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Rachel Reeves set to make 'tough decisions' on welfare spending

UK ministers have been ordered to search for cost-cutting reforms as the Chancellor plans to take “tough decisions” on welfare and spending...

The National (Scotland)

UK ministers warned to prepare for tough decisions on spending

The Treasury has made it clear that reform will be needed as Rachel Reeves begins pivotal review of public finances

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of protesters take to streets in anti-racism marches across UK

It came as the Prime Minister warned police to remain on ‘high alert’ for further unrest

Evening Standard

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Keir Starmer needs to answer these pressing questions about how he will govern

Keir Starmer’s government has hit the ground running. But over the next few weeks and months some serious choices will have to be made about exactly how to govern. These are 13 pressing questions that will demand answers soon, partly drawing from my experience working in city government, several national…

The Conversation

Cabinet secretary contenders: who’s in line for top job in UK civil service?

Whitehall sources say it could be a more open competition than in past as Simon Case prepares to step down

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer thrust to the front of the Nato alliance amid Russia's growing threat

Starmer government pitched into Nato leadership as the alliance faces increasing confrontation from Russia

Evening Standard

David Cameron failed to foist new houses on rural areas. Why does Keir Starmer think he’ll succeed?

Labour’s bonfire of planning regulations will stir up the shires and let down those most in need – but the construction lobby will be happy, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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With this king’s speech, Starmer has staked everything on the long game. But politics has a habit of moving fast

The NHS, child poverty, defence: Labour is selling itself on its ability to get some big things done, says Guardian associate editor Martin Kettle

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Scotland and Westminster join forces on vaping, rail and renting reform

Deputy first minister welcomes new approach but SNP colleague Stephen Flynn calls king’s speech ‘timid’

The Guardian - UK

‘A massive relief and a change of mood’: how did Keir Starmer’s first week in power go?

Britain’s new PM and his team are genuinely excited to have seized the reins of power in Westminster – but are under no illusion about the size of the task ahead

The Guardian - UK

Reliance on private sector investment could stifle Labour’s economic mission

In the rush for growth, the cabinet has hit the ground running; but a temporary boost to public borrowing may be the only way to get quick results

The Guardian - UK

Labour to fight 2029 election ‘like an insurgent’ as preparations begin

Party’s strategist already planning how to secure second term, bolstered by former MP’s appointment to thinktank

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Ukraine's forces improvise and innovate - we should do the same to put the British Army in fighting order

The purpose of Nato was “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down” according to its first Secretary General, Lord Hastings Ismay. At its 75th anniversary summit in Washington, the alliance might say that the task now is to ensure that Ukraine isn’t defeated by Russia…

Evening Standard

Tory governments talked down to regional mayors like me. Now Keir Starmer is listening to us

The new PM understands it will take metro mayors with real power to actually improve the country’s housing, education and more, says Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester

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Post Office Horizon inquiry told of ‘incomplete curiosity’ and ‘toxic culture’

Former chair of Whitehall agencies overseeing state-owned businesses gives view on what went wrong

The Independent UK

What is devolution and how will Keir Starmer’s Labour change Westminster’s relationships with the UK?

In the UK, devolved authorities operate in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales as well as in other areas including London, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and Tees Valley

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner scraps levelling up 'slogan' branding it a 'gimmick'

The new Labour government said levelling up ‘wasn’t a thing that people felt in their communities’

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water to tap investors for funds as it will run out of cash by next June

Company is laden with £15.2bn of debt, up £1.3bn on the previous year, most of which could be added to the public purse

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The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner to kickstart new era of devolution

On fifth day in office, PM and deputy will meet England’s regional mayors as Labour draws up new bill for king’s speech

The Guardian - UK

Labour must avoid release of high-risk offenders in prison plans, charity warns

Refuge raises concerns over measures to ease overcrowding in England and Wales after mistakes made under Tories

The Guardian - UK

Poor state of Thames Water a ‘critical risk’ to UK, Starmer and Reeves told

Exclusive: Whitehall warns firm’s deteriorating infrastructure and £15.6bn debt pose urgent problem

The Guardian - UK

Tony Blair’s new dawn of 1997 offers landslide lessons for Keir Starmer

The Guardian’s political editor in 1997 recalls the optimism then and what went wrong in the transition from opposition to power

The Guardian - UK

Maurice Wright obituary

Other lives: Former professor of government at Manchester University whose focus shifted from Whitehall to the tiger economies of Asia

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner, Rachel Reeves, Morgan McSweeney: the Labour power list as Sue Gray resigns

As Sue Gray exits, read our ultimate guide to the most influential figures in the Labour government

The Guardian - UK

‘No-drama Starmer’: How Labour would govern

‘It’s not politics as spectacle. It’s politics designed to get better outcomes,’ says one insider, as Starmer looks to cut NHS waiting lists and improve security

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