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Keir Starmer has had ‘500 days of failure’ in office, says SNP

SNP Westminster deputy leader Pete Wishart highlighted issues such as pensioner winter fuel payments and the two-child benefit cap.

Evening Standard

Labour warned its planning reforms will fail nature and homes goals

The government can’t build 1.5 million homes without addressing skills shortages, cross-party MPs say

The Independent UK

Britain’s youth at risk of becoming ‘lost generation’, Labour peer warns Starmer

New analysis shows young people have borne the brunt of job losses since June last year

The Independent UK

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Asylum seekers to lose housing and benefit rights under Labour immigration system overhaul

Home secretary will also lay out plans meaning refugees who arrive in Britain on small boats or lorries need to wait 20 years before applying to settle permanently

The Independent UK

BBC bias row: How the spat between the broadcaster and Trump unfolded

The saga has seen two senior executives resign and threats of a $5bn lawsuit

The Independent UK

Two arrested over phone hidden in Commons to reportedly play sex noises during PMQs

Police believe device was deliberately planted near frontbench to disrupt proceedings, prompting heightened security in parliament

The Guardian - UK

Half of all UK jobs shed since Labour came to power are among under-25s

Exclusive: David Blunkett warns Keir Starmer Britain’s youth are in danger of becoming ‘lost generation’ on his watch

The Guardian - UK

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Have Reeves and Starmer missed the chance to ditch stealth taxes?

Retreat from plans to increase income tax means Labour is unlikely to make system fairer and more coherent

The Guardian - UK

Income tax U-turn will only hasten Starmer’s departure, MPs warn

Ministers and backbenchers reacted with despair to U-turn and claimed the prime minister was ‘weakened’

The Independent UK

Wave of London Labour defections grows as another councillor quits party over ‘financial mismanagement’

Hounslow councillor Vickram Grewal blamed his former party’s financial “mismanagement” as he announced he was joining the Conservatives

Evening Standard

Blunkett tells Starmer to sack No 10 chief Morgan McSweeney

The intervention comes after a row at the top of Labour following anonymous briefings against health secretary Wes Streeting

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer urged to intervene in Trump-BBC row

The prime minister has a moment to ‘stand up for Britain’ over the row, Ed Davey says

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on income tax is needless, cowardly – and wrong

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The chancellor’s decision to break a manifesto pledge cannot so easily be flipped from yes to no, especially when there has been no change in the economy to warrant it. This is no way to run a government

The Independent UK

Reeves’s plan to ditch income tax rise prompts government bond sell-off

Switch in budget plan causes cost of UK government borrowing to rise by the most in a single day since early July

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‘They all think Keir is done’: how push to protect Starmer’s job backfired spectacularly

Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong?

The Independent UK

Financial markets grow fretful after reports of UK government abandoning income tax hike

British financial assets were under pressure Friday on growing speculation that the Labour government has ditched plans to raise income taxes in a crucial budget at the end of the month

The Guardian - UK

Who could be behind the phantom briefing and the tax rise that wasn’t? Inspector Starmer is on the case

Chaos and ineptitude dog our poor PM. Perhaps the explanation lies (very) close to home, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s targeting of alleged drug vessels strains UK-US intelligence ties

Suspension of intelligence cooperation in Caribbean is unusual move and there is potential for political fallout

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Evening Standard

Nightmare on Downing Street: 'Iron Chancellor' loses her mettle with Budget U-turn and Starmer in coup chaos

Commentary: Two startling own goals in a week have damaged Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ authority

Evening Standard

Streeting says he and Starmer ‘extremely frustrated’ by leadership row

Health Secretary Wes Streeting was targeted by briefings suggesting he was plotting a coup against Sir Keir Starmer.

The Guardian - UK

Homelessness is increasingly hard to ignore – unless you are the Labour party

The government is focused on building new homes for floating voters, while landlordism is discouraged and homes stand empty, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves plans £7.5bn tax rise in budget after U-turn on income tax rates

Chancellor expected to freeze level at which people start paying income tax for two years rather than putting rates up

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves’ tax U-turn reports spark UK government bond sell-off

Experts said bond markets have baulked at the speculation as it leaves the Chancellor scrambling to fill a gaping black hole in the nation’s finances.

The Guardian - UK

Treasury won’t cut threshold for higher rate income tax, say sources – UK politics live

Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bn

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting’s gamble with the NHS is greater than any play for Downing Street

The health secretary has embarked on a high-stakes reorganisation. It could be a model for rebuilding public services – or a nail in his and Labour’s coffin, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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