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Labour would scrap Rwanda migrant scheme and set up 'elite' force to tackle small boat crossings

Border Security Command would be an “elite force, not a Cinderella service”, Sir Keir Starmer said

Evening Standard

Labour should be ‘less tribal’, says Keir Starmer after Elphicke defection

Party leader welcomes MP in Dover speech as he announces plan to replace Rwanda scheme with new border security unit

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to rip up Rwanda scheme and fund new anti-smuggling unit

Labour leader to promise to divert £75m to fund specialist force against smugglers using counter-terror powers

The Guardian - UK

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It’s Labour’s turn to crash and burn as party can’t defend Elphicke’s defection

Anneliese Dodds drew the short straw and was sent out to pretend Nat had always been Labour through and through

The Guardian - UK

Natalie Elphicke ‘sorry’ for defending ex-husband jailed for sexual assault

Newest Labour MP apologises for comments about Charlie Elphicke’s victims amid criticism of her admission to party

The Guardian - UK

Should Labour be embracing the likes of Natalie Elphicke?

Letters: Readers respond to the news of the staunch rightwing Tory MP defecting to the Labour party

The Guardian - UK

'Men sometimes stray, wives always wish they wouldn’t': Natalie Elphicke’s most controversial moments

The former Tory defected to Labour in the most unexpected change of team since Lewis Hamilton announced he was leaving Mercedes

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Keir Starmer should be embracing the Tories’ disgruntled voters – not their turncoat MPs

After Natalie Elphicke’s welcome, would Labour turn any Tory dregs away? This is beneath the dignity of a party on the verge of power, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Politicians should stop trying to be trendy and 'champion local makers', says fashion designer Patrick Grant

Sadiq Khan is sporting a 'Robin Hood' suit and Rishi Sunak is wearing Adidas Sambas

Evening Standard

UK politics: Tory defector Natalie Elphicke apologises for comments about women who were sexually assaulted by her ex-husband – as it happened

Comments made after Charlie Elphicke jailed for two years criticised by new colleagues in Labour party

The Guardian - UK

‘I understand why she moved’: Dover voters on Natalie Elphicke switching parties

Most people speaking to Guardian consider former Tory MP linchpin of community

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer faces criticism over decision to accept Natalie Elphicke into Labour

One leftwing MP quipped: ‘I think even this one would have strained the generosity of spirit of John the Baptist’

Evening Standard

Admitting Elphicke leaves some in Labour asking how far Starmer will go

Brexit and immigration hardliner surprises politicians from both sides with her defection

The Guardian - UK

Natalie Elphicke’s queasy welcome shows Labour will turn no one away

A quick win is a quick win for Keir Starmer. Never mind the politics, just feel that Tory majority weakening

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Keir Starmer sparks Labour anger with decision to admit Natalie Elphicke

MP says many in party think rightwing Tory defector is ‘vile’, while shadow minister asks: ‘Are we welcoming Farage next week?’

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on MPs crossing the floor: a triumph of political theatre over substance

Editorial: Natalie Elphicke is not a comfortable fit for Labour, but her defection is eloquent in expressing the decline of Rishi Sunak’s Tories

The Guardian - UK

Natalie Elphicke is a hard-right Tory. Her defection sums up Labour’s contempt for progressive voters

It was hailed as a triumph: it is anything but. It reveals a party that’s lost its moral compass

The Guardian - UK

The controversies of Natalie Elphicke, the MP who has defected to Labour

Dover MP, who claimed her now former husband’s seat in 2019, has been criticised in the past by Labour

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Evening Standard

Who is Natalie Elphicke? Conservative MP defects to Labour

New Labour MP is no stranger to controversy after criticising England and Manchester United star Marcus Rashford in the past

Evening Standard

OPINION - Should the Tories be relieved Natalie Elphicke didn't defect to Reform?

Well, that was unexpected. Natalie Elphicke, until a few hours ago the Conservative MP for Dover, has defected to the Labour Party. In a bid to amp up the drama, the whole thing happened moments before Prime Minister's Questions, as Elphicke crossed the floor to take her seat behind Keir Starmer on…

Evening Standard

Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour moments before Prime Minister's Questions

Dover MP Natalie Elphicke said the PM ‘cannot be trusted’ on border security or the small boats crisis

The Independent UK

Chancellor urged to bring forward ‘special fund’ for medicinal cannabis

Conservative Natalie Elphicke raised the issue as she told the Commons of a teenage constituent currently in hospital.

The Guardian - UK

Ludicrous ideas, perpetual scandal: the Conservatives are in absolute freefall

The force that once thought itself the natural party of government has become a cult of bitterness and denial, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Channel rescue: Suella Braverman says government must ‘end these crossings’ after four people die in boat capsize – as it happened

Home secretary says fatalities are ‘sobering reminder’ as major search and rescue operation continues

The Independent UK

Tory MP who attacked Marcus Rashford can ‘f*** off’, says Labour’s Rachel Reeves

Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke had accused England star of ‘playing politics’

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