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Starmer vows to press on with welfare reform as he takes blame for U-turn

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged his Government did not ‘get the process right’.

Evening Standard

Welfare cuts chaos: Tax rises loom within months after Starmer's 'shambolic' benefit reforms 'saved nothing'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves now faces a £5 billion hole in her tax and spending plans

Evening Standard

The Labour welfare rebels are right. This hounding of disabled people will damage the party for years to come

Opposition is mounting and No 10 is preparing a raft of concessions. But whatever happens next, the moral stain will remain, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK

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Pip claimants at record 3.7 million as welfare reforms loom

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is facing a possible rebellion among his own MPs who are unhappy about proposed changes to the system.

Evening Standard

‘Labour has made me feel like a scrounger’: disabled people urge welfare cuts rethink

People who rely on personal independence payments tell how cuts will affect them as chancellor rules out U-turn

The Guardian - UK

Princess Kate and Pippa Middleton’s Surprising Childhood Nicknames Are Going Viral

Marie Claire

Herbert Pocket is far from a minor character in Great Expectations

Letters: Readers take issue with Herbert Pocket being deemed a ‘nobody’ in an article by Zoe Williams

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'Your Pippa is still alive': mum's health reform plea

The family of a two-year-old girl who died in hospital after multiple mistakes is seeking change to stop other people's loved ones meeting a similar fate.

AAP

Much-loved 'Boonie' hailed by cricket after last Test

Australian favourite David Boon has stepped down after 14 years as an international match referee that's been hailed as a "benchmark" career in cricket.

AAP

Michelle Keegan shares sweet tribute to her newborn daughter Palma

The actress, 37, and former TOWIE star Mark Wright, 38, welcomed their baby daughter last month

Evening Standard

This Grand Designs barn conversion kitchen saved this couple half their budget - you wouldn't guess where it's from

Sticking to a tight budget doesn't mean you need to compromise on style

Ideal Home

Nuclear pests, Hockney’s best and dozens of swimming tortoises – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Vulnerable patients will lose vital support with Pip cuts

Letter: Alex Fisher highlights how disabled people will be hit hard by the government’s welfare changes. And Kathleen Coleman is in despair at the party she has voted for all her life

The Guardian - UK

Thirteen years ago, Emma told me disability cuts nearly broke her family. Now, under Labour, it’s worse

In families like hers, the devastating impact of the £5bn cuts will be felt most keenly. It is a stain Labour may never be rid of, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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‘Labour is deserting me’: disabled people fear impact of Pip changes

As the government weighs benefit cuts, many warn of impact on independence and employment

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s plan to overhaul long-term benefits is laudable, putting a moral slant on it is not

Painting a veneer of morality over welfare cuts risks people fighting a tougher battle for support they need

The Guardian - UK

Many MPs think it immoral to slash disability benefits – and they’re right

Making it harder to claim Pip isn’t about ethics, as Keir Starmer says, but economics

The Guardian - UK

Cuts to welfare. Cuts to international aid. Has Labour lurched too far to the right?

People on benefits are worried and some MPs are talking of ‘cruelty’. Is Keir Starmer’s plan to cut public spending a betrayal of his party’s values?

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cuts

PM expected to announce billions in savings from personal independence payment, the main disability benefit

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: Lady Gaga pulls double duty in middle of the road episode

Singer does a good job at both comedy and music but the sketches fail to be as memorable as they should have been

The Independent UK

An opera based on Melville’s masterpiece, 'Moby-Dick,' docks at the Met

The Metropolitan Opera is staging a production of Herman Melville's masterpiece about a white whale, ‘Moby-Dick

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a radical act to garden’: different queer generations find common ground in nature drama

Coral Wylie’s play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew follows a teenager discovering themselves through horticulture and memories of an old family friend, played by Omari Douglas

Evening Standard

Who was Kate Middleton before she met Prince William and became the Princess of Wales?

As she turns 44, Princess Kate is expected to celebrate her birthday in a quiet, meaningful way alongside Prince William and their children

The Guardian - AU

Peter Carey on Jack Maggs and snubbing the Queen: ‘I thought she was a relic’

As the stage version of his take on Great Expectations opens in Adelaide, the novelist looks back at a right royal kerfuffle – and a memorable encounter with a London cabby

The Guardian - UK

Roddy Doyle: ‘A PG Wodehouse audiobook made me laugh so much I had to stop the car’

The Booker-winning author on the the joys of Flann O’Brien, the magic of EL Doctorow, and having doubts about Richard Dawkins

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