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Lucy Powell becomes Labour’s deputy leader – what that means for the party and Keir Starmer

If you blinked you may have missed it. Labour has a new deputy leader, Lucy Powell, who won the contest to replace Angela Rayner.

The Conversation

Streeting compares loss in Caerphilly by-election to day Starmer nearly quit

The health secretary compares defeat to one in Hartlepool, which almost forced Starmer to resign

The Independent UK

Labour not ‘bold enough’ says Powell as she becomes deputy leader

Lucy Powell’s victory in the deputy leadership contest could add to Sir Keir Starmer’s headaches at the end of a bruising week.

Evening Standard

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Lucy Powell says Labour not ‘bold enough’ in office as she becomes deputy leader

Lucy Powell said: ‘We must give a stronger sense of our purpose, whose side we are on and of our Labour values and beliefs.’

Evening Standard

Ireland’s presidential election race now down to two women

Voters across the Republic of Ireland will head to the polls on October 24 to elect a new head of state to replace Michael D. Higgins. His replacement will be Ireland’s tenth president since the role of president was established in the 1937 constitution.

The Conversation

‘We must turn Labour around’, deputy leadership frontrunner warns Starmer as she hits out at ‘mistakes’

Exclusive: Lucy Powell takes aim at PM over ‘missteps and mistakes’, saying she was sacked for opposing cuts and that the party must reconnect with lost voters – but not by copying Reform

The Independent UK

London councillor charged with sex offences in line for role on town hall investigating committee

Lambeth councillor Irfan Mohammed was suspended by the Labour Party after being charged with four counts of sexual assault, exposure and engaging in coercive or controlling behaviour

Evening Standard

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Vote for a party’s policies and actions, not its name or history

Letters: Readers respond to Polly Hudson’s article about feeling that she has no choice but to vote Labour

The Guardian - UK

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

'Disturbing': Morgan McSweeney's power over UK exposed in explosive book

“You might not be interested in Morgan McSweeney, but he’s very interested in you.”

The National (Scotland)

Brian Leishman blasts Labour Party leadership as 'authoritarian'

BRIAN Leishman has blasted the Labour Party’s leadership as “authoritarian” ...

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer called out for failing to acknowledge genocide in Gaza during speech

Keir Starmer has been called out for failing to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza during his speech to the Labour party conference.

The National (Scotland)

Seven things from the Labour Party conference you may have missed

After an action-packed Labour conference, The Independent runs through things you may have missed

The Independent UK

'Absolutely pathetic': Owen Jones 'kicked out of Labour Party conference'

Owen Jones has claimed he has been kicked out of the Labour Party conference.

The National (Scotland)

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Mahmood’s tough talk on immigration won’t win over Labour members – but it could stop Farage’s charge to power

NEWS ANALYSIS: Shabana Mahmood has made it clear she is willing to lose friends in the Labour Party in order to see off the threat from Nigel Farage, writes Millie Cooke

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer should have done more to tackle rise of Reform, Green Party leader claims

Zack Polanski is using Labour’s conference to make the case for the Green Party

The National (Scotland)

SNP say voters 'won't forgive' Labour as cost of living crisis soars

THE SNP have urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to “put money back in people’s pockets and tackle the soaring cost of living crisis on the Labour…

The National (Scotland)

Police arrest 66 pro-Palestine protesters under terror laws at Labour conference

POLICE arrested 66 people outside the Labour Party conference for supporting unlawful terror organisation Palestine Action.

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Pro-Palestine protesters arrested outside of Labour party conference in Liverpool

POLICE have arrested pro-Palestine protesters outside of the Labour party conference in Liverpool.

The Independent UK

Dozens of arrests made at Palestine Action protest outside Labour conference

Around 100 people gathered for the silent demonstration outside the ACC venue in Liverpool

Evening Standard

Palestine Action protesters arrested outside Labour conference

Around 100 people gathered for the silent demonstration outside the ACC venue in Liverpool.

Evening Standard

Sarwar to slam ‘knackered, desperate and incompetent’ SNP at Labour conference

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will make his keynote address to the UK party conference in Liverpool on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Labour can pull this round with ‘fight of our times’, says Starmer as party conference starts

It came as fresh polling showed Sir Keir Starmer is the least popular prime minister on record

Evening Standard

Labour can pull this round, PM says of polling fortunes as conference starts

It is the fight of our times and we’ve all got to be in it together, Sir Keir said during an interview published as he arrived at Labour conference.

The Independent UK

Starmer prepares to take on ‘toxic’ Reform as he arrives in Liverpool for Labour conference

The prime minister said Reform UK’s policies would tear the country apart as he vowed Labour would offer an alternative vision of ‘national renewal’

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