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The Latest Breaking News on Labour ditches radical reforms as it prepares ‘bombproof’ election manifesto

MPs launch investigation into fraught UK-Scottish Government relations

A COMMITTEE of MPs has opened a probe into the increasingly strained state of relations between the Scottish and UK governments.

The National (Scotland)

Listen up, critics: first let Labour win power. Then scrutinise its real record

Of course Keir Starmer is cautious in the runup to an election – Labour can’t change Britain from the opposition benches, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s crackdown on free thinkers: it’s bad for the party and politics

Editorial: The move against Neal Lawson illuminates a wider strategy to march Labour ever rightwards under the cover of big poll leads

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In order to win, Labour is sacrificing its principles

Letters: Lyn A Dade calls for an end to the party system, while Michael Gwilt says Labour is holding our votes hostage against the return of Tory rule. Plus Deborah Wilkinson on the need for a diverse leftwing government

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Starmer: I haven’t held talks about creating hundreds of new peers in the Lords

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he had not offered peerages to people ahead of a potential general election next year.

The Independent UK

Analysis: Complacency is Labour party’s number-one enemy

The closer we get to an election and the more likely a Labour victory looks, the more scrutiny there will be on what comes next

Evening Standard

Will the real Keir Starmer please stand up? Tell us what you and Labour stand for, voters ask

Ipsos poll for the Standard finds people don’t know what the Labour leader stands for – but things are far from rosy for Rishi Sunak

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The SNP implosion could lead to a more independent Scotland. Here’s how

Labour and the Tories are desperate for Scottish seats. What they offer to get them could be a gamechanger, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Scotland can rejoin Europe if we choose independence first, says Humza Yousaf

Writing for the Daily Record on the anniversary of the Brexit vote, the First Minister says Scotland has suffered from an act of "economic vandalism".

Daily Record

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown ‘could be made lords’ by Keir Starmer to bolster a Labour government

The Labour leader did not rule out a move to the Lords for the former premiers despite his intention to abolish the upper house

The Independent UK

Peerages for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown not ruled out by Keir Starmer

KEIR Starmer did not rule out handing peerages and government positions to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown ...

The National (Scotland)

Sir Keir Starmer open to consulting former PMs Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

The Labour leader did not rule out a move to the Lords for the former premiers despite his intention to abolish the upper house.

The Independent UK

Labour 'only have 10 MPs capable of being ministers', top party insider says

LABOUR have been mocked after a member of Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet said that the party only has around 10 MPs capable of being government…

The National (Scotland)

Labour defends plan to appoint dozens of peers to House of Lords

Party says priority will be to get laws passed if it wins power, despite promise to abolish upper chamber

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Starmer will swell the House of Lords despite wanting to abolish it

The Labour leader plans to appoint dozens of peers if he forms a government so he can push policy through Parliament.

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak confronted over policeman who could lose home after 'Tory mortgage penalty'

Like millions of people across the country James's mortgage is up for renewal in 2024 - and faces a £400-a-month hike in payments

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer's U-turn on 'abolish the Lords' pledge panned across political spectrum

KEIR Starmer has been called out across the political spectrum after his party revealed plans to “appoint dozens” of new Labour peers to the…

The National (Scotland)

Ian Murray vows Labour 'won't give Scotland another independence referendum'

SCOTTISH LABOUR MP Ian Murray has ruled out his party allowing the half of Scotland’s population that supports independence to “have their…

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Wales Online

Mark Drakeford 'told off' by UK Labour for saying UK is a 'union of 4 territories'

'We are fed up being told off and being told to cling on to what is in effect a Tory interpretation of the constitution which does not help Labour in Wales or elsewhere'

Daily Record

Keir Starmer says Labour 'needs Scottish seats to win general election'

The Labour leader said 'Scotland is central to our plans' in a Q&A session following a speech in Edinburgh on Monday morning.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Opposition woes are good news for Labour

THERE is not much that Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon have in common but their present vicissitudes have one obvious characteristic — they are excellent news for Labour. Elections are lost by governing parties as well as won by the Opposition, and not just in England. The arrest of the…

The National (Scotland)

New independence white paper in coming weeks will 'focus on constitution'

A NEW independence paper to be launched in the coming weeks will focus on the constitution, the Sunday National understands.

The Independent UK

Devolution ‘becoming unworkable’, warns Yousaf in attack on ‘interfering’ Tories

The Scottish First Minister has hit out at the UK Government – and claimed Labour has been ‘posted missing’ when it comes to defending devolution.

The National (Scotland)

Labour could face independence referendum choice as election majority 'not certain'

THE prospect of Labour securing an overall majority in the next General Election is “by no means certain”, leading pollster Sir John Curtice…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on broken Britain: it won’t be fixed with the status quo

Editorial: State-led public investment is needed to repair a decade of cuts. Labour should say so, not cleave to failed orthodoxies

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