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Labour should consider gambling tax rise to fund axing two-child cap – Powell

The MP said she would be ‘a strong independent choice’ for deputy Labour leader.

The Independent UK

Labour 'chaos' as senior MSP backs Andy Burnham over Keir Starmer

The "chaos" of Labour infighting has reached north of the Border, the SNP have said, after a senior Scottish Labour MSP appeared to back…

The National (Scotland)

Starmer set to announce digital ID cards ‘within days’ to curb illegal migration

Plans for digital ID cards could be unveiled at the next Labour Party Conference

Evening Standard

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Voices: Now Donald Trump has gone home, can the Brits un-cringe?

COMMENT: Hosting the US president in such a lavish and brown-nosing manner has bolstered his already gigantic sense of his own importance. He might try and wangle a third state visit, says Imogen West-Knights

The Independent UK

Voices: Maybe Shabana Mahmood can save Labour after all

COMMENT: The home secretary has sent three migrants back to France. It may not look like much, but it could be the turning point, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy accuses allies of ‘wasting time’ as he prepares for Trump meeting

Ukrainian president will urge his US counterpart to impose more sanctions on Russia when they meet next week

The Guardian - UK

Rejoin the EU to solve UK’s economic woes and tackle small boats crisis, Kinnock tells Starmer

Lord Kinnock says he understands it would not be easy but ‘if we really want sustained economic growth, we have to be part of a body of the single market with our nearest neighbours’

The Independent UK

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Andy Burnham, the man who would be king

The Greater Manchester mayor has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, but faces significant obstacles

The Guardian - UK

US urges UK and allies to reverse course on plans to recognise Palestinian state

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer could recognise a Palestinian state as early as Sunday.

Evening Standard

‘It doesn’t matter if you call out the military’: Trump tells UK PM to use force against Channel migrants as minister says ‘absolutely not’

Trump should see this as an opportunity to learn.

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Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell to compete for Labour deputy leadership

They will take part in a hustings on the last day of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool before members vote in October.

Evening Standard

Badenoch says Starmer ‘rewarding terror’ as UK prepares to recognise Palestine

The move would spark a diplomatic row with Israel and the US.

Evening Standard

Phillipson bids to revive flagging Labour deputy campaign with call to scrap ‘spiteful’ two child benefit cap

Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate is behind rival Lucy Powell among members, who will decide the contest to replace Angela Rayner, poll suggests

The Independent UK

Fact check: ‘Unite the Kingdom’ protest and Labour’s ‘Hillsborough Law’ pledge

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

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Kneecap at Wembley Area: Rap remains a political force

4/5 Their biggest show in London to date is another politically charged one with an impassioned - and moshpitting - crowd

The Independent UK

It is time to ask the armed forces for help in solving the migrant crisis

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Royal Navy be deployed to intercept small boats in the Channel is lurid, but it has triggered renewed talk about how service personnel could be deployed to alleviate the situation

Evening Standard

Labour loses another by-election to pro-Gaza party in Newham

The Newham Independent party achieved a crushing victory to win the Plaistow South seat on Newham Council

The Independent UK

Former navy chief slams Trump’s call for UK to use military to stop small boats as ‘load of nonsense’

As a cabinet minister declares ‘navy can be called upon if needed’ to turn back Channel migrants, former sea lord leads outcry against Trump plan, saying ‘we haven’t got enough ships ... all we can do is stop people drowning’

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The Guardian - UK

Reform UK suspends councillor linked to account calling for Starmer’s death

Exclusive: Party investigates Northumberland councillor John Allen over alleged YouTube posts

Evening Standard

What is in the trade deal brokered between Starmer & Trump?

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have agreed on a 'Tech Prosperity Deal', focusing on AI and nuclear energy, during Trump's UK visit

The Independent UK

Voices: How Corbyn and Sultana turned the launch of a new party into a Monty Python farce

COMMENT: Never in the history of fringe left politics has such a great opportunity been so comprehensively messed up by so few. It’s comedy gold for centrists, writes John Rentoul

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s visit revealed a stark truth: Britain feels more than ever like a country stuck in the past

The pageantry highlighted the fact that we have no vision for our future, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour MP slammed over 'irresponsible' claim on grooming gangs inquiry

THE SNP have hit back at a Scottish Labour MP for making “irresponsible” claims over calls for a grooming gang inquiry and peddling the “same…

Evening Standard

Prime Minister welcomes release of elderly UK couple detained in Afghanistan

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, had been held without charge following their arrest in February.

The Independent UK

Kneecap at Wembley review – Belfast rap group triple down on Starmer and Palestine at pounding arena show

4/5 The trio, arguably the most potent and subversive political force in British pop culture since the Sex Pistols, are all fired up at second ever arena gig

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