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Prime minister Keir Starmer switches on Christmas lights outside 10 Downing Street

Prime minister Keir Starmer appeared outside his 10 Downing Street residence on Monday evening to illuminate the Christmas lights.

The Independent UK

New top civil servant Chris Wormald is ‘safe pair of hands’ but ‘devoid of charisma’

Keir Starmer’s pick praised as a ‘shrewd choice’ but appointment criticised as personifying a ‘failing upwards culture’

The Guardian - UK

Home Secretary pledges to ‘restore order’ to migration system, as over 20,000 cross channel since Starmer took office

More than 33,000 people have arrived in the UK after making the journey so far this year.

Evening Standard

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Home Secretary pledges to ‘restore order’ to migration system

More than 33,000 people have arrived in the UK after making the journey so far this year.

The Independent UK

Covid campaigners criticise Wormald’s promotion to Civil Service top job

Sir Chris Wormald will leave his role as the senior official at the Department of Health and Social Care to become the new Cabinet Secretary.

Evening Standard

Fact check: Sir Keir Starmer’s low approval rating is not worst for a sitting PM

Despite falling popularity, polling companies have recorded less favourable opinions of prime ministers past.

Evening Standard

Brexit deals £3bn blow to UK food exports as Starmer urged to strike deal with Brussels

British food sales to the EU have fallen by almost a fifth since the end of the Brexit transition period, a new report shows

The Independent UK

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Starmer: No Gaza ceasefire without return of hostages

The Prime Minister spoke at the Labour Friends of Israel annual lunch.

Evening Standard

Starmer meets mother of British Hamas captive and vows no Gaza ceasefire without return of hostages

The prime minister was the keynote speaker at the Labour Friends of Israel annual lunch where he recommitted his support for Israel and a two-state solution

The Independent UK

‘Not just broken but elitist’: UK’s top earners benefit most from shared parental leave

Just 10,600 new fathers took shared parental leave in the tax year 2023-24, compared with 623,100 women taking up paid maternity leave over the same period

The Independent UK

Starmer’s ‘Plan for Change’ will improve lives of working people, No 10 claims

The PM is to give a major speech on Thursday, following a backlash to the Budget, plummeting poll ratings and the first resignation from his Cabinet.

The Independent UK

More than half of Britons would support a farmers strike, poll shows

Voters back workers in the under-fire farming sector walking out on strike, viewing them as among the groups worst treated by Sir Keir Starmer’s government

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves's sister to attend Cabinet in Labour's latest nepo move

RACHEL Reeves’s sister Ellie will now attend Cabinet in a coup for the dynastic wing of the Labour Party ...

The National (Scotland)

Sir Chris Wormald confirmed as UK’s new top civil servant

The current permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care will succeed Simon Case as Cabinet Secretary

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer appoints Chris Wormald as new cabinet secretary

Wormald will take over from Simon Case on 16 December as the most senior official in the country

The Independent UK

Starmer appoints ‘safe pair of hands’ to run civil service as he prepares for major reset

The prime minister builds towards a major relaunch after only five months of government as he picks Sir Chris Wormald, the Department of Health’s long-serving permanent secretary, to take over as the new cabinet secretary running Whitehall

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer 'to ditch flagship growth pledge in Labour reset speech'

KEIR Starmer has been accused of “sidelining” his flagship growth pledge – with economic forecasts plunging in the wake of Labour’s first…

Evening Standard

Channel crossings by migrants in small boats: Key numbers

Afghan migrants accounted for the single largest group of arrivals in the first nine months of the year.

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Evening Standard

Migrant Channel crossings top 20,000 since Starmer became Prime Minister

Home Office figures show 122 people made the journey on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Confusion grows over Labour’s economic plan as minister refuses to rule out sidelining growth pledge

Alex Norris was repeatedly pressed on whether the government planned to sideline the PM’s pledge to make the UK the fastest growing economy in the G7

The Guardian - UK

NHS bosses reportedly worried about Starmer’s pledge to cut waiting lists

PM expected to set target to carry out 92% of routine operations and appointments within 18 weeks

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage claims Trump team ‘appalled’ by Chagos Islands deal – as it happened

Reform UK leader and Donald Trump ally says agreement likely to collapse as deal with China over Hong Kong did

The Independent UK

British Museum and Greek PM ‘held talks over return of Elgin Marbles’

Keir Starmer is thought to be more open to the idea of returning the Elgin Marbles than predecessor Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Public services complaints in England soar by more than a third since 2016 – study

Written complaints about DWP double, while prisons, the NHS and higher education experience big increase

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying bill brings critical state of palliative care into government’s focus

MPs behind commission for better end-of-life care proposal hope for Wes Streeting support after vote result

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