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Housing secretary says work will start on three new towns before election

Steve Reed hails predecessor Angela Rayner as ‘true working-class hero’ and accuses Tories of blocking new homes

The Guardian - UK

Budget is ‘critical point’ for Unite’s continued Labour support – Sharon Graham

The general secretary said the party should ‘wake up’ and ‘do Labour things’.

Evening Standard

Twelve new towns to be built across England

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Labour conference: Starmer calls Reform’s policy on immigration ‘racist’ and says Farage’s party would ‘tear country apart’ – as it happened

PM calls Reform’s policy immoral but says people who want to vote for them are not racist but frustrated

The Guardian - UK

Starmer insists Labour can recover from poll slump as conference begins

Sir Keir Starmer hopes a policy blitz including a promise to construct new towns will help revive Labour’s fortunes.

The Independent UK

Starmer brands Reform UK’s migration plan ‘racist’ and ‘immoral’

Sir Keir said he believes Labour can ‘pull this round’ as a poll suggested Nigel Farage could be on course for a landslide win in the next general election

Evening Standard

Housing Secretary pledges to break ground on three new towns before election

The Government will ‘do whatever it takes to get Britain building’, Steve Reed is expected to tell Labour conference.

Evening Standard

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Plan to build 12 new towns in England to be unveiled at Labour conference

Housing secretary is set to announce initiative modelled on Clement Attlee’s postwar ‘housing boom’

The Guardian - UK

These three new towns will begin construction before the next election

Housing Secretary Steve Reed will make the pledge at Labour’s party conference

The Independent UK

London village is set to become massive new town with 10,000 homes before election

Sir Keir Starmer has given Housing Secretary Steve Reed ‘marching orders’ to ‘get Britain building again’

Evening Standard

Labour’s plan to revitalise high streets is good - now it has to make sure people hear about it

There have been hyped policies before about local funding, but unlike ‘levelling up’ this project could lead to actual change, says Morgan Jones

The Guardian - UK

What are the critical environmental decisions piling up in Labour’s inbox?

From airport expansion to North Sea oil, the government is being pulled in multiple directions on a range of issues

The Guardian - UK

Government announces £5bn to revive high streets, parks and public spaces

The investment includes £2 million every year for a decade for 169 more areas and a one-off cash injection of £1.5 million for 95 areas.

Evening Standard

Fact check: Housing Secretary continued to answer questions after video cut out

Steve Reed’s visual feed stopped working during an interview, but a fuller clip shows that he continued answering the presenter’s questions.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Andy Burnham ‘committed’ to Manchester Mayor job as leadership coup rumours criticised by MPs

The former cabinet minister has claimed ‘wholesale change’ is needed in Labour to see off an ‘existential’ threat from Reform and left-wing parties

Evening Standard

Burnham insists he is ‘committed’ to mayoral job but will not ‘toe the line’

The senior politician again declined to rule out a tilt for the Prime Minister’s job if he won enough backing.

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: ID cards ‘will make Britons’ everyday lives easier and build trust’, claims Blair thinktank - as it happened

Thinktank’s Alexander Iosad claims says cards will tackle illegal migration and help people access government services

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham made commitment to serve full term as mayor, Cabinet minister says

Steve Reed dismissed talk of a leadership challenge facing Sir Keir Starmer as ‘tittle-tattle’.

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The Guardian - UK

Burnham says MPs are privately urging him to challenge Starmer for Labour leadership

Greater Manchester mayor accuses Downing Street of creating a ‘climate of fear’ and says wholesale change is required

The Guardian - UK

Starmer gambles on ‘levelling up’-style initiative to tackle Reform threat

Deprived communities to be given tens of millions to patch up derelict shops, pubs and libraries and ‘restore pride’

Evening Standard

High streets to be revitalised under new powers to save local pubs and libraries

Unwanted betting and vape shops could be blocked from opening as part of the Government’s new Pride in Place programme.

The National (Scotland)

'New evidence' must see probe into Morgan McSweeney donations law breach, Tories say

DOWNING Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney hid more than £700,000 in donations to a Labour think tank for three years despite being explicitly…

The Guardian - UK

Ministers could give mayors control of schools and hospitals in devolution shake-up

Exclusive: Steve Reed, backed by Labour Together, wants to devolve control over more local services

The Guardian - UK

Labour thinktank hopes Starmer will devolve more power to his potential rivals

Regional commissioners could save government money while boosting local control of public services, report argues

The Independent UK

Homes now ‘unaffordable’ for most people – even for some of the highest earners

Even the top 10 per cent of earners in London are priced out of affordable home ownership, latest national data shows, with the average house price in England over seven times higher than income

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