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Tories’ promises to raise tax threshold for pensioners a joke, Labour says

During a visit to Essex, shadow pensions secretary Liz Kendall claimed the Conservatives have worsened the quality of retirement.

The Independent UK

Labour party manifesto: What will be Keir Starmer’s key policies for the general election?

A guide to all the manifesto promises we could expect to see from Labour before July 4

The Independent UK

‘I’ve dealt with that’: Keir Starmer dodges questions about Diane Abbott

Rishi Sunak said it was ‘clear’ Angela Rayner is in charge as allies deny the Labour leader was bounced into a decision

The Independent UK

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Ex-military chief says Rishi Sunak’s national service plan is ‘bonkers’

Prime minister says plans would give young people ‘shared sense of purpose’

The Independent UK

What is National Service and how would it work as Rishi Sunak announces mandatory scheme

What exactly are the Tories proposing and could teenagers be arrested for refusing call-up?

The Independent UK

‘No return to austerity under a Labour government,’ says shadow chancellor – as it happened

Rachel Reeves says Labour plans for an immediate injection of cash into frontline public services if party gets into government

The Guardian - UK

What’s the point of Starmer’s Labour if it won’t stand up for poor, sick or disabled people?

The party should be a beacon of hope for people on benefits. Instead, with a 30-point poll lead, it’s parroting Tory soundbites, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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The Guardian view on young people’s mental health: this decline must be reversed

Editorial: Warnings about benefits will not solve the interlinked problems of worklessness and worsening mental health

The Guardian - UK

Life on benefits will not be an option under Labour, says Liz Kendall

In Demos speech, shadow work and pensions secretary takes tough stance on welfare as she lays out plans for young

The Guardian - UK

Labour ‘must spend billions on welfare or poverty will soar’

Britain’s benefits system needs urgent reform, at a cost of £12bn, charities and experts warn

The Guardian - UK

'Depressing' Labour refuse to reject hike in overseas worker salary threshold

A LABOUR shadow minister has said her party agrees with a hike in the minimum salary threshold for overseas workers to bring their family members to…

The National (Scotland)

Hunt’s Autumn Budget could see benefits cut by thousands unless people can work from home

Hundreds of thousands with serious mobility and mental health issues told to ‘make work pay’ from home, as chancellor admits more work to be done on the economy but claims tax cut plans show Tories ‘reject big government’

The Independent UK

Economy has ‘turned a corner’, says Trott as Hunt mulls tax cuts

The Chancellor will deliver his autumn statement on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Labour would treat health and work as ‘two sides of same coin’, says Liz Kendall

Exclusive: Shadow work and pensions secretary gives first interview in new role

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Evening Standard

Long-term sickness forcing people out of work and damaging economy, Labour warns

Shadow work and pensions minister Liz Kendall tells Standard that workers risk being 'written off' without support

The Guardian - UK

I went to Labour conference in search of its plans for radical reform – what I found gave me hope

Labour’s frontbench is promising to tackle child poverty and to make work pay, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Labour would ensure ‘everyone who can work, does’

Liz Kendall used her key note speech at the party conference in Liverpool to set out how Labour would fix economic inactivity in the UK.

The National (Scotland)

SNP slam Labour shadow cabinet member for 'mirroring Tory policy' on benefits

THE SNP have insisted Labour’s new work and pensions secretary must clarify the party’s position on “cruel” Tory social security policies…

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The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: The damage done by 13 years of Conservative welfare cuts

In today’s newsletter: As the Department of Work and Pensions looks to ‘tighten’ work capability assessments, we look at the impact of a decade of welfare policies

The National (Scotland)

What the Labour shadow cabinet have said about Scotland and independence

Labour announced a reshuffle of the shadow cabinet, with Lisa Nandy, Angela Rayner and Liz Kendall all taking up new roles.

The Independent UK

Starmer tells new-look shadow cabinet to show public they are ready to govern

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said there could be no complacency ahead of the general election and things would get harder as polling day approaches.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accused of promoting ‘narrow band of Blairites’ as he demotes Lisa Nandy

Starmer insists he has put ‘strongest players on pitch’, as changes see comebacks for Liz Kendall and Hilary Benn

The Guardian - UK

After the reshuffle, Blairites dominate Starmer’s shadow cabinet. That’s bad news for the rest of us

It’s 2023, not 1997, and the problems facing the UK can’t be solved by yet more privatisation, writes Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

The winners and losers in Keir Starmer’s Labour reshuffle

The key changes as the party leader prepares his shadow cabinet for a general election

Evening Standard

Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle: Who’s in and who’s out of Keir Starmer’s team?

Here is who Starmer’s new cabinet includes

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