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Double blow for Starmer as Burnham refuses to rule out leadership challenge and PM popularity hits record low

Most Labour voters see the PM and Chancellor Rachel Reeves negatively (52% and 57% respectively), according to a new YouGov poll

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PM says special educational needs ‘raised with me more than any other issue’

Sir Keir Starmer made his comments during a visit to a school breakfast club in Reading.

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Could you do better than Reeves as chancellor? Play our interactive budget game

Can you pull the levers of power to deliver a successful budget? Can you keep backbenchers happy without upsetting the bond markets? And can you do it all while keeping the books balanced? Try our budget 2025 game, and maybe develop a bit of sympathy for Rachel Reeves

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Burnham refuses to rule out challenging for Labour leadership

The mayor of Greater Manchester suggested questions over his leadership ambitions are part of the problem with Westminster culture.

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‘Devastating to think of lives that could have been saved under different PM’, say Covid bereaved – as it happened

Findings of inquiry into handling of pandemic by Boris Johnson’s government paint picture of delay and inaction

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People are right to ask ‘what is the point of Labour?’ when it can’t agree on anything

Who knows where this government’s credibility will be after next week’s exceptionally difficult budget, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little

Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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British Jews turn to Greens and Reform UK as support for main parties drops

Study finds new party divide as backing for Labour and Conservatives plunges from 84% in 2020 to 58% in 2025

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Reform’s Welsh hopes damaged after Senedd member suspended for ‘vile’ racial slur

Parliament suspends Laura Anne Jones, Reform’s only Senedd member, for two weeks in further blow after party lost Caerphilly byelection

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Windrush scandal still a stain on society, Floella Benjamin tells Lords event

Campaigners call for urgent reform of redress scheme and say they plan to launch ‘people’s inquiry’ into failings

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A guttural groan in an energy-free zone: sullen resignation haunts PMQs

Usually raucous backbenchers snoozed through the session as Keir and Kemi’s exchanges descended into a slanging match

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Ticket touts’ worst nightmare has finally come true in the UK

Government has officially announced ban on reselling for profit, described by minister as ‘no-brainer’

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SNP majority at Holyrood will end Starmer’s time at Number 10, claims Swinney

The Scottish First Minister said he has ‘no doubt’ the Prime Minister will be unable to remain in office.

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Nigel Farage denies claims of antisemitic behaviour as a schoolboy at Dulwich College

Sir Keir Starmer calls on Reform UK leader to explain himself over the claims about his behaviour as a teenager

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Labour MP suggests he would give up seat for Andy Burnham Commons return

The Greater Manchester mayor would need to become an MP to launch a leadership bid.

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Keir Starmer refuses to rule out income tax thresholds freeze at Budget

The Prime Minister dodged questions about the Chancellor’s plans at PMQs

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Starmer refuses to rule out freeze on income tax thresholds ahead of Budget

The Prime Minister declined to answer numerous questions from Kemi Badenoch on the issue.

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Budget 2025: Which tax rises could hit you as Chancellor Rachel Reeves targets millions with new levies?

London and the South East are set to be most impact by a wave of tax changes to plug a shortfall of around £20 billion

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Tory crisis in London as second councillor defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK at flagship town hall

Alan Mendoza on Wednesday joined Laila Cunningham as Reform’s second representative on Westminster Council

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'Mansion tax' on way, say Labour MPs after talk with Reeves on Budget set to hit London hard

The Chancellor reportedly told Labour MPs to highlight how the wealthy would be impacted by her Budget

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Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale

The tactics that gave Labour its huge majority in 2024 were no preparation for government – and the prime minister has proved he has nothing more to offer, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns

Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment

Evening Standard

Swinney warns Starmer and Reeves of ‘risks’ if Budget fails to end austerity

Scottish First Minister John Swinney said the ending of austerity was what people are ‘desperately seeking’.

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Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank

Keir Starmer accused of failing to adequately strategise while in opposition, leading to uncoordinated policymaking

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‘Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights

Lords look ‘undemocratic and firmly against interest of working people’, say senior trade union and Labour figures

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