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Toastie-loving Starmer hits back at Badenoch’s claim sandwiches ‘not real food’

Number 10 said the Prime Minister was ‘surprised’ to learn that his opposite number instead has a steak brought in for lunch.

Evening Standard

Starmer ‘recognises distress’ of Briton prosecuted in Dubai for sex with teen

Marcus Fakana has been sentenced to a year in jail for having sex with a 17-year-old London girl while in the United Arab Emirates.

The Independent UK

Even Brexiteer voters want Britain to have free movement with the EU, new poll says

New multi-country survey suggests voters want Keir Starmer to be more ambitious with his EU/ UK relations reset

The Independent UK

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Government’s plan for change ‘like a fat beef cow with unnecessary flatulence’

Shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman criticised the Government’s proposals.

The Independent UK

Starmer should stop ‘obsessing’ over EU and focus on US trade deal, Tories argue

Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith argued that a trade deal with the US would be a ‘game-changer’ for the UK.

Evening Standard

Questions need answering after Sara Sharif death, Prime Minister says

The 10-year-old was beaten to death four years after her taxi driver father was awarded custody, despite accusations of abuse against him.

Evening Standard

‘Questions to be answered’ over Sara Sharif’s ‘awful’ murder, Starmer says

The 10-year-old was beaten to death four years after her taxi driver father was awarded custody, despite accusations of abuse against him

The Independent UK

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Fact check: Does Keir Starmer's criticism of housebuilding in Scotland stand up?

KEIR Starmer has been called out for claiming housebuilding has “ground to a halt” in Scotland at Prime Minister’s Questions.

The National (Scotland)

Greenbelt should be in sights of councils that ‘max out’ brownfield land for housing, minister says

The Government is ‘absolutely willing’ to take a local plan away from councils that refuse to meet homebuilding targets, Matthew Pennycook warned

Evening Standard

National Trust attacks Labour’s green belt housing plan

The conservation charity says Angela Rayner’s push to speed up home building could taint urban ‘oases’ of greenery

The Independent UK

Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market

Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’

The Guardian - UK

Councils will be forced to build homes to fix England’s housing crisis, says Starmer

Binding targets will compel authorities to build 370,000 homes a year with government to say how many per area

The Guardian - UK

Starmer vows to put ‘builders not blockers first’ with changes to planning rules

Angela Rayner and Sir Keir Starmer have set out changes to councils’ housebuilding targets which could see green belt land developed.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner forces councils to surrender green belt with immediate new housing targets

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has promised to build 1.5 million new homes over five years to fix the housing crisis

The Independent UK

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Tories question £13m extra funding for UN’s Gaza aid agency

Sir Keir Starmer committed the extra money at a meeting with the head of UNRWA.

The Independent UK

More than 150 apartment block residents face eviction after no fault notices served weeks before Christmas

Exclusive: Residents at Vive Living Childers Street in Deptford have been served with a Section 21 eviction notice

The Guardian - UK

The civil service grew under the Tories. Can Starmer reduce it without further harming morale?

With departments required to make 5% budget cuts, civil servants are in for a demanding future

The Guardian - UK

Ministers planning to cut more than 10,000 civil service jobs

Exclusive: Sources say there is belief that service has become too big after growing during Brexit and pandemic years

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The Guardian - UK

The Tories are living in an echo chamber with Kemi Badenoch as its mouthpiece

KemiKaze neither listens nor learns as she loses to Keir Starmer week after week at prime minister’s questions

The Guardian - UK

It’s not bigotry to worry about migration – the latest figures tell a complex story

Large parts of Britain would not function without migrants, but there are consequences for housing, GDP and productivity, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Independent UK

Starmer and farmers locked in deadlock over tax changes after hundreds of tractors descend on Westminster

Hundreds of farmers brought their tractors to Westminster for a day of protest – but the Labour government shows no sign of backing down on its plan to introduce inheritance tax

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s Labour knows the kind of Britain it wants – it just doesn’t know how to build it

Ministers are right to want to reform the state: it’s crucial to their project. But simply telling civil servants to work harder won’t achieve it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Conversation

Early years funding boost: why the UK government is prioritising getting children school ready

The UK government is putting money into early years education in England. A funding boost of £75 million is intended to increase the number of staff and places for children in nurseries.

Evening Standard

London mayor Sadiq Khan gets £4k pay rise, meaning he earns almost as much as the Prime Minister

Mr Khan takes home £165,001, not far short of the £166,786 reported salary of Sir Keir Starmer

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer claims fresh Brexit reset victory as UK strikes £360m EU fishing deal

Fishing rights were a constant source of tension following the UK’s exit from the EU

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