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Keir Starmer is ‘the new George Osborne’ says John McDonnell

Former Labour shadow chancellor attacks plan to curb welfare fraud and says the prime minister is becoming a ‘replica’ of the former Tory chancellor

The Independent UK

Starmer promises swift action against welfare fraudsters

PM to pledge to ‘leave no stone unturned’ in bid to rebuild public services and save £1.6bn over five years

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer says Labour can deliver change and national renewal in conference speech – as it happened

PM promises to ‘leave no stone unturned’ as his government seeks to ‘rebuild our public services’

The Guardian - UK

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Starmer leads with compromise for new family pet – and gets ‘dog-like’ cat

Siberian kitten at No 10 may get frosty reception from chief mouser Larry, who took on George Osborne’s cat, Freya

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s decision to cut winter fuel payments is mean and politically inept

Means-testing will hit up to 2 million people. Rachel Reeves would be wise to admit she was wrong, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

I believed Starmer and Reeves were too smart to repeat austerity. It appears I was wrong

New governments usually come into power offering hope and a break with the past. This one is squandering the opportunity for a fresh start, says David Blanchflower

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Rachel Reeves's impossible choice: Truss or Osborne?

Liz Truss or George Osborne? For Rachel Reeves, neither is exactly her political lodestar. From a Labour perspective, the former moved far too fast with her 'mini-Budget' and in doing so sparked a run on gilts. In contrast, the latter slowly strangled the UK economy with cuts to capital spending…

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'Austerity Anas' accused of 'hypocrisy' after voting for £30bn of Tory spending cuts

THE leader of Scottish Labour has been branded “austerity Anas” after it emerged he backed £30 billion of Tory cuts while an MP – as his…

The National (Scotland)

Stephen Flynn delivers speech to SNP conference – read in full

STEPHEN Flynn said the SNP must “re-root ourselves in the priorities of Scottish people” as he delivered his speech to SNP conference.

The National (Scotland)

Can new towns give Keir Starmer the answer to Britain’s housing crisis?

It’s a huge challenge, as shown in Ebbsfleet, where one such new town was launched by George Osborne in 2015, but now only has 3,000 or so of the 12,500 promised homes

The Guardian - UK

Craig Dalzell: Here's my verdict on Keir Starmer's 'pain' speech

AHEAD of the reopening of the UK Parliament next week, Prime Minister Keir Starmer painted a bleak picture of a broken Britain that he plans to…

The National (Scotland)

How George Osborne laid the groundwork for austerity – and Keir Starmer copied him

“I am not going to hide the hard choices from the British people.” “We have had to pay the bills of past irresponsibility.” “We have been…

The National (Scotland)

How to lose weight and influence no one – the Robert Jenrick diet for party leadership

Could a trimmer figure, the quick-fix way, and new hairdo be enough to get the party vote?

The Guardian - UK

‘No blank cheques’: Rachel Reeves defends pay deals with unions

Chancellor rebuts Tory accusation she will be a soft touch and hints at tweak to debt rule to allow more borrowing

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Barclays becomes first UK bank to lift cap on bonuses

Memo to staff reveals dropping of restriction, allowing payouts worth up to 10 times bankers’ salaries

Evening Standard

George Osborne: 'Probably the worst moment in my entire political career'

The former chancellor shares one of his biggest regrets

The National (Scotland)

Rachel Reeves is a 'mini-me', says George Osborne

GEORGE Osborne has called Rachel Reeves a “mini-me” over her recent statement to the Commons, where she announced a swathe of cuts to plug a…

The Guardian - UK

The cynical spectre of Osbornomics is haunting the Labour party

Emergency cuts, empty pockets, a ‘maxed-out credit card’: why is Rachel Reeves using the language and logic of austerity, asks Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Did the king just get a pay rise? How the crown estate and the royal family’s income work

The crown estate has just published its accounts for the last year, revealing record profits. This news was accompanied by indignant headlines about a massive pay rise for the royal family.

The Guardian - UK

Benefit cap traps families in crowded, rat-infested homes, report finds

Limit on support for low-income families, introduced in 2013, said to be pushing people deeper into poverty

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What Rachel Reeves’ ‘tough choices’ mean for Britain

In today’s newsletter: The new chancellor announced a series of public spending cuts, blaming the previous government while also looking to their playbook

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Rachel Reeves’ statement: beyond the Tory black hole

Editorial: The chancellor was right to call out her predecessors’ culpability for a disastrous inheritance. But Labour must be bolder

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves goes back to the future with her public finances statement

The chancellor’s message was: this is going to hurt, but it’s not my fault. Haven’t we heard that somewhere before?

The Guardian - UK

My vote was a plea for Labour to tackle child poverty. Its response? To suspend me

Seven of us voted for a motion to end the two-child benefit cap – not as ‘gesture politics’, but to fight for a cause we believe in, says the MP John McDonnell

The Guardian - UK

By disciplining MPs for voting to pull children out of poverty, Keir Starmer has shown us who he really is

Labour will say this is just a matter of party discipline, but it is a clear demonstration of the government’s priorities, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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