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Thursday briefing: Inside Labour’s glittery, change-making conference

In today’s newsletter: Rachel Reeves delivers and Keir Starmer shows he’s ready to lead at an event that both literally and figuratively sparkled

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Tory business minister Anna Soubry says she will vote Labour

Co-founder of Change UK who opposed Brexit praises Keir Starmer as having the ‘values and competence’ the country ‘desperately needs’

The Guardian - UK

Why Labour will be pleased that ‘boring’ was the buzzword of conference

MPs stayed on-message, fringe events were packed and businesses wanted to get involved at a conference that passed by with barely a hitch

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FA will announce plans to honour Israel victims before England friendly

Senior Jewish football executives are understood to have reached out to the FA while Sir Keir Starmer said he wants the Wembley arch in Israel’s colours

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s housing plan: a promising start to addressing an age-old problem

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer’s talk of ‘bulldozing’ obstacles to development is a refreshing contrast to Rishi Sunak’s cowardly retreat from the challenge

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s speech: Labour has to ignore the glitter and go for gold

Letters: Readers respond to the opposition leader’s keynote address at the party conference in Liverpool

The Guardian - UK

Starmer commits to erasing 7.7m NHS waiting list in four years

It is a ‘huge ambition’ of Labour’s to cut the NHS backlog in a single term if elected, party leader Sir Keir Starmer said.

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Housing developers could override local objections under Labour, says Starmer

Party leader declares himself a ‘yimby’ in his drive to get an extra 300,000 homes built each year

The Guardian - UK

Labour 'already watering down major green spending commitments'

LABOUR is reportedly already scaling back its major green spending plans.

The National (Scotland)

What are the Labour Party’s key policies ahead of the next election?

Keir Starmer made some key points about Labour’s direction in his keynote speech

Evening Standard

Scots have 'no choice at all' between Labour and Tories in next election, say SNP

VOTERS face “no choice at all” between Labour and the Conservatives at the next election, the SNP have said.

The National (Scotland)

A victory lap for Starmer, now officially a member of the glitterati

Standing ovations all round as Labour conference wraps up and many luxuriate in the feeling of a party poised to take power

The Guardian - UK

‘Sparkle with Starmer’: Labour turns protest into campaign T-shirt

T-shirt makes light of moment the Labour leader was covered in glitter during an onstage protest at party conference

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Labour may take heart from rightwing media reaction to Starmer’s speech

No repeat of ‘Sun backs Blair’ moment, but neutral coverage from Murdoch press and others should please party

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The Conversation

Labour's immigration policy: will focus on 'security' win an election?

Labour’s immigration policy is starting to take shape. Migration, historically, has been a tricky issue for the party. So it’s perhaps not surprising that they are taking a leaf from the Conservative playbook by focusing on border security. But Labour has shifted the villain from asylum seekers to smuggling gangs.

The Independent UK

Things we learned at the Labour Party conference

Sir Keir Starmer said the party was on a journey from protest to power – although one glitter-throwing demonstrator did not get the memo.

The National (Scotland)

BBC defends decision not to label Hamas 'terrorists'

KEIR Starmer has called on the BBC to explain why it does not label the Palestinian militant group Hamas “terrorists”.

The Independent UK

Key points from a conference season of contrasts

The PA news agency picks through the main issues from the 2023 party conference season.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Keir Starmer’s discipline could win him Number 10

The Ming vase was not dropped. Sir Keir Starmer shrugged off the challenge from a protester, rolled up his sleeves and sought to answer the question many in Britain were still asking: why Labour?

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s path to No 10 is assured – that’s why voters must demand greater ambition

It would be a grave error to wait until Labour is in government to scrutinise what the party has to offer, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Independent UK

Seventeen Britons feared dead or missing as Israel conflict continues

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly had said on Tuesday that a “significant number” of British-Israeli nationals had been caught up in the conflict.

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s policies show party is spoiling for a fight on green issues

Conference speeches indicate party is keen to take on Tories on environment and that climate is core to its electoral strategy

The Independent UK

Jamie Carragher issues warning to Keir Starmer: ‘Deliver on your word’

Former Liverpool and England footballer says people in city would rather play for Man United than support the Tories

Evening Standard

Labour hopes the future’s red after parties wage battle of conference slogans

Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak sold rival messages in buildup to election next year

The Independent UK

Labour launch security review as Starmer admits glitterbomb could have been ‘a lot worse’

Leader jokes about ‘channelling inner Arsenal’ to fend off ‘idiot’ – as Metropolitan Police protection officers blamed for breach

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