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‘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

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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’

The Independent UK

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - 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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

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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

Evening Standard

Labour Traitors war: Who has been accused of plotting against the Prime Minister and why?

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to condemn ‘completely unacceptable’ briefings against his Health Secretary, Wes Streeting

Evening Standard

OPINION - Wes Streeting talks a good game - but could he deliver as PM if Starmer is toppled in coup?

NHS waiting lists have risen for three months in a row despite cutting them being Labour’s key promise and down to the Health Secretary to deliver

The Independent UK

Will Starmer resign as prime minister and who could replace him?

There are growing questions over whether or not the prime minister will cling on to his job – questions that have only grown in the wake of Morgan McSweeney’s resignation

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The Independent UK

Who is Robbie Gibb, the man at the heart of the BBC scandal with links to Boris Johnson?

INSIDE STORY: BBC staff and leading political figures are calling for Robbie Gibb to step down from the BBC board. So, who is the Tory ‘agent’ at the centre of a tangled web of politics and media interests, asks Katie Rosseinsky

The Independent UK

Labour leadership crisis erupts after Streeting denies plotting to bring down Starmer

Health secretary says Labour MPs who claim PM faces coup have been ‘watching too much “Celebrity Traitors”’

The Independent UK

We must fight for our journalism, defiant BBC boss says after Trump legal threat

Outgoing boss rallies staff after Donald Trump’s court threat and demand for $1bn compensation

The Guardian - UK

Starmer allies issue warning to PM’s rivals as fears grow over leadership challenge

No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of attempt to oust him after budget or May local elections

The Independent UK

Inside the BBC Trump speech furore that prompted dramatic resignations of bosses

Critics say BBC left ‘vacuum’ after failing to ‘properly defend itself’ from criticism or apologise

Evening Standard

TfL staff take fight to Downing Street over visa rule changes that could force them to leave UK

Union leaders warn dozens of TfL workers could lose their jobs and right to remain in the UK after changes to skilled worker visa rules

The Guardian - UK

Breakfasts at No 10: buttering up Labour MPs to avoid a budget backlash

Downing Street has been preparing MPs for going back on its manifesto pledge and raising income tax

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