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OPINION - Forget Margaret Thatcher, the key to Keir Starmer is his view on Clement Attlee

A politician praising a predecessor provides a heavy hint on how they intend to govern, but Keir Starmer’s new found enthusiasm for Margaret Thatcher is a tactical play. His ultimate role model is a very different leader — not the grocer’s grammar school daughter but the shy and underwhelming Clement…

Evening Standard

Cutting off the North from HS2 is a national disgrace

Ripping up plans to extend HS2 north of Birmingham will mean a life sentence of travel misery for tens of millions of travellers

The Independent UK

How the Integrated Rail Plan disintegrated

Train Talk: HS2 is the very definition of how not to run a railway project – and how to destroy a dream

The Independent UK

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

Here is who Starmer’s new cabinet includes

Evening Standard

India trade deal not imminent but officials say progress is being made

Talks on the free-trade deal have entered the 12th round of negotiations with Kemi Badenoch visiting the country this week.

The Independent UK

Bidenomics lessons: Labour looks to Democrats as it prepares for power

Flagship US programme offers blueprint for Rachel Reeves, in echo of policy cooperation in era of Clinton and Blair

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s shared values with Democrats will aid UK-US trade deals, says shadow minister

If both parties win election next year, their ideological closeness would make them strong allies, says Nick Thomas-Symonds

The Guardian - UK

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Low-traffic neighbourhoods set for review amid Tory ‘pro-motorist’ drive

Labour dismissed the announcement as another ‘press release’ by the Prime Minister.

The Independent UK

Labour questions Downing Street pressure on NatWest boss’s resignation

Dame Alison Rose quit as chief executive after coming under pressure from No 10 and the Treasury in the Nigel Farage row.

The Independent UK

Brexit red tape for UK musicians touring Europe 'will be scrapped under Labour'

Speaking at the Trade Unlocked conference, Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds gave new details of how the party would amend the deal struck by Boris Johnson

Daily Mirror

'Decision made' in Jamie Driscoll row as mayor accuses Labour frontbencher of 'weasel words'

The North of Tyne mayor clashed with MP Nick Thomas-Symonds on the BBC's Politics Live show on Wednesday

Chronicle Live

Labour backer to match donations to Just Stop Oil after Tory criticism

Dale Vince pledges to match amount given by public over next 48 hours after Tories target his Labour links

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer says there's 'no point' in pretending everything's fine over Brexit

Labour has gone on the attack over Tory handling of Brexit, with Keir Starmer accusing the Government of "ducking hard conversations" and saying that competitors are "nicking our lunch money"

Daily Mirror

Labour accuses Rishi Sunak of being ‘slippery’ over Covid inquiry messages – as it happened

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting says the PM should ‘comply with the inquiry and do it today’

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The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil backer Dale Vince ‘perfectly legitimate’ party donor – Labour

Labour’s Nick Thomas-Symonds said the party has been clear about its views on Just Stop Oil.

The Independent UK

Starmer accused of being ‘shifty’ over timeline of Sue Gray hire

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove urged the Labour leader to ‘fess up’ about when he first approached the partygate investigator.

Daily Mirror

Coronation must be used as 'shot in the arm' for trade with Commonwealth, Labour demands

Shadow trade secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said Tory ministers are failing to grasp trading opportunities after Brexit as he urged them to take advantage of the Coronation

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch casts doubt on growth projections for Asia-Pacific trade deal

Comments threaten to worsen already tense relationship between senior ministers and civil servants

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Wales Online

'The UK and Wales are crying out for of a real industrial strategy' | Nick Thomas-Symonds and Vaughan Gething

Two prominent Labour politicians have written this article argue setting out their vision from growth and business in Wales and the wider UK

The Guardian - UK

Wilson won after 13 wasted Tory years. Starmer can do exactly the same

The Labour front bench was highly visible in Davos, while Sunak didn’t even attend. One senses that the guard is changing

The Independent UK

Labour accuse Braverman of undermining ‘stalled’ trade talks with India

Labour shadow international trade secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said Braverman caused ‘offence’ through remarks made about Indians overstaying visas.

The Independent UK

Consumers at risk due to post-Brexit regulatory system, Commons committee warns

The Commons Public Accounts committee has warned that regulators are ‘struggling to recruit and retain the skills they need to regulate effectively’.

The Guardian - UK

Harold Wilson: The Winner by Nick Thomas-Symonds review – a second look at the victorious Labour leader

History has not always looked kindly on Wilson, but this elegantly written biography by a Labour MP celebrates him as a successful prime minister and the architect of social reform

The Independent UK

Anger as Rees-Mogg’s former business partner made government minister

Dominic Johnson will be made a life peer serving as a minister in the Department for International Trade and the Cabinet Office.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Arab Ambassadors,’ UK Labor Party Stress Need for Partnership, Sustainable Development

Dean of the Arab Diplomatic Corps and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the UK, Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, hosted a reception by the Council of Arab Ambassadors for members of the British Labor Party in Liverpool. Labor Party leader Keir Starmer stressed the importance of his…

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