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Ministers ‘pushed ahead too fast’ on welfare reform, says Phillipson

The Government warned there would be financial consequences to the decision not to reform personal independence payment as planned.

Evening Standard

Labour policies ‘obscured’ by rows over welfare and winter fuel – Lord Kinnock

The week of Sir Keir Starmer’s first anniversary in Number 10 saw the Prime Minister scrap a raft of the Government’s proposed welfare reforms.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves breaks silence on tears in the House of Commons

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has broken her silence on her tears in the House of Commons yesterday

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PM takes blame for welfare U-turn as he gives full backing to Chancellor

Speaking in his first interview since a threatened backbench revolt, Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged the past few days had been ‘tough’.

Evening Standard

Government expected to unveil welfare Bill concessions after talks with rebels

Sir Keir Starmer is understood to have agreed to water down some reforms in a move to save the Bill.

Evening Standard

A week off from PMQs can’t save Starmer from awkward questions over welfare bill

Ange takes the reins in Westminster, as the prime minister gets a quizzing at Nato summit

The Guardian - UK

'Ever-rising' council tax in London: Angela Rayner challenged on funding shake-up set to hit boroughs

The Deputy Prime Minister was grilled over looming funding cuts to boroughs such as Richmond and Kingston

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Conservatives fear welfare reforms will not head off ‘tax rises’ this autumn

Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride warned that ‘tax rises are coming’ in this autumn’s budget, opposite Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner says welfare cuts vote will go ahead as Labour rebellion grows

Deputy PM says vote will happen next week, despite more than 120 Labour MPs signing amendment to pause cuts

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner defies 120 Labour MPs by refusing to pull showdown Commons vote on benefit cuts

Deputy PM makes pledge amid rumours the government was set to pull the proposed welfare reforms bill amid a major Labour rebellion

Evening Standard

Labour to press ahead with welfare vote amid major rebellion threat

KEIR Starmer and Angela Rayner have confirmed a vote on Labour's welfare bill will go ahead despite more than 100 of the party's MPs opposing…

The National (Scotland)

UK economic growth downgraded in blow to Rachel Reeves

The Confederation of British Industry said rising costs are set to dampen the government’s growth ambitions

The Independent UK

Government advises against all travel to Israel amid Iran conflict

Earlier on Sunday, Rachel Reeves said that sending more jets to the region ‘does not mean’ the UK is at war.

Evening Standard

Starmer focused on grooming victims not ‘grandstanding’, says Reeves

The Chancellor said that Sir Keir has been looking at ‘actually doing the practical things to ensure that something like this never happens again’.

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Evening Standard

More jets does not mean UK ‘at war’ says Reeves, amid Israel-Iran conflict

The two nations continued to exchange fire overnight, as the region braced for a protracted conflict.

The Independent UK

Ministers to unveil 10-year plan to overhaul UK’s ‘crumbling’ infrastructure

The document will lay out Government plans on prioritised policy areas

Evening Standard

Ministers to unveil 10-year plan to overhaul infrastructure

The document will lay out Government plans on prioritised policy areas.

The Independent UK

Voices: Rachel Reeves sounded like she was fighting for her political life

COMMENT: Delivering her spending review, the chancellor even made her theatrical opposite number look convincing – she needs to rediscover her firebrand energy and win Labour MPs back onside, says John Rentoul

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The Independent UK

Reeves unveils record spending plans but experts warn of tax rises ahead

Chancellor announces £39bn boost for social housing, £29bn for NHS and £11bn for defence – and promises to close all asylum hotels as she takes a swipe at Farage and dismisses Tory warnings of a ‘cruel summer’ of tax rises

Evening Standard

Reeves will need ‘Corbynist catalogue’ of tax rises to back up spending – Tories

The Chancellor said the Treasury had ‘already drawn a line under the Tory mismanagement with tax rises last year’.

The Independent UK

How Robert Jenrick skewered Kemi Badenoch’s Tory leadership reboot

NEWS ANALYSIS: Party insiders want to lean into the Tory leader’s forthright personality, and ‘let Kemi be Kemi’ as they try to tackle the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform. Kate Devlin and David Maddox report

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch refuses to kick Liz Truss out of Conservative Party

The Tory leader suggested such a move would be ‘neither here nor there’ for voters’ perception of the party.

The Independent UK

Even Kemi Badenoch’s closest allies admit she needs to get better - but she may be running out of time

NEWS ANALYSIS: When the best thing the most senior member of a party leader’s team can say about them is that ‘she will get better through time’, then the Tories know they have a serious problem, writes David Maddox

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss hits back at Tory shadow chancellor for mini-budget disavowal

Former PM accuses Mel Stride of being ‘creature of system’ after his formal repudiation of 2022 unfunded tax cuts

The Conversation

Mel Stride promises the Tories won’t repeat the mistakes of Liz Truss – except they already have

It’s a mistake to think that, when it comes to the UK economy, the Conservatives have always been seen by British voters as a safer pair of hands than Labour. But, notwithstanding the damaging austerity imposed on the country by David Cameron’s chancellor, George Osborne, it was, by and large,…

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