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Report suggests Rachel Reeves could be forced to spend £5.1bn if last year’s downward trend continues

Labour has good ideas and years left to change Britain. Why is it acting as if its time is almost up, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

There was a telling moment at last week’s PMQs. After Keir Starmer declared that Plaid Cymru leader Liz Saville Roberts was talking “rubbish” – she asked if there was any belief that he held for more than a week – Rachel Reeves roared with laughter. But Angela Rayner, sat by…

In its motion opposing the plans, the Leeds West and Pudsey CLP said disabled people ‘are not responsible for the state of the national finances’.

Sir Keir Starmer has suggested youth mobility would not break Labour’s red lines, ahead of a UK-EU summit in London on Monday

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said ‘youth mobility is not freedom of movement’ ahead of a UK-EU summit in London on Monday.

Prime minister Keir Starmer under pressure as focus groups tell government they might not bear a grudge if there is a reversal of the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s cuts

Chancellor tells Guardian that UK will retain red lines such as no free movement but ‘there will be future areas where we can do more’

Keir Starmer and several top Labour figures were noticeably absent from a key vote on their own flagship immigration plan.