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Why Starmer’s China trip has come at the worst possible time

NEWS ANALYSIS: Keir Starmer is the first PM since Theresa May to visit China, but political editor David Maddox explains why a trip to Beijing now – amid faltering relations with the US and speculation about a leadership challenge at home – leaves the prime minister exposed

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘It’s chaos’: Readers on Labour infighting, Tory defections and Britain’s broken political system

YOUR VIEWS: Our community sees the Burnham by-election row and Suella Braverman’s defection as the latest symptoms of Britain’s broken politics, warning that Labour is increasingly mirroring the Conservatives it once opposed

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer Branded a Coward by John McDonnell Amid Deepening Labour Revolt

Keir Starmer faces a deepening Labour revolt as 80 MPs call for his resignation after blocking Andy Burnham from the Gorton and Denton by-election.

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Donald Trump may U-turn on opposition to Chagos Islands deal, suggests Cabinet minister

Communities Secretary Steve Reed argued that the US president unleashed ferocious criticism against the UK over the agreement as a negotiation tactic in his bid for America to acquire Greenland

Evening Standard

Cap on ground rents will benefit more than 500,000 homeowners across London and the South

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the cost of living ‘is the single most important thing across the country.’

Evening Standard

Ground rents to be capped at £250 for leaseholders to end spiralling bills

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the cost of living ‘is the single most important thing across the country.’

The Independent UK

Rwanda sues UK for £50million over abandoned asylum plan

The deal was originally signed by the former home secretary, Priti Patel, and has already cost the UK taxpayer £715million

Evening Standard

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Andy Burnham decision ‘done and dusted’, insists minister amid Labour anger

MPs have signed a letter saying that denying local members a real choice reinforces the idea that politics is a ‘remote stitch-up’.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer makes fun of Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses at London comedy show

Sir Keir Starmer made fun of Emmanuel Macron wearing a pair of aviator sunglasses during an appearance at a comedy show in London.

The Independent UK

'Bonjour!': Starmer makes fun of Macron's sunglasses at comedy show in London

The Prime Minister tagged Macron in a post with the Top Gun reference ‘Talk to me, Goose’

Evening Standard

30% of Britons think Burnham would do better job than Starmer as prime minister, poll suggests – as it happened

The YouGov poll also suggests that almost half of Britons think it would be good for the country if Starmer were replaced

The Guardian - UK

China 'hacked the mobile phones of senior officials in Downing Street for years'

State-backed hackers compromised senior officials’ communications, according to The Telegraph

Evening Standard

The Burnham fiasco shows that the right of the Labour party would rather see it burn than lose control

Starmer’s drones see themselves as characters in The West Wing, full of machiavellian skullduggery but with none of the idealism. No wonder Labour is running out of road, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Burnham says claims that he was told in advance about by-election block are ‘simply untrue’

Senior Labour figures have called for unity as a growing number of MPs express concern over the decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor from standing in a by-election

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Evening Standard

Labour civil war: 50 Labour MPs sign letter objecting to blocking Andy Burnham from by-election

Labour MPs warn Keir Starmer decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in Gorton and Denton by-election could be a “real gift” to Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

Rayner urges government to stand firm over £250 ground rents cap

Former deputy PM warns against ‘vested interests’ trying to block measures for leaseholders in England and Wales

Evening Standard

Ground rents to be capped at £250 under leasehold shake-up

New leasehold flats will be banned and existing leaseholders will get the right to switch to commonhold, the Government has announced.

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Why Labour banned Burnham – and what the ‘King of the North’ might do next

In today’s newsletter: By putting out one fire, Labour might have ignited several others

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Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer says he does not have to choose between ties with China and US

The Prime Minister will travel to China on Tuesday as he attempts to continue building bridges with Beijing.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s fraught visit to China will tell us what he really thinks of the UK’s place in the world

Does Britain have any leverage over human rights or security concerns or is it a decaying nation that cannot risk trade relations, asks professor of global history Peter Frankopan

The Independent UK

Labour MPs urged to unite after Burnham row as Reform prepares by-election candidate

Reform UK will announce its candidate for the contest on Tuesday at a press conference

Evening Standard

Labour MPs urged to unite for by-election as Reform prepares its candidate

The Gorton and Denton by-election is expected to take place on February 26, after former MP Andrew Gwynne stood down for health reasons.

Evening Standard

100 days to save NHS says Labour as parties set out Holyrood election stalls

Voters in Scotland will go to the polls on May 7 – 100 days from Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Starmer would be ‘pathetic’ not to raise Jimmy Lai case during China visit, says Lord Patten

The last governor of Hong Kong said the PM should not ‘lean over backwards’ to avoid offending China

The Conversation

Labour blocks Andy Burnham from standing for parliament: how it happened and why

The Labour party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has voted to block Andy Burnham from seeking selection for the vacant Gorton and Denton parliamentary seat. The move and its fallout have exposed fault lines within the Labour party that go beyond a single byelection.

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