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Tories fight abolition of hereditary peers as Labour’s Lords reforms stall

Keir Starmer’s plan to replace upper house was scaled back to scrapping hereditaries – but even that is proving difficult

The Guardian - UK

How much does the UK spend on overseas aid – and where does the money go?

With more spending going to defence, the latest budget cut will take Britain’s aid contribution to its lowest for a quarter of a century

The Guardian - UK

How previous prime ministers handled the ‘special relationship’

Winston Churchill coined the phrase to describe what has become an enduring diplomatic priority, but relationships between leaders have varied.

Evening Standard

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Starmer can only hope slashing aid to boost defence wins Trump’s favour

PM’s Washington trip clear impetus for abrupt news of budget switch to meet defence commitment by 2027

The Guardian - UK

Lord Evans of Watford: long-serving peer facing cash-for-access questions

Made a peer by Tony Blair in 1998, Evans is well connected to a Labour party back in power

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: how members of House of Lords benefit from commercial interests

Months-long Guardian investigation exposes weaknesses in code of conduct that could trigger calls for greater reform

The Guardian - UK

Voices: How Starmer can stand up to Trump in Washington summit

COMMENT: Starmer’s visit to Trump should be the beginning of a renewed show of strength and a reunited Europe, writes Anthony Seldon. He should make history in a way that Churchill grasped and Blair dropped

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Voices: Keir Starmer’s secret letter reveals that he sees Nigel Farage as the real leader of the opposition

COMMENT: The prime minister has set out a restrictive approach to immigration in a memo to cabinet ministers – making clear that he sees Reform, not the Conservatives, as the threat at the next election, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Will the UK send troops to Ukraine? The challenges facing Starmer’s plan

Plans for the UK and other European countries to send troops to Ukraine are in their very early stages. But the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, will already be thinking about how such a move could play out at home. Sending UK troops abroad, even on a “peacekeeping” mission, always…

The Conversation

Keir Starmer Faces Nightmare Poll – Barely Escapes ‘Worst PM’ Label

"Sir Keir Starmer has managed to dodge becoming Britain's worst Prime Minister - all thanks to one controversial Conservative leader - in yet another humiliating polling blow."

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Voices: Can Starmer build a bridge between the US and Europe strong enough to withstand a Trump kicking?

COMMENT: The prime minister is convinced he can charm the unpredictable US president when the pair meet next week in Washington – but Westminster is less sure of his chances, with some insiders suggesting the pledge to put British peacekeeping forces in Ukraine has now turned European allies again him,…

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer a worse PM than Boris Johnson as staggering unpopularity laid bare in new poll

The Labour leader is only polling ahead of Liz Truss in a list of recent prime ministers

The Independent UK

Larry Ellison wants the U.S. to ‘unify all the national data’ and then feed it to AI

Ellison is a Republican donor and friends with Trump’s federal cost-cutter Elon Musk.

Fortune

Unambitious Brexit reset is fuelling business disappointment in Labour, warns AlastairCampbell

Tony Blair’s former spin doctor cited The Independent’s front page as told Labour that the facts were the way to take on Brexiteers like Boris Johnson and Reform UK’s Nigel Farage

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Evening Standard

How lobbying Charles saw himself as a ‘meddler’ before he became King

As the Prince of Wales, Charles faced criticism for his frequent letters to government ministers.

The Guardian - UK

Get In by Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund review – behind the scenes with Morgan McSweeney, Labour’s arch strategist

This is a rattlingly good tale of a modern-day Machiavelli that ascribes credit for Labour’s journey to power not to Keir Starmer, but to his Irish chief of staff

Golf Monthly

'A Classic Case Of Performance Anxiety!' – What These 5 Common Golf Dreams Mean... According To A Psychologist

Fergus Bisset asks leading sports psychologist Stephen Smith whether his and others’ golfing dreams should be a cause for concern…

The Guardian - UK

What the Labour left should learn from new revelations about Starmer’s path to power

If Starmer is the hapless patsy of the Labour right, progressives must organise before Reform triumphs, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Stop shielding UK royals from parliamentary scrutiny, says Labour peer

Lord Foulkes believes rules must change after series of scandals involving Prince Andrew

Evening Standard

Government must be ‘reordered’ around AI, says Tony Blair

AI will help to create ‘a state that is smaller, more strategic and providing greater efficiency at lower cost’, the ex-PM said.

The Independent UK

Watch: Tony Blair and Gordon Brown pay tribute to ‘working class hero’ John Prescott at Hull funeral

Former prime ministers Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown paid tribute to a “working class hero” at the funeral of Lord John Prescott.

The Guardian - UK

‘What a guy’: Hull pays its respects at John Prescott’s funeral

Starmer and Blair among those at service for former deputy PM – with two Jaguars in cortege in tribute to ‘Two Jags’

Evening Standard

Blair and Brown pay tribute to ‘working class hero’ at funeral of John Prescott

Senior figures from past and current Labour governments gathered at Hull Minster to remember the former deputy prime minister.

The Independent UK

Starmer, Blair and Brown among mourners at Prescott funeral

The service for the former deputy prime minister, who died in November aged 86, is being held at Hull Minster.

Evening Standard

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown pay tribute to 'working class hero' at John Prescott's funeral

Labour leaders past and present gathered at Hull Minster to remember the former deputy prime minister

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