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Vidhya Alakeson and Jill Cuthbertson: Who are Starmer’s new joint chiefs of staff?

POLITICS EXPLAINED: With Morgan McSweeney’s enforced departure over the Mandelson scandal, his former deputies Vidhya Alakeson and Jill Cuthbertson have both been promoted to replace him as joints chiefs of staff

The Independent UK

Revealed: How Chinese minder photographed inside of PM's plane and tight security on Starmer's Beijing trip

The Prime Minister’s team has taken burner phones, temporary SIM cards and throwaway laptops on his trip to China to limit the likelihood of being bugged by spies

Evening Standard

Who are the NEC members who voted in Andy Burnham's by-election bid?

A 10-member NEC officers’ subgroup blocked Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election. This is who sat on the panel, and how each of them voted

Evening Standard

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Swinney: Not right for Trump to use tariffs as economic threat over Greenland

Scottish First Minister John Swinney said tariffs would be ‘deeply damaging’ and were the ‘wrong thing to do’.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Europe’s response to ‘America first’ imperialism: too weak, too timid

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders must defend the rule of international law, as a dangerous new world order emerges

The Guardian - UK

Starmer calls on European leaders to modernise ECHR ahead of gathering

European ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, are due to meet in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday to discuss reforming the treaty.

Evening Standard

Starmer calls on Europe to reform ECHR to see off far-right threat

PM says issue must be tackled to prevent voters turning to ‘the forces that seek to divide us’

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London Labour sees over a dozen defections as support for Keir Starmer’s party in the capital plunges

There have been string of defections and defeats for Sir Keir Starmer’s party in the capital as support for Labour slumps in London

Evening Standard

Starmer will attend Cop30 climate summit in Brazil, says Downing Street

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the move was part of efforts to restore the UK as ‘a global leader for climate action and green growth’.

Evening Standard

China spy case: Key questions answered after collapse blamed on Government

The trial was due to start this month, but charges against a former parliamentary researcher and another man were dropped in September.

The Independent UK

Farage to hit back at Starmer for calling immigration policy racist

Nigel Farage will hit back after Sir Keir Starmer’s speech, saying his comments have put Reform UK’s candidates and activists at risk.

Evening Standard

Starmer: ‘Choose my decency over Farage’s division’

The prime minister will rally the Labour Party with a call to fight back against Nigel Farage’s Reform in a crucial conference speech in Liverpool

The Independent UK

Five things Keir Starmer must do at the Labour conference after devastating poll

NEWS ANALYSIS: With Andy Burnham and left-wing Labour rebels threatening to oust him on one side and Nigel Farage taking Labour voters away on the other, Keir Starmer arrives in Liverpool as a man under siege, writes political editor David Maddox

The Independent UK

Trump urges Starmer to ‘drill, baby, drill’ in the North Sea to cut energy bills

US President Donald Trump encouraged the Prime Minister to exploit the ‘great asset’ of the North Sea.

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UK fires warning shot to Putin and says Poland airspace breach has ‘united’ Nato

John Healey said British forces could be used to bolster Polish air power after ‘extremely reckless’ move by Russia

Evening Standard

UK condemns ‘unprecedented violation’ after Poland shoots down Russian drones

Defence Secretary John Healey said the move took Russia’s aggression to ‘a new level of hostility’.

The Independent UK

Labour deputy leadership race: Who is in the running to replace Angela Rayner?

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has emerged as the early frontrunner

Evening Standard

Who is running in the race to become Labour’s new deputy leader?

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has emerged as the early frontrunner.

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The Independent UK

Starmer now one of the West’s most unpopular leaders – even ranking lower than Trump

Keir Starmer is more unpopular than most Western leaders, including Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni, as a new poll shows the prime minister’s approval rating hitting a record low

The Independent UK

Union leaders warn of ‘massive backlash’ if Starmer axes Rayner’s workers’ rights charter

Union delegates fear the cabinet reshuffle is ‘a right-wing coup’ and warn Starmer the workers’ rights package is a ‘red line’

The Independent UK

Sweeping changes were needed for Labour to be serious about a fresh start

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Moving so many ministers after such a short time may not seem ideal, but the end result is a team better matched to the challenges ahead

Evening Standard

Rising star Darren Jones named chief secretary to PM in Downing Street shake-up

Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’.

The Independent UK

Starmer replacing top civil servant in No 10

Nin Pandit, Sir Keir’s principal private secretary, is set to leave the role.

The Independent UK

Welsh Labour politician found dead at home, inquest opening hears

Hefin Wyn David, 47, was found dead at his home in Caerphilly.

The Independent UK

Reform voters think Corbyn is more intelligent, hardworking and honest than Starmer, new poll shows

The brutal polling comes despite Sir Keir’s attempts to drag his party to the right to see off the threat from Nigel Farage

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