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The Guardian - World
Labour has been overdoing the doom and gloom – but now Reeves has given us a glimpse of sunshine | Polly Toynbee
Though the freebies scandal soured the start of conference, the party can still shake off despondency and regain the moral high ground . With the hail of bad freebie stories echoing the Mersey ...7 hours ago -
Financial Times - Business
‘Get a grip’: why has the Labour government been so bad at politics?
Unforced errors in past few weeks point to lack of political judgment in Downing Street8 hours ago -
The New York Times - Science
NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Looked Doomed. Could Engineers Save It?
Weeks before Europa Clipper was to be shipped for launch, scientists discovered a potentially fatal flaw that might endanger the spacecraft’s ability to study an ocean moon of Jupiter.8 hours ago -
Financial Times - World
Labour shortages squeezing UK food supply, warns dairy group
Wage inflation and end of free movement threaten Britain’s food security, says Arla15 hours ago - United Kingdom -
BBC News - Top stories
Scrap law making schools serve meat, urges Labour donor
Dale Vince wants to talk to ministers about getting more vegan meals on to school menus in England.16 hours ago -
BBC News - Top stories
Labour plans tougher energy rules for social homes
Ed Miliband says the party could require social landlords to meet higher efficiency standards.19 hours ago -
The Guardian - World
Cutting winter fuel payments ‘right decision’, says Reeves, as No 10 says no change to council tax discount for single people – Labour conference live
Chancellor says £22bn gap in current spending budget and state pension rise meant she had to make decision on means-testing fuel payments. In interview this morning Rachel Reeves , the chancellor, ...19 hours ago -
CNBC - Business
Gen Z and millennials are increasingly ‘doom spending.' Here's what it is and how to stop it
'Doom spending' is taking off among young people, as life goals such as owning a home or starting a family feel increasingly out of reach.Yesterday -
Financial Times - Business
Labour’s £7bn pledge piles pressure on UK Infrastructure Bank to deliver
Lender has spent just a fraction of funds allocated to it, raising questions over need for more cash from new wealth fundYesterday - United Kingdom -
ABC News - World
Britain's Labour Party gathers after a rocky start in government and a scandal over clothes
This should be a time of celebration for Britain’s Labour PartyYesterday -
BBC News - Top stories
The Papers: 'Labour war on tax cheats' and winter fuel 'revolt'
Rachel Reeves speech at Labour's party conference on Monday dominates many of the front pages.Yesterday -
The Guardian - World
Renewed ‘austerity drive’ will make racism worse, says Diane Abbott – Labour conference live
Labour delegates expected to vote on motion opposing winter fuel payment cuts tomorrow. Starmer vows to protect public services from fresh austerity Labour heads to conference in a spin ...Yesterday -
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Unions and Labour still wrangling over workers' rights
The unions are behind Labour's plans to boost workers' rights but can't agree on the details.Yesterday -
Financial Times - World
Keir Starmer addresses first Labour conference as PM
Plus, Japan’s Liberal Democrats pick new prime minister and UK tech group Raspberry Pi reports its first figures since IPOYesterday -
The Guardian - World
No 10 braced for potential defeat in Labour conference winter fuel vote
Major trade unions are lining up to back motion to reverse chancellor’s decision to cut pensioners’ fuel allowance. No 10 is braced for a potential defeat in a Labour conference vote to condemn ...Yesterday -
The Guardian - World
Labour, beware: Britain’s housing crisis is driving voters towards populism | John Harris
Whenever I talk to people who are bitterly disconnected from politics, they raise the lack of decent homes. That’s the stark truth the party needs to address. Whatever the Starmer administration’s ...2 days ago -
BBC News - Top stories
Labour warns of gloomy reality for economy
The Scottish Secretary tells the BBC his party inherted the "worst economic and public service finances situation since the Second World War".2 days ago -
BBC News - Top stories
Can Labour Get Control At Conference?
Deputy PM Angela Rayner says she broke no donation rules.2 days ago -
Financial Times - World
Angela Rayner insists she gave Labour peer ‘nothing’ in return for gifts
Deputy PM defends receiving five-day stay in New York and clothing worth thousands of pounds from Lord Waheed Alli2 days ago -
The Guardian - World
‘I was incredibly angry – so I thought I’d put myself forward’: meet seven Labour MPs new to parliament
More than half of the Labour MPs elected in July were completely new to the job, including red wall reclaimers, a Westminster wunderkind and slayers of the biggest Tory beasts. We catch up with ...2 days ago -
BBC News - Top stories
It is my job to sort out No 10 leaks, says Starmer
The prime minister was speaking ahead of Labour's party conference, which kicks off in Liverpool on Sunday.2 days ago -
BBC News - Top stories
Labour insiders frustrated at Starmer's 'breathtaking' wardrobe row
Sir Keir Starmer's top team have learnt the hard way that in politics, perception matters.2 days ago -
The Guardian - World
Is Labour on track to meet its promises on the environment?
Though the party has plenty to celebrate at its first conference in power for 15 years, there is much work to do to on net zero. When Keir Starmer arrives in Liverpool this weekend promising an ...3 days ago -
BBC News - Top stories
The Papers: 'Labour U-turn on freebies' and 'Fayed was a monster'
Saturday's headlines include the Labour donations saga and comments from lawyers representing Mohamed Al Fayed's rape accusers.3 days ago -
BBC News - Top stories
What's happened so far in doomed Titan sub inquiry
The hearings have included new video and insights from those who worked on the Titan that day3 days ago -
The Guardian - World
Keir Starmer and top Labour colleagues to stop taking clothes gifts from donors
Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner will not accept donations for work outfits after row over Waheed Alli gifts. Labour’s first party conference as a new government risks being overshadowed by the ...3 days ago -
Financial Times - Business
Labour’s Rayner and Reeves declared clothing donations as office support
UK deputy prime minister and chancellor drawn into widening gifts scandal3 days ago -
The Guardian - World
EU to offer new youth mobility scheme in test of Labour ‘reset’ with Brussels
Officials warn repeat of Tory rejection could dent new government’s hopes of pacts on defence and agriculture. Fresh proposals to allow young people to move between the UK and the EU will be ...3 days ago - European Union -
NBC News - Politics
Apocalypse delayed: Trump keeps promising a doom that never comes
If the election does not go his way, the economy will tank, Christmas will be canceled, and America as we know it will be “finished,” Donald Trump promised in the run-up to the 2020 election.4 days ago - Donald Trump -
Financial Times - Business
Why half of voters think Labour has done a poor job so far
Dodgy donations, infrastructure challenges and anticipation of October’s ‘painful’ Budget weigh on party’s approval ratings4 days ago -
The Guardian - World
Labour has ‘big hill to climb’ to win next Scottish election, says Ian Murray
Scotland secretary says Labour must show it deserves power in Holyrood by delivering on promises to electorate. Labour faces big challenges to win the next Scottish election because of the “dire” ...4 days ago -
Financial Times - Business
Waheed Alli: How Labour donor’s largesse tarnished government’s image
Donations to seven cabinet ministers and UK prime minister’s wife have raised eyebrows4 days ago