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Lucy Powell, Sacked by Starmer Weeks Ago, Now Elected as Labour's Deputy Leader

Lucy Powell has been elected deputy leader of the UK Labour Party, defeating Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson in a contest shaped by internal discontent and recent electoral setbacks.

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Tories pledge to stop 35,000 crimes if elected

The pledge came as the party set out further details of its ‘Policing Plan’, which includes proposals to recruit 10,000 new police officers.

Evening Standard

Masked Muslim protesters vow to ‘defend our community’ as UKIP march moved to central London

Video footage showed one counter-protester urging a crowd to ‘stand firm’ and to be prepared to ‘defend our community’

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Labour not ‘bold enough’ says Powell as she becomes deputy leader

Lucy Powell’s victory in the deputy leadership contest could add to Sir Keir Starmer’s headaches at the end of a bruising week.

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Catherine Connolly vows to be president for all after election win

‘My message is, use your voice in every way you can,’ Ms Connolly told the crowd gathered at Dublin Castle.

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Questions remain over Catherine Connolly’s ‘new republic’

Catherine Connolly said her supporters had come together to “shape a new Republic”.

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Labour demands clarity on Tory plan to strip thousands of right to stay in UK

Anna Turley says legally settled people threatened by Katie Lam’s proposals deserve urgent clarification

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Congratulations for Connolly as victory in presidential election looks imminent

The leaders of Ireland’s main political parties have congratulated the independent candidate.

Evening Standard

Catherine Connolly needed Sinn Fein support – McDonald

Leaders of parties which backed the independent candidate have been congratulating her ahead of an expected decisive victory.

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Labour’s new deputy leader says party must pay more heed to its members

Exclusive: Powell, who was sacked as Commons leader by Starmer in September, says government should stop trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’

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Liberal Democrat peer Lord Taverne dies aged 97

A former Labour Treasury minister and the first director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Lord Taverne became a Lib Dem peer in 1996.

Evening Standard

Left-Wing Independent Connolly Set to Shake Up Irish Politics

Leftwing independent Catherine Connolly is on course for a historic presidential win, marking Ireland's most significant ideological shift in decades.

International Business Times UK

Voices: Has Britain become ungovernable (again)?

COMMENT: It could be that Keir Starmer is no good as either prime minister or party leader, but, John Rentoul argues, we ought to look back to the 1970s and consider another theory: that he has been asked to take on an impossible job

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High-profile names who failed to get on ballot paper in race for Aras

There was some criticism of the small number of candidates, leading to focus on the strict nomination criteria.

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Factionalism, farce and chaos dog Reform UK in the garden of England

All is not well in Kent for Nigel Farage’s party as the recent video of an incendiary meeting suggests

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Raise £12bn in budget by extending income tax thresholds freeze, says thinktank

Fabian Society says move ‘best available option’ for chancellor as she seeks to offset impact of weaker economic forecasts

Evening Standard

Connolly congratulated by presidential opponent as she looks on course for win

Heather Humphreys said she did not regret running in the election.

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Lucy Powell says Labour not ‘bold enough’ in office as she becomes deputy leader

Lucy Powell said: ‘We must give a stronger sense of our purpose, whose side we are on and of our Labour values and beliefs.’

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Early tallies show Catherine Connolly surging ahead in Irish presidential poll

Counting began across the country at 9am on Saturday.

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Lucy Powell wins Labour deputy leadership election

MP for Manchester Central had been seen as favourite ahead of rival Bridget Phillipson throughout contest

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Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell says she wants Starmer to succeed but party must change – as it happened

Powell, who was sacked from cabinet in September, says party must be ‘more principled and strategic, less tactical, and strongly guided by our values’

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The UK’s 15-year-scandal no government has gripped: grooming gangs explained

Stretching back to 2012, the government investigation into grooming gangs has a controversial history

Evening Standard

Counting begins in Ireland’s presidential election

The choice is between three candidates, one of whom withdrew from campaigning three weeks ago.

Evening Standard

Powell expected to be named Labour’s new deputy leader

Labour’s struggles in the polls have already led to some questions among backbenchers about Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership of the party.

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Protests on opposite sides of London amid police restrictions

Ukip supporters were blocked from meeting and marching near Whitechapel Station in east London.

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