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Monday briefing: As parliament returns, can Labour claw back the narrative from Reform?

In today’s newsletter: Nigel Farage ploughed ahead in the polls over recess, and Keir Starmer is now under pressure to define what his party stands for

The Guardian - UK

London is picking up the bill for the 6.5 million people on out-of-work benefits

The number of people claiming state cash is spiralling. This issue is sending us into financial freefall

Evening Standard

Defiant Reeves admits working people ‘feel stuck’ but insists Britain is not broken

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves launches her post-summer fightback with a boost for working parents as she tackles critics of Labour’s plans and the economy

The Independent UK

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Starmer criticises Reform and Tory ‘scaremongering’ as MPs return to Westminster

Sir Keir has promised a ‘national renewal’ after a summer of anti-migrant protests and troubling Labour poll ratings

The Independent UK

Starmer ‘rolling up sleeves to deliver change’ as MPs return to Westminster

Sir Keir Starmer said the Government was on a ‘drive to deliver national renewal’.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer secures £10bn warship deal with Norway

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The Independent UK

UK still intends to recognise a Palestinian state, David Lammy to tell MPs

Foreign secretary to say an assessment will be carried out of whether Israel has complied with Keir Starmer’s terms

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Bayeux Tapestry loan labelled ‘heritage crime’ amid damage concerns

It is part of a cultural exchange announced by French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer when they met in July.

Evening Standard

Norwegian warships to be built in Glasgow in £10bn deal

The new frigates, along with their UK counterparts, will patrol northern European waters.

Evening Standard

Starmer secures £10bn deal to supply Norway with warships in face of growing Russian threat

The new frigates, along with their UK counterparts, will patrol northern European waters.

The Independent UK

Even Reform voters now want to unpick this one Brexit measure, shock poll reveals

Exclusive: A YouGov poll has revealed attitudes to Brexit may be changing – even among Nigel Farage’s supporters

The Independent UK

The budget, immigration, Trump’s visit: the tests lying in wait for Keir Starmer

There is no shortage of challenges for the PM as MPs head back to Westminster and he tries to get on the front foot

The Guardian - UK

‘All the power is with the employer’: why zero-hours workers welcome Labour’s rights bill

Critics of the legislation want the government to water it down, but for many employees change can’t come too soon

The Guardian - UK

Masked men attempt to enter London asylum hotel as angry protests take place across UK after Epping ruling

Epping Forest District Council will decide on Monday whether it is set to take its battle over the Bell Hotel to the Supreme Court

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Voices: I am surprised by the cries of ‘Keir must go’: a change of prime minister won’t solve Labour’s problems

COMMENT: As the Conservatives showed so clearly during the later years of their government, if you only change the prime minister without finding solutions to the issues the public cares about, you haven’t solved anything at all, writes John Rentoul

Evening Standard

Nato jets scrambled after Putin pounds Ukraine with 500 drones and missiles in overnight blitz

One person was killed and 22 others injured, including three children

Evening Standard

Starmer promises action on small boat migrants as pressure mounts on Government

Former lord chancellor Lord Falconer said the Government had to convince people it had an answer to the crisis.

Evening Standard

Ministers brace for fresh protests and legal battles after asylum hotel ruling

Labour’s former lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, said people expected action.

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Evening Standard

South London councillor resigns from Labour over ‘bullying and racism’

Martin Abrams, a Lambeth councillor for Streatham St Leonard’s ward since 2022, announced his resignation on social media

The Independent UK

Voices: Which heads will roll in Starmer’s Downing Street shake-up?

INSIDE WESTMINSTER: Keir Starmer’s principal private secretary is but the latest of his appointees to have been a disappointment to him – a full reshuffle of the PM’s longstanding, trusted aides is overdue, says Andrew Grice

The Guardian - UK

Never mind the flag bans, where are the policies? Assessing 100 days of Reform-led councils

Some are happy to see new faces in the chambers but many are frustrated with a lack of improvements on the ground since party’s sweeping victories

The Guardian - UK

Labour must debunk Farage’s migrant myths

Letters: We are on the road to serious racial conflict, says Simon Rew. Plus letters from Paula Jones, Raj Parkash, Kevin Lloyd, Dr Ian Flintoff and Robert McNulty

Evening Standard

OPINION - Labour's calamitous first year has turned the country into a tinderbox

On the bright side, it’s not as bad as France, where the government may have to be bailed out by the IMF. There the tumbrils are rolling and the French Left is planning what looks like a general strike, with the fun slogan, “Bloquons tout” or ‘block everything’. Emmanuel Macron…

Evening Standard

Ministers face backlash after Epping asylum hotel injunction overturned

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said that Sir Keir Starmer ‘puts the rights of illegal immigrants above the rights of British people’.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer names former Bank deputy governor as his chief economic adviser

Minouche Shafik quit Columbia University after controversy over anti-Israel protests on New York campus

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