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‘Sleaze buster’ Sir Chris Bryant joins Labour frontbench

Sir Keir Starmer has appointed him as shadow minister for creative industries and digital.

The Independent UK

Speaker intervenes as SNP MP calls Labour and Tories ‘two cheeks of same arse’

Rishi Sunak noted that the question was mostly aimed at Sir Keir Starmer, and added that he ‘wouldn’t want to get in the middle of that’.

The Independent UK

Labour MP who claimed for £55 parking ticket on expenses promoted in Starmer’s reshuffle

Abena Oppong-Asare has been handed the women’s health and mental health brief just months after The Independent exposed the wrong expense claim

The Independent UK

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Keir Starmer likens government to ‘cowboy builders’ over concrete crisis

Labour leader accuses prime minister of neglecting pupils at state schools during combative PMQs

The Guardian - UK

Starmer: ‘Gillian Keegan’s £34m Whitehall office makeover shows reality of uncaring Tories’

‘The cowboys are running the country,’ says Labour leader during feisty PMQs

The Independent UK

‘Labour cannot be allowed to bankrupt Britain’, claims Sunak

The Prime Minister criticised Labour’s record running Birmingham.

The Independent UK

PMQs sketch: Starmer turns up heat on Sunak over concrete (though ceiling doesn’t quite cave in on PM)

On what may be the warmest day of the year, Sir Keir Starmer mercilessly turned up the political heat on Rishi Sunak over the schools concrete crisis at their first post-summer PMQs clash on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

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Rishi Sunak faces ‘cowboy builders’ jibe from Labour over school concrete crisis

The two leaders clashed over the issue at Prime Minister’s Questions.

The Independent UK

PMQs: Keir Starmer accuses Tory Government of behaving like ‘cowboy builders’ amid concrete crisis

‘The cowboys are running the country’, says the Labour leader in heated exchanges with Rishi Sunak in Commons

Evening Standard

Starmer: Sunak’s champagne Tories put bubbly tax cut ahead of bubbly concrete

Labour leader criticises prime minister’s ‘choices’

The Independent UK

Schools say concrete surveys were sent back month ago after receiving ‘telling off’ letter from government

The row over crumbling concrete is growing as schools claimed they filled in safety surveys “months ago”, after the Education Secretary told headteachers to “get off their backsides” and send back the forms.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer accuses Sunak of prioritising champagne over schools

As chancellor, Sunak cut tax on champagne at same time as ending funding for school building repairs

The Guardian - UK

Head of sleaze watchdog Chris Bryant joins Labour frontbench

Parliament will need to find a new head for its sleaze watchdog after Keir Starmer brought Chris Bryant onto his frontbench.

The National (Scotland)

Starmer: Versions of Birmingham Council financial distress across the country

Birmingham City Council is to halt all new spending due to declaring itself effectively bankrupt on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

List of schools with safety-risk concrete revealed as Sunak denies cutting repairs budget – as it happened

Keir Starmer likens the Tories to ‘cowboy builders’ as the PM insists the government acted decisively in response to the problem

The Guardian - UK

Pat McFadden: the most powerful Labour politician most have never heard of

Role preparing for election will see McFadden shape party’s direction, but it is likely to be done quietly

The National (Scotland)

Michael Shanks accused of Brexit 'flip-flopping' after deleting decade-old EU tweet

SCOTTISH Labour’s Michael Shanks has been accused of “flip-flopping” over Brexit after deleting a tweet from almost a decade ago.

The Guardian - UK

Even Blairite Labour is better than the alternative of another Tory term

Letters: Keir Starmer’s centrism is preferable to more years of cuts, cronyism and contempt for those most in need, writes Martyn Taylor. Plus letters from Stuart Finegan, Prof Mary Mellor, Matthew Ryder and Philip Clayton

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The Independent UK

Minute by minute: What happened the day the Queen died and Charles became King

Elizabeth II died peacefully at Balmoral on the afternoon of September 8 as concern for her health escalated and the royals rushed to her bedside.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer’s new-look Labour is fashioned in the hope of power

When Keir Starmer offered the role of chief of staff to Sue Gray, the senior civil servant who oversaw the partygate inquiry, he craved an organiser on his inner team who understood the interlocking levers of Whitehall — and the pitfalls of operating them.

Evening Standard

Rory Stewart: Boris is a ‘prancing elephant’ and I might vote Lib Dem

Stewart also said Tory rule changes mean he won’t run for London mayor

The Independent UK

Sunak rejected funding request to fix more crumbling schools, minister says

Schools minister Nick Gibb said funding to rebuild 200 schools a year was requested but the PM granted funding for 50 a year.

The Independent UK

Lawyer calls on Labour to commit to repealing Government’s legacy Bill

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is expected to complete its parliamentary passage this week.

The Independent UK

Starmer tells new-look shadow cabinet to show public they are ready to govern

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said there could be no complacency ahead of the general election and things would get harder as polling day approaches.

The Guardian - UK

People caught in possession of laughing gas could face up to two years in jail under new Home Office plans – as it happened

Home Office to introduce new measures as part of plan announced earlier this year to ban nitrous oxide

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