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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer to visit Gulf states as he strives to deepen trade ties

The PM will meet UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday.

Evening Standard

‘Don’t dodge your responsibilities,’ Starmer warns English councils that block new homes

PM vows to overrule local authority heads who stymie housing revolution amid concerns from wildlife groups and Labour-run administrations

The Guardian - UK

On wokeness, patriotism and change, Kamala Harris’s defeat has lessons for Starmer

Two former senior advisers to Labour analyse the clear messages from US voters’ preference for Trump

The Guardian - UK

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The Observer view: Labour must help disadvantaged children become ‘school ready’ before it’s too late

With child poverty forecast to rise by 400,000, Keir Starmer’s pledge to improve the life chances of early learners is a matter of the utmost urgency

The Guardian - UK

Playing political footsie with Trump 2.0 won’t cut it for Europe. It’s time to get tough

The world must prepare for a US president who will be even more chaotic and less open to diplomacy and compromise than before

The Guardian - UK

Farage’s Reform UK in poll surge as Labour loses support after Starmer reset

Exclusive: The latest Techne UK tracker poll appears to confirm support for Nigel Farage and Reform UK’s populism is on the rise

The Independent UK

Money, lawyers or boosting Farage on X: how Elon Musk could affect UK politics

The billionaire, having helped Trump regain the White House, is reportedly turning his interest to Britain

The Guardian - UK

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What the papers say – December 7

Here are the biggest stories leading Saturday’s front pages.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves to meet with EU counterparts over Ukraine support

The bloc faces pressure to bolster defence ahead of a second Trump presidency

The Independent UK

Starmer criticised for failing to mention key pledge to halve violence against women in reset speech

Prime minister accused of putting issue ‘on the back burner’ despite horrific levels of abuse

The Independent UK

Top doctor warns deaths will rise this winter after A&E target left off Labour milestones

Figures suggesting thousands of deaths in A&E are not attracting the political attention they should, warns Dr Adrian Boyle

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer: £500m Hitachi deal will relieve anxiety of rail workers

Hitachi’s UK and Ireland director said the contract was a ‘positive step forward’.

Evening Standard

Starmer may view Whitehall reform as essential to his missions

Labour is discovering how hard it is to effect change but PM seems to have appetite to drive change in public sector

The Guardian - UK

Starmer fails to apologise to civil servants amid claims of ‘Trumpian’ language

The head of the FDA union has written to the Prime Minister, describing his remarks as ‘so disappointing’.

Evening Standard

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The National (Scotland)

Starmerism 101: A guide for the perplexed

A GRIM vision of the schools of the future: “Morrison, how many missions in a pledge?!”

The National (Scotland)

'Incomparably better': John Swinney hails relations with Labour in government

Working with the Conservatives when they were in government “could not have been more awful” but relationships with Westminster are…

The Guardian - UK

Hitachi’s £500m train deal secures hundreds of jobs at UK factory

Contract for 14 new trains from FirstGroup will help give County Durham site a future

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer challenged on unearthed report HE WROTE amid silence on Gaza 'genocide'

KEIR Starmer has been challenged to follow his own advice and end arms exports to Israel after The National uncovered a report he had penned for…

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The Independent UK

Starmer urged to rebuild trust with civil service after ‘Trumpian’ language

The FDA union said the Prime Minister’s language about civil servants in his Plan for Change speech was ‘far more damaging than you had considered’.

The Independent UK

Fact check: Living standards pledge, National Insurance and plane crash image

Round up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The Guardian - UK

We cannot afford for Starmer’s government to fail. Because Farage is lying in wait

It is not enough for the Labour leader’s ‘milestones’ to be achieved. Voters must feel the improvement in their daily lives, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Evening Standard

Devolved leaders hail improved relationships with UK Government under Labour

Scottish First Minister John Swinney said working with the previous Tory administration ‘could not have been more awful’.

The Independent UK

£500m train deal secures hundreds of jobs at Hitachi plant

Uncertainty had surrounded the future of the Newton Aycliffe site in County Durham and the 700 people employed there due to declining orders.

The Guardian - UK

Civil servants’ union boss writes to Starmer over ‘frankly insulting’ criticism

Exclusive: FDA general secretary urges PM to rethink ‘Trumpian’ language about Whitehall

Evening Standard

Swinney raises union’s plan to save Grangemouth with Starmer

Owner Petroineos currently intends to close the oil refinery in 2025.

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