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Catherine West backs down from Starmer challenge but urges him to go by September

Backbench MP calls prime minister’s speech ‘too little, too late’ but stops short of moving to stand against him herself

The Guardian - UK

UK PM on way out? Starmer faces major party revolt, do-or-die speech fails to crush doubters

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a fiery speech on Monday, framing his leadership as a "battle for Britain's soul" amid growing unrest within his own Labour Party and calls by senior leaders to step down.

The Times of India

Starmer vows to prove ‘doubters’ wrong after local election drubbing

Describing the election results as ‘tough’, he told an audience in central London: ‘I get it, I feel it, and I take responsibility.’

Evening Standard

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Starmer faces fight to survive as Streeting and Rayner eye leadership bids

Chances of Starmer remaining in No 10 appear to be diminishing as about 40 Labour MPs call on him to quit

The Guardian - UK

Who are the main threats to Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership?

PM is determined to fight on in No 10 but various contenders to replace him have been organising for some time

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner calls blocking Andy Burnham’s return to parliament a mistake as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer – as it happened

Catherine West issues ultimatum for PM as ex-minister Josh Simons joins calls for prime minister to quit

The Guardian - UK

How could Labour remove Keir Starmer? Four possible routes

Replacing a leader is difficult, as Jeremy Corbyn proved – but MPs can apply pressure, publicly or privately

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Phillipson: challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’

Education secretary says voters feel let down but do not want Labour to ‘spend more time talking amongst ourselves’

The Guardian - UK

Budget to include extra $2bn for infrastructure – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Labour MP says she will trigger leadership contest by Monday if cabinet does not launch challenge – as it happened

Catherine West says she will try to get the necessary signatures herself to trigger a leadership contest

The Guardian - UK

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Starmer faces prospect of challenge as ex-minister says she will try to trigger race if no one in cabinet comes forward

The Guardian - UK

Hatred, arson, stabbings - can London turn the tide on the surge in vile antisemitism after Golders Green attack?

Faith Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh appeals to Londoners: ‘We must stand up for one another and against the extremists of all persuasions’

Evening Standard

UK’s £150m cut to worldwide fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life-or-death decisions’

The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives – was revealed by The Independent last week

The Independent UK

Media giant wants compo if gambling ads are punted

Nine Entertainment wants compensation from the government if a national ban is slapped on gambling ads and says regulations must extend to tech companies.

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Evening Standard

Family of British man detained in India without trial urge UK Government to act

Christian Michel, 63, has been held in an Indian prison for seven years, the maximum sentence for the alleged crime he was extradited for.

Evening Standard

Attenborough film shows seabed ‘devastation’ says MP in bottom trawling ban call

Climate leaders are set to meet in Nice, France, next month.

Evening Standard

Minister ‘pushing for peace’ in Middle East attended jazz club event, MPs hear

MP Ellie Chowns was told Middle East minister Hamish Falconer did not reply to her urgent question as he was ‘in the region pushing for a peace deal’.

Evening Standard

Israel risks breaching international law by blocking aid to Gaza, says minister

Catherine West said humanitarian aid ‘should never be contingent on a ceasefire or used as a political tool’.

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The National (Scotland)

Labour refuse to call out Israeli war crimes as 'hell plan' advanced

Labour have refused to call out Israeli war crimes after the country cut off food supplies to Gaza – and prepares a so-called “hell plan” to…

Evening Standard

Minister: UK must balance national security concerns over China with trade aims

Catherine West made the remarks as she defended Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ trip to China.

Evening Standard

Minister defends Reeves’ China trip after warrants issued for UK-based activists

The UK ‘must sometimes be involved’ with countries whose values ‘may not completely align with ours’, Foreign Office minister Catherine West has said.

The Independent UK

New UK travel advisory warns terror attacks likely in Bangladesh

Advisory comes as Sheikh Hasina accuses current regime of orchestrating genocide

Evening Standard

UK urges ‘peaceful resolution’ as Korean president fails to impose martial law

Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law was overturned by South Korea’s parliament less than three hours after he issued it.

Evening Standard

Talk of ‘negotiations’ does not change Ukraine approach – minister

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel had asked whether Sir Keir Starmer’s comments represented ‘a departure from the current approach’.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying bill backed by MPs despite most in London voting against

Of London’s 75 MPs, just 28 voted in favour of the assisted dying bill

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