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John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s future – from welfare U-turn to Corbyn comeback

ASK ME ANYTHING: Chief political commentator John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s deepening welfare crisis, the rise of a Corbyn-Sultana breakaway party, and what it all means for Keir Starmer’s grip on government

The Independent UK

Who’s really to blame for Labour’s troubles – Rachel Reeves or the invisible PM?

The Treasury focuses on numbers when what’s needed is vision. The party and the country are crying out for leadership, but it’s nowhere to be seen, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Welfare reform bill fiasco re-empowers parliament

Letters: Michael Meadowcroft says a failure to forge a constructive alliance with backbenchers was at the core of the welfare bill debacle. Plus letters from Michael Bartlet , Shareen Campbell, Derrick Cameron, Geoff Reid and Valerie Mainwood

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After a year studying Starmer, I can tell you that he is at once a very kind man and a ruthless one

Those around the Labour leader operate with the knowledge that everyone is expendable and no one is safe, says journalist and author Anushka Asthana

The Guardian - UK

How Starmer went from defiant to defeated as he scrambled to get his bill over the line

NEWS ANALYSIS: The debacle over the welfare reforms has stripped Keir Starmer of his authority and left his government damaged. David Maddox tracks how the prime minister lost control

The Independent UK

With a £5bn hole to fill, the true battle on Keir Starmer’s hands is only just beginning

Sir Keir Starmer’s capitulation on welfare cuts has dented his authority and raised questions about his judgment

The Independent UK

‘Too arrogant to listen’: how welfare bill soured Starmer’s relations with rebel MPs

MPs describe receiving veiled deselection threats as No 10 sought to quash revolt before finally backing down

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Voices: I thought I knew what Keir Starmer believed – now, it’s anyone’s guess

COMMENT: It was unwise of the prime minister to say he ‘deeply regrets’ the ‘island of strangers’ phrase, writes John Rentoul – but even more so to admit that he doesn’t always properly read his own speeches before delivering them

The Independent UK

Voices: Starmer’s welfare humiliation is a turning point for his government

COMMENT: The prime minister had no choice but to give in to Labour rebels on disability benefits – but this rebellion has been handled particularly badly, says John Rentoul, who doubts the current PM will see out this parliament

The Independent UK

Starmer aide Morgan McSweeney under fire after Labour welfare rebellion

Backbenchers feel PM’s chief of staff missed strength of feeling over cuts – and there are deeper tensions at play

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Keir Starmer's welfare vote nightmare hides a bigger problem: Britain just can't go on like this

One of the perils of being a PM is all the foreign junkets … the Nato meetings, the G7 get-togethers, the one-to-ones with Donald Trump. It’s part of the job of course, but it can present the incumbent with some awful dilemmas: which would you rather…attend a glamorous summit about…

Evening Standard

Voices: Don’t blame Morgan McSweeney – this welfare mess is Keir Starmer’s fault

COMMENT: The prime minister will survive the rebellion over benefits cuts, because he will cave in to his MPs’ demands on welfare – but from here on, things will only get worse for him, says John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Morgan McSweeney: Is welfare backlash the beginning of the end for Starmer’s right-hand man?

NEWS ANALYSIS: Labour prime minister’s chief of staff under fire over crisis around plans to limit disability and sickness-related benefits, writes Kate Devlin

The Independent UK

'Isn't it telling?': John Swinney rips into Anas Sarwar on benefit cuts

JOHN Swinney has ripped into Anas Sarwar's continued support for UK benefit cuts that more than 120 Labour MPs have now opposed.

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Keir Starmer confirms No 10 is offering concessions to Labour welfare rebels

PM says conversations over changes to bill will ‘continue in coming days’ with more than 120 MPs poised to rebel

Evening Standard

Starmer seeks to quell revolt to speed through welfare reforms

The Government’s plans to restrict access to some disability benefits have been publicly opposed by 126 Labour MPs.

The Independent UK

Why defeat on unpopular welfare reforms could prove to be the end of Starmer

NEWS ANALYSIS: After less than a year as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion on a crucial policy which could leave him severely weakened or even force him out, warns David Maddox

The Independent UK

Voices: Keir Starmer accidentally admits his first year has been a failure

COMMENT: The prime minister said his party’s biggest mistake is that ‘we haven’t always told our story as well as we should’ – an attempt to minimise a problem that is fundamental, argues John Rentoul

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The Independent UK

Relief for Starmer in Hamilton, but Reform has arrived as a force in Scotland

NEWS ANALYSIS: A Scottish Labour win in the Hamilton by-election has handed the prime minister a much needed boost, but the result reveals that Reform is a growing threat in parts of the UK Nigel Farage has never appealed to before, writes David Maddox

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s muddled politics are reaching their limit. It’s time for him to make a choice

Veer left or double down on the right? Either way, the prime minister needs to commit and sell it to an impatient electorate, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Independent UK

Inside Labour plot to oust Keir Starmer as PM is given 12 months to turn things around

SPECIAL REPORT: This week’s dramatic winter fuel U-turn has not been enough to stop speculation about the future of Starmer as leader, as political editor David Maddox found out

The National (Scotland)

Labour delay anti-poverty plan amid budget fears of ending two-child benefit cap

Labour have delayed their flagship child poverty plan until at least the autumn amid fears the financial cost may not be worth the political…

The Guardian - UK

No 10 delays child poverty strategy with tens of thousands more facing hardship

Exclusive: Flagship policy put back until at least autumn amid fears cost of removing two-child benefit cap will outweigh political benefit

The Independent UK

Voices: The Tories ‘sliding into oblivion’? Keir Starmer should be careful what he wishes for

COMMENT: Mocking the Conservative Party may win applause, but it also helps Nigel Farage dominate the stage, writes John Rentoul. The prime minister should be trying to prop Kemi Badenoch up instead of boosting Reform

The Independent UK

Sue Gray calls on Starmer to support Afghan women and girls in first remarks since sacking

Sue Gray was sacked in October after losing a bitter power struggle with Keir Starmer’s elections chief Morgan McSweeney

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