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DARK SECRETS: 16 | Vintage Vibes

Starmer stands by Reeves as claims grow she misled public on finances

Downing Street says Reeves’ remarks were ‘entirely accurate’ as pressure grows over claims she misled voters

Evening Standard

Starmer to back Budget amid row over Reeves’ deficit claims

Opposition figures have called for the City watchdog to investigate pre-Budget briefings about the fiscal shortfall.

Evening Standard

Reeves defends Budget tax and spending choices as ‘fair and necessary’

The Chancellor she had made choices to increase taxes and improve public infrastructure, and had ‘chosen to protect public spending’.

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Reeves defends £26bn tax raid after Budget backlash as watchdog urged to investigate ‘false briefings’

The chancellor doubled down on her tax hikes, saying she wasn’t willing to cut public services

The Independent UK

No 10 denies Reeves 'lied to public about £21bn black hole' before budget

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed the Chancellor ‘lied to the public’ and was ‘bribing Labour MPs to save her own skin’

Evening Standard

Criminal inquiry demanded as ‘unprecedented’ leak of Chancellor's Budget reveals £26bn tax rises

Rachel Reeves condemns ‘deeply disappointing’ accidental release of Budget details ahead of her Commons statement

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all

Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

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PM hopeful of ‘right outcome’ on Ukraine ahead of coalition of the willing talks

Downing Street said efforts over the weekend between the US and Kyiv to broker a truce with Moscow marked a ‘major step’ forward.

Evening Standard

Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report

Campaign group says it will pursue all legal means to ensure personal accountability for ‘grave betrayal’

The Guardian - UK

Ten bombshell findings from damning Covid inquiry report - including that lockdown could have been avoided

The Standard has compiled the 10 most shocking revelations from Baroness Hallett’s Covid-19 inquiry report

Evening Standard

‘I thought the grownups were back in charge!’: John Crace on how Labour shattered his expectations

After 14 years of Tory rule, the Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer thought he had seen it all. Westminster would surely tick along nicely once Keir Starmer’s party took over. How wrong he was ...

The Guardian - UK

Labour Traitors War: Keir Starmer warns Cabinet against 'distraction' of party infighting after coup frenzy

The Prime Minister stressed to his senior ministers that they must ‘work as one team’

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner’s reappearance is a further damning of Starmer’s leadership

COMMENT: Editorial: With Labour in turmoil and the Budget still more than a week away, the resurgence of the prime minister’s former deputy adds further complication that Keir Starmer could do without

The Independent UK

Income tax U-turn will only hasten Starmer’s departure, MPs warn

Ministers and backbenchers reacted with despair to U-turn and claimed the prime minister was ‘weakened’

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No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies

Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’

The Guardian - UK

Who could be behind the phantom briefing and the tax rise that wasn’t? Inspector Starmer is on the case

Chaos and ineptitude dog our poor PM. Perhaps the explanation lies (very) close to home, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Treasury won’t cut threshold for higher rate income tax, say sources – UK politics live

Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bn

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves to abandon plans to raise income tax rates in budget

Labour had laid the ground to break a manifesto pledge on taxes for working people but has now made a U-turn

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Starmer: Nuclear plant and AI growth zone to bring jobs to Wales for decades

The Prime Minister said more than 6,500 jobs would be created in North Wales by the two projects.

The Guardian - UK

Labour faces questions over Starmer aide who holds shares in lobbying firm

Communications chief Tim Allan left Strand Partners in September but still holds a minority stake

The Independent UK

Starmer’s shambles in No 10 risks handing power to Farage, Alastair Campbell warns

Intervention by Tony Blair’s former director of communications comes as the PM is under pressure to sack his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney

The Guardian - UK

The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together

This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Evening Standard

Starmer and Von der Leyen agree on need for rapid progress on Brexit reset deal

They agreed formal talks would begin on food and drink and emissions trading deals.

The Independent UK

Starmer aide McSweeney is ‘toast’ after botched briefing ends in ‘epic own goal’

PM declines to back his right hand man after ‘epic own goal’ over coup plot rumours

The Guardian - UK

Pressure grows on Starmer to sack chief of staff over briefing row

Growing calls for Morgan McSweeney to go after extraordinary briefing operation against Wes Streeting

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