pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green initiatives.

The National (Scotland)

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Keir Starmer praises ‘hugely optimistic’ EU theme tune - and says it sums up Labour party

The Labour leader said Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, the EU’s anthem, ‘has a sense of destiny’ and is ‘very sort of Labour’

The Independent UK

Starmer: Corbyn’s days as Labour MP over after refusal to call Hamas terrorists

The former Labour leader continually ducked a question about whether Hamas was a terror group during a recent TV interview.

The Independent UK

Starmer says he wants Labour to be ‘as united as we can’ after Gaza vote split

Dozens of Labour MPs rebelled and 10 frontbenchers and aides lost their jobs for backing calls for an immediate ceasefire.

The Independent UK

Jaishankar optimistic about Starmer’s commitment to U.K.-India ties

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer was keen to get a sense of U.K.-India ties and what was currently on the agenda, as per EAM Jaishankar

The Hindu

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Batshit: Did James Cleverly use this word to slam Rwanda plan? Read his responses and make up your own mind

Cabinet minister James Cleverly appeared not to fully deny during some interviews that he had privately called the Government's Rwanda plan 'batshit'

Evening Standard

More than 50 UK Labour MPs break ranks to vote for Gaza ceasefire

A group of 56 Labour lawmakers go against the party line to officially urge a truce in Israel’s war in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

As Israel-Hamas war flares, chaos grips Britain with Braverman sacked

A cabinet reshuffle kicks off a new week in British politics, amid concerns for civil liberties.

Al Jazeera

British Muslims ‘feel betrayed’ as Sunak and Starmer both refuse calls for Gaza ceasefire

Muslim communities in the UK have shared their concerns as Labour MP quits front bench over party’s refusal to call for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war, Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports

The Independent UK

Labour’s refusal to call for Gaza ceasefire derails UK opposition party

On Tuesday night, a Labour frontbencher quit the party over Starmer’s position – the latest in a string of resignations.

Al Jazeera

Keir Starmer warned frontbencher who quit over Gaza stance ‘won’t be the last’

Imran Hussain quits to ‘advocate’ for ceasefire, as fellow left-winger tries to force Commons vote

The Independent UK

Starmer under pressure after frontbencher resigns over stance on Gaza

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said Imran Hussain had ‘reached his own decision’.

The Independent UK

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Labour frontbencher resigns over party's stance on Gaza

A Labour frontbencher has resigned over Sir Keir Starmer’s position on the crisis in the Middle East, adding to pressure on the Labour leader over…

The Conversation

Israel-Hamas war: there is an important difference between a humanitarian pause and a ceasefire

The British Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, has come under fire from members of his own party for refusing to call for a ceasefire in the Hamas-Israel war, instead pushing for a humanitarian pause in the conflict. As a result, 50 Labour councillors have quit the party. The controversy raises…

The Independent UK

Sunak says Tory MP rape allegation complainant should ‘go to the police’

PM under pressure to launch investigation into claim Tories failed to deal with allegations

The Guardian - UK

Lord Elder obituary

Labour party adviser who was a key backroom figure in the drive for Scottish devolution

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Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Keir Starmer's big test on Israel, Gaza and party unity

Just three weeks ago, Sir Keir Starmer was master of all he surveyed. The Labour Party conference in Liverpool was the dictionary definition of message discipline. Everyone from shadow cabinet ministers to ordinary party members appeared in lockstep behind the leader, while the hard-Left was barely a rump. Hamas’s terrorist…

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer warned: More will quit Labour unless you speak for Palestinians

The Labour leader and his deputy Angela Rayner met a dozen MPs and peers on Wednesday afternoon in a bid to calm tensions

The Independent UK

Leading Labour figure Lord Elder dies after collapsing outside chamber

Murray Elder was one of the world’s longest living heart transplant patients, having received his in 1988.

Evening Standard

Who is Georgia Harrison? Love Island star said she almost became Labour MP

The 28-year-old told the Sun that she believed 'more normal people should enter politics' in Britain

The National (Scotland)

Six more Labour officials step down in wake of party's stance on Gaza

ANOTHER six Scottish Labour officials have quit their roles following the leadership’s “gag order” on discussing Gaza.

Evening Standard

Biggest by-election swings of all time: Labour shocks Tories in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire

Labour achieved a great swing of 23.9 points in Tamworth, Staffordshire, which is high enough to be ranked as the second highest swing by Labour at a by-election since 1945.

The Independent UK

Protesters say Labour has blood on its hands outside party’s HQ

Demonstrators called for Labour to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for the UK to stop arming Israel.

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