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Venezuela transition should be reached ‘quickly’, UK minister says

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones declined to say whether he thought the US strikes on Caracas had been legal.

Evening Standard

Starmer’s communications chief to address cabinet on media strategy overhaul

Exclusive: David Dinsmore to advise ministers as they step up efforts to combat far-right rhetoric online

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says there was ‘no misleading’ by Chancellor ahead of Budget

Rachel Reeves has also reportedly been accused of misleading the Cabinet.

Evening Standard

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Cabinet minister insists Reeves has ‘full support’ on Budget

Rachel Reeves has been forced to defend herself against claims she misled voters by talking up the scale of the fiscal challenge ahead of the Budget.

Evening Standard

UK politics: OBR chief resigns, saying budget leak was ‘technical but serious’ error – as it happened

Richard Hughes says he is stepping down in order to restore confidence in organisation

The Guardian - UK

Budget 2025: Income tax rate will not rise, signals minister - but millions of families 'face £1,600 hit'

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones makes clear the Government has ruled out a manifesto-busting increase in income tax

Evening Standard

Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister

Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’

The Guardian - UK

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Hermer blames collapse of China spy case on law ‘not fit for purpose’

The Attorney General said prosecutors had been working in ‘good faith’ to secure a conviction.

The Independent UK

MPs and peers to grill Attorney General over collapsed spying case

His appearance comes in a round of hearings by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy as it investigates the collapse of the case.

Evening Standard

Labour must ‘shut down legacy state’ in drive for digital ID, says minister

Darren Jones told Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday that digital ID would make people’s experience of a new state ‘fundamentally much better’.

Evening Standard

Hermer and Jones summoned to public hearing on China spy case collapse

The Attorney General and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister have been asked to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry next Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

The Guardian - UK

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control

The Guardian - UK

Britain should embrace voluntary ID cards, Keir Starmer suggests

Prime minister to hold meetings on the use of digital ID cards on two-day trade trip to India, where they have already been adopted

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Evening Standard

UK and Scottish ministers must do ‘much more’ to work together, says Jones

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister was speaking to Scotland’s Global Investment Summit in Edinburgh on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves gets a warm reception but business chiefs are wary of another tax raid

Questions grow over how chancellor will raise cash in the autumn budget to meet her fiscal rules

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage a ‘snake oil salesman’ comparable to Andrew Tate, says No 10 chief secretary

Ministers signal Labour will take stronger approach to attacking Reform rather than just ‘respond to crazy things they’re saying’

Evening Standard

Labour can pull this round, PM says of polling fortunes as conference starts

It is the fight of our times and we’ve all got to be in it together, Sir Keir said during an interview published as he arrived at Labour conference.

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The Independent UK

Labour can pull this round with ‘fight of our times’, says Starmer as party conference starts

It came as fresh polling showed Sir Keir Starmer is the least popular prime minister on record

The Independent UK

Starmer prepares to take on ‘toxic’ Reform as he arrives in Liverpool for Labour conference

The prime minister said Reform UK’s policies would tear the country apart as he vowed Labour would offer an alternative vision of ‘national renewal’

Evening Standard

Labour focuses on threat posed by Farage as Starmer prepares for conference

Sir Keir Starmer said Reform UK’s policies would tear the country apart as he vowed Labour would offer an alternative vision of ‘national renewal’.

Evening Standard

Starmer brands Reform UK an ‘enemy’ of Britain ahead of Labour conference

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has meanwhile said she wants to sign an ‘ambitious’ new youth migration scheme with the EU.

The Independent UK

Starmer brands Reform UK ‘an enemy’ as he travels to Labour conference

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has meanwhile said she wants to sign an ‘ambitious’ new youth migration scheme with the EU.

Evening Standard

Digital ID could form ‘bedrock of modern state’, says senior Starmer aide

Darren Jones, chief secretary to the Prime Minister, said the proposal could lead to ‘exciting’ public service reform.

The Conversation

Starmer’s Downing Street reshuffle: why he’s brought in Darren Jones for ‘phase two’ of his government

Prime Minister Keir Starmer was forced to make changes to his top team by Angela Rayner’s resignation amid a stamp duty scandal, but has ended up using the opportunity to implement a major reshuffle at No 10 too. Key roles have been handed out to ministers on Labour’s right flank,…

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