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Friday briefing: Double defeat for Tories as Labour takes two seats in byelection victory

In today’s newsletter: The Conservative party suffered a crushing defeat as Labour wins Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire seats in historic byelections

The Guardian - UK

Tory peer warns Labour over Israel-Hamas war protest ban

Sayeeda Warsi criticises party for strongly advising its councillors not to attend pro-Palestine-related demonstrations

The Guardian - UK

The West Coast's surprising shade of blue

Few pundits flagged the West Coast, birthplace of the Labour Party, to be part of the big blue swing this election.

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Keir Starmer interview: Inside the Labour leader's march on No.10

With the keys to No 10 looking more like Keir Starmer’s to lose, Dylan Jones sits down with the Opposition leader and poses the questions on London voters’ minds

Evening Standard

SNP to force Labour to vote on devolving employment law to Holyrood

THE SNP are to force the Labour Party to vote on devolving employment law to the Scottish Parliament after Ian Murray and Anas Sarwar appeared…

The National (Scotland)

Hipkins remains Labour leader, Little quits politics

Chris Hipkins is still the leader of the Labour Party, though a leadership vote will be scheduled after the final election results come in, in line with party rules.

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Hipkins to stay as NZ Labour leader, as Little resigns

Defeated Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he is "not done with politics" and will stay as Labour leader - at least for the meantime.

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Labour councillors quit party in protest at Keir Starmer’s Israel stance

Amna Abdullatif, the first Arab Muslim woman elected to Manchester city council, among those to resign

The Guardian - UK

Labour must pay attention to class politics

Letters: In a society where work no longer pays the bills and social mobility has slowed, class is not something you can leave behind, writes Neil Schofield-Hughes. Plus letters from Martyn Taylor and Lesley Moore

The Guardian - UK

The cost of living crisis can't wait for the next election: three key issues the UK government needs to tackle now

Speakers at the 2023 Labour party conference have rightly addressed the economic insecurity affecting families across the UK. As winter approaches, many are at breaking point. One week earlier, however, the Conservatives were notably quiet on this point. And yet, the government’s own statistics show that four in ten adults…

The Conversation

JK Rowling says Lisa Nandy is reason women on left don’t trust Labour

Author claims ‘many women on the left no longer trust Labour to defend their rights’

The Independent UK

Winston Peters on what it takes to form a government

The NZ First leader says he doesn’t need to have a relationship with Christopher Luxon to form a government. He tells political editor Jo Moir it's all about trust.

Newsroom.co.nz

Good day/bad day: Red heads, red faces and red cars

With the parties failing to deliver policies that pass the sniff test, one leader is hoping his 'good looks' will win over voters.

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Starmer ’bomb-proofs’ policy pledges to help Labour keep promises

Leader defends lack of new announcements but says ‘another bit of policy wasn’t what was needed’

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Te Tai Hauāuru: Hot seat could spring post-election surprise

The Te Tai Hauāuru seat could be significant in deciding not only which candidate gets to represent the electorate but also who forms the government. Aaron Smale reports.

Evening Standard

Warning to Labour members who back Jeremy Corbyn and left wing candidates at next election

Labour members who back Jeremy Corbyn and other Left-wing candidates to run as independent MPs at the next election could face being stripped of their party membership.

The Guardian - UK

Trevor Burridge obituary

Other lives: Historian whose research and publications focused on the Labour party

The Independent UK

Luciana Berger pays tribute to Starmer for turning Labour around

Berger resigned from Labour in 2019 in protest at Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - The strange rebirth of Scottish Labour

To understand the Labour Party, you first have to understand the importance of Scottish Labour. From Keir Hardie to John Smith, Ramsay MacDonald to Gordon Brown, Scotland runs to the very core of the labour movement. For goodness sake, even Tony Blair was born in Edinburgh.

Reason

Brickbat: A Tax on Learning

In the United Kingdom, the Labour Party has promised to place a value-added tax on private school tuition if it takes power after the next election, which is scheduled to take place before the end of 2024. The tax is forecast to bring in some £1.7 billion ($2.06 billion) and…

Newsroom.co.nz

Student rent woes plague Auckland Central

Candidates in the contest for Auckland Central are vying for the student vote to take them over the line

The Guardian - UK

Labour figures from 1997 victory warn Starmer against cautious approach

Exclusive: People involved in Tony Blair’s victory believe party needs to set out much clearer policy platform to win voters’ trust

Evening Standard

Could Antoinette Fernandez be the next Diane Abbott?

The Nigerian-born activist is the first Black female Green Party candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Hannah Ghorashi meets her and discovers a unique riches-to-rags story

The National (Scotland)

Who is Michael Shanks? Scotland's newest MP wins seat for Labour

MICHAEL Shanks is among a number of candidates hoping to become the next MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak to tell Tories of Britain’s broken politics amid chaotic conference

Prime minister faces claims that after 13 years in power, many of the problems he highlights are of his own party’s making

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