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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

A campaign against inheritance tax led by a multimillionaire? These really are desperate times for the Tories

While ministers look to the Telegraph for policies and Nadhim Zahawi fights for the status quo, Labour has a bold, serious vision, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Starmer bids to persuade unions to back green energy plan

The Labour leader's speech will also back the role of trade unions across the economy

Insider UK

Jamie Driscoll Labour row: Mayor discusses legal action over selection dispute as Keir Starmer speaks

The North of Tyne mayor has said he will see out his term no matter what, but has not ruled out the possibility of legal action or standing in 2024 as an independent

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Keir Starmer says he wants to empower local communities. The Jamie Driscoll affair suggests otherwise

Blocking the North of Tyne mayor from standing for Labour again shows how deep the party’s centralism runs, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s plans for housing are unsustainable

Letters: Nick Ridley, Daniel Scharf and Warren Brown respond to the news that the party will allow councils to buy land cheaply if elected next year

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer told banned mayor Jamie Driscoll: ‘There is more that unites us than divides us’ before deselecting him

Keir Starmer has been accused of waging a factional war against the Labour left

The Independent UK

Left-wing mayor not ruling out legal action over blocked candidacy

Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure over the ‘anti-democratic’ decision to block Jamie Driscoll from running in the North East.

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North Sea oil and gas ban: should Starmer U-turn on Labour pledge?

Keir Starmer has triggered an escalating row among Labour members and backers by pledging to block new domestic oil and gas developments in the North Sea in favour of investment in renewable sources.

The Week

Keir Starmer pledges ‘good, union jobs’ amid energy row with GMB

Labour leader to address union’s conference after its leader attacks plan to ban new North Sea oil and gas extraction

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer insists North Sea oil and gas will be used 'for many years' following union backlash

GMB boss Gary Smith warned Labour would lose seats over a “stupid” and “catastrophic” ban on new North Sea oil developments.

Daily Record

Labour’s election war chest boosted by £5m megadonor

Gary Lubner, who made hundreds of millions of pounds running the company behind Autoglass, hopes his support will keep Labour in power ‘for a long time’

The Independent UK

Oil and gas ban will cost Scottish Labour seats claims trade union leader

EXCLUSIVE: Speaking to the Daily Record, the GMB's Gary Smith said the Scottish party could not just appeal to "Edinburgh graduates".

Daily Record

Keir Starmer says nuclear power is ‘critical part’ of UK’s energy mix

Labour leader pledges to get stalled projects operational to boost energy security, cut costs and create jobs

The Guardian - UK

'Tories have utterly failed by not opening one new nuclear power station in 13 years'

Keir Starmer has acknowledged that Britain needs nuclear power in the short term to keep our lights on, even though renewable energy sources are ultimately more desirable

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Labour mayors say Jamie Driscoll 'deserves to be treated with more respect' in party selection fight

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram have spoken out in support of Jamie Driscoll, after he was blocked from Labour's candidate selection process to become North East mayor

The Guardian - UK

Labour cannot be Tory-lite at the next election: voters crave a real choice

Letters: Readers respond to Larry Elliott’s article about the growing policy consensus between the two main parties

The Guardian - UK

Labour mayors say party undemocratic for blocking Jamie Driscoll’s candidacy

Burnham and Rotheram write to NEC after Driscoll is kept off longlist to be candidate for north-east mayor

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urged not to U-turn on new North Sea oil and gas ban

Exclusive: Labour pledge backed by 139 organisations including environmental groups, trade unions and Women’s Institute

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The Independent UK

Mayor slams Labour for blocking candidacy after stage appearance with Ken Loach

Jamie Driscoll accused the party of being ‘anti-democratic’ and urged leader Sir Keir Starmer to reconsider the decision.

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s lurch to the right rolls on. Only unity on the left can stop it

Recent polls in Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Finland tell the story of voters swayed by fear and prejudice. Progressive parties – take note Keir Starmer – need a clear, principled agenda to turn that tide

The National (Scotland)

Ruth Wishart: Begging for a referendum gets us nowhere – so let's take stock

LAST week, assorted scribes and commentators pronounced last rites on the referendum project. Referendum no more. For those of a Unionist…

Daily Mirror

Jonathan Ashworth signals end to 'heinous' two-child benefit cap if Labour wins power

The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said the policy ushered in by austerity Tory ex-Chancellor George Osborne is 'absolutely keeping children in poverty'

The Independent UK

Ken Loach claims antisemitism is being used to oust Labour left politicians

The director blamed Sir Keir Starmer for the ‘dishonest’ move to block mayor Jamie Driscoll from running in the North East.

The Guardian - UK

Labour needs an ‘honest debate’ about Brexit damage, union warns

Unless Britain develops a closer relationship with the EU it will continue to haemorrhage investment and jobs, says the GMB

The Independent UK

Labour factionalism row after mayor blocked ‘over Ken Loach discussion’

North of Tyne mayor and ‘last Corbynista in power’ Jamie Driscoll has been barred from running to be the first North East mayor.

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