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HISTORICAL FACTS: 16 | History Defined

Electric levy ‘will lead to financial ruin for delivery drivers’

Union backs our campaign against the Mayor’s move to axe c-charge exemption for green vehicles

Evening Standard

Mapped: Where 16 and 17-year-olds could sway the vote in next general election

‘Seismic’ move announced by Labour last month would allow 1.5 million more teenagers to cast a ballot at next election – but leading pollsters suggest Nigel Farage and Corbyn’s parties could be real winners

The Independent UK

Scottish Labour panned over £200k in 'shadowy' private healthcare-linked donations

SCOTTISH Labour have been panned over research which found its MPs have received nearly £200,000 from donors linked to private healthcare ...

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Rachel Reeves 'to hit taxpayers' as £51bn black hole found in public finances

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves is set to impose yet more misery on taxpayers, according to a new report which found that there is a £51 billion black…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer's defence plan will not make UK safer, ex-UN adviser warns

KEIR Starmer’s pledge to ramp up defence spending in the UK to 5 of GDP by 2035 will make the country more insecure and won’t save the economy,…

The National (Scotland)

Minister reopens door to wealth tax days after cabinet colleague calls it ‘daft’

Dame Diana Johnson suggested the government was considering a wealth tax despite the business secretary ruling it out days earlier

The Independent UK

Wealth tax should be considered by Treasury, former Labour minister suggests

Anneliese Dodds argued it is ‘important’ for the Government to consider evidence set out by the Wealth Tax Commission.

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Labour MP issues stark warning to London party members after Reform’s first by-election win in capital

Beckenham and Penge MP Liam Conlon said: ‘This is a shift in voting patterns that we have not seen before, and we cannot be complacent’

Evening Standard

Voices: Could Your Party, Jeremy Corbyn’s hard-left breakaway outfit, actually come to Labour’s rescue?

COMMENT: The chaotic launch of Your Party suggests it will be anything but a slick, well-oiled political machine – and hiving off Labour’s hard left might prove beneficial to the government, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

Cabinet minister calls Corbyn ‘chaotic’ after new party launch

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle was reflecting on what he called the ‘chaos and instability’ during Mr Corbyn’s tenure as leader of the Labour Party.

Evening Standard

Corbyn-Sultana party attracts 200,000 sign-ups in 24 hours

A new left-wing party being formed by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana has already collected 200,000 sign-ups in less than 24 hours ...

The National (Scotland)

Hereditary peers make last-ditch plea to be spared in ‘ruthless purge’ of Lords

Bloodline members complain they are being treated like ‘discarded rubbish’ under the move that was a Labour manifesto pledge

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves set to reject calls for wealth tax on super-rich

Rachel Reeves is set to reject introducing a wealth tax despite pressure from left-wing MPs in the Labour Party

The National (Scotland)

Farage wrecked Britain and risks Aberdeen’s future, Flynn warns

STEPHEN Flynn has accused Nigel Farage of wrecking the UK’s economy with Brexit and now threatening tens of thousands of Scottish jobs in the…

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Voices: Diane Abbott may not be right – but is she entirely wrong on race?

COMMENT: We need to have a grown-up conversation about racism, writes Ava Vidal – and I believe people are missing what the now partyless MP was actually trying to say

Evening Standard

OPINION - What, exactly, has Diane Abbott said that’s so wrong?

What, exactly, has Diane Abbott said that’s so wrong – wrong enough to get her suspended (again) from the Labour Party? Her observation, that the prejudice that Travellers or Jewish people encounter – or indeed redheads – is different from the racism that black people experience seems like a statement…

Evening Standard

Minister slaps down Diane Abbott's claim that Labour chiefs want her out after sparking new racism row

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP has said: ‘It is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out’

Evening Standard

‘Not true’ that Labour wants Diane Abbott out, minister says

Exchequer secretary to the Treasury James Murray said it was ‘absolutely not the case’ that Number 10 had wanted Ms Abbott to out of the party.

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Diane Abbott: Labour ‘wants me out’ after second suspension

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP has been suspended for a second time after repeating a claim she made in 2023 about racism.

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott says Keir Starmer ‘wants me out’ after second suspension over race row

The Labour veteran has been suspended again after repeating a claim she made in 2023 about racism

The Independent UK

Governments have the right to expect MPs to support their decisions

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If anything, given the sheer size of the rebellion on social security – 130 of his own MPs threatening to defeat a government bill – Keir Starmer has been too lenient

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott suspended again by the Labour Party over race row letter

Veteran MP said in a BBC interview on Thursday that she stood by a 2023 letter comparing racism experienced by people of colour with that seen by other groups

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott suspended from Labour after racism comments

Diane Abbott has been suspended from the Labour Party, it has been confirmed

Evening Standard

MP Diane Abbott suspended from Labour Party over comments about racism

Ms Abbott was suspended in 2023 after writing a letter to the Observer comparing racism experienced by people of colour with that of other groups.

Evening Standard

What happened the last time a Labour government opted to lower the voting age?

There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.

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