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Starmer’s Moment of Truth: ‘Britain Must Align Itself with Europe’s Regulated Capitalism and Collective Security’
The PM’s pronouncement that Britain need not choose between the US and Europe is ‘downright reckless’ and an ‘exercise in dangerous delusion’, argues Clive Lewis
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Leading Economists Rebut Business Lobby’s Claims Workers’ Rights Bill Will Cause ‘Havoc’
Open letter argues stronger worker protections boost productivity and create economic stability as Labour MPs challenge Reform UK to clarify position on popular legislation
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Keir Starmer’s ‘Geo-Political Minefield’ Between Donald Trump and Europe
With Starmer thrust into a damage limitation exercise by the Ukraine crisis, Chris Painter reflects on the fluctuating relations between British Prime Ministers and American Presidents.
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‘Anneliese Dodds’s Principled Resignation Should Be a Warning for Keir Starmer’
The International Development Secretary’s departure was overshadowed by world events this week, but it risks having a much longer lasting impact on the Government’s fortunes, argues Neal Lawson
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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is Now Britain’s Biggest Far-Right Threat, Finds Report
The ‘State of Hate’ report comes in the wake of last summer’s racist riots and growing waves of extremist sentiment stirred up by public figures like Elon Musk
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‘Trump’s Embrace of Putin Should Push the UK Back Towards the EU’
The UK must accept that its economic and political interests now lean heavily towards Europe, argues Richard Barfield
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‘If Labour Is Serious About Overhauling Disability Benefits It Must Stop Letting Employees Work People Into Sickness’
Labour has announced plans to make the same amount of welfare cuts proposed by the Conservative Government, writes Kasmira Kincaid and Charles Aprile
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Kemi Badenoch Calls for Trump’s ‘Foreign Interference’ in UK-Mauritius Chagos Islands Deal
The Conservative leader’s spokesman backed a “foreign power” intervening in the UK’s sovereign interests
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‘Keir Starmer Must Embrace Proportional Representation and End the Coercive Duopoly Throttling Our Democracy’
Britain will never truly change for the better as long as Britain’s deeply unfair voting system remains in place, argues Neal Lawson
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‘Keir Starmer Must Accept These Hard Truths Before Meeting Donald Trump’
Before the Prime Minister heads to Washington he must wake up to the fact that the UK’s real allies may now lie elsewhere, argues UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘I Asked Nigel Farage’s Supporters What They Really Want and the Answers Were Alarming’
My time spent mingling with Reform supporters online revealed a lot about where the UK could be heading next, argues David Goff
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‘If We Let Domestic Abusers Skip Rehabilitation Courses Then Lives Will Continue to Be Lost’
Domestic violence charity Refuge’s CEO Abigail Ampofo says that the Government’s decision to end rehabilitation courses for some offenders is ‘deeply troubling’
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‘Keir Starmer’s Blue Labour Strategy Is an Electoral Dead End for His Government’
Labour’s attempt to mimic Nigel Farage’s Reform on immigration is a fundamental misunderstanding of its electoral base, argues Neal Lawson
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How the Media and Musk Are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Well Beyond Its Size
Analysis of media mentions on Elon Musk’s X reveals that established news organisations are helping to boost Nigel Farage’s party well out of proportion to its number of MPs
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‘I’m a Labour Councillor and This Is Why My Party Should Ground Heathrow Plans and Rejoin the EU Instead’
Rachel Reeves is looking in the ‘wrong direction’ for stimulating growth in the UK, argues Labour Councillor Salman Shaheen
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‘This One London School Offers a Beacon of Hope for Transforming Our Education System’
This is a real time petri dish experiment on how to transform Britain’s education system, argues Neal Lawson
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‘Keir Starmer Urgently Needs a Vision to Unite the Nation and See Off the Far-Right’
If the Government attempts to mimic the anti-migration politics of Reform it will be a recipe for defeat, argues Jennifer Nadel
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Keir Starmer’s Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance
The UK has joined with the United States and a handful of other rich nations in rejecting the UN push
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‘Keir Starmer’s Shallow-Rooted Political Project Is Already Starting to Topple’
By ripping out his party’s ideological roots in exchange for power, the Labour leader’s premiership has been left deeply vulnerable to the coming storm, argues Neal Lawson
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‘Labour’s Borders Bill Is a Gift to the Far-Right That Won’t Stop Boats but Will Cost Lives’
The bill will cause untold human suffering while also still failing to deter irregular migration, argues Nathan Phillips
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‘Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Must Abandon Their Trumpian Obsession with Economic Growth’
Prioritising growth over all other considerations will only widen economic inequality and deepen already cavernous social crises, argues Neal Lawson
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Civil Service ‘Disgust’ After DWP Launches Welfare Campaign With The Sun, Which It Accuses of ‘Demonising’ Benefit Claimants
Keir Starmer has sought a closer relationship with the Murdoch-owned newspaper, under his leadership
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The Elon Musk Online Outriders Hoping to Take Control of UK Politics and Oust Keir Starmer
The world’s richest man is amplifying a series of often extreme Alt Right voices bent on radically reshaping our politics
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Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
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‘No There Has Not Been an ‘Exodus’ of UK Millionaires and New Wealth Taxes Won’t Force Them to Leave Either’
Forget the fear-mongering about a flight of the super rich. The reality is they’re not going anywhere, argues Kate Bermingham
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‘A Simple Ban on Political Lying Could Radically Transform Our Politics’
Just one small step would trigger a whole series of positive changes to democratic life in the UK, argues Neal Lawson
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Damning Report Exposes the Sheer Scale of Britain’s Crumbling Public Sector Left by the Conservatives
It blows a hole in the party’s claim to have ‘fixed the roof while the sun is shining’
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Joining the EU Single Market Could Be the Gamechanger for Keir Starmer’s Government
Both the UK economy and the new Labour Government needs an urgent shot in the arm. Could this be the solution?
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‘Keir Starmer’s Transformational Political Project is Being Grossly Underestimated’
The relentless criticism of the Labour Government from a hostile media is completely at odds with its record and the historical context
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Keir Starmer’s Government Is Stuck in a ‘Right Wing Doom Loop’ That Will Only Help Nigel Farage
The Prime Minister’s acceptance of right-wing economic orthodoxy is pushing his party and the country towards disaster, argues his former adviser Simon Fletcher
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All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
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Keir Starmer’s Plan to Clean Up Political Lobbying Is Even Weaker Than the Conservatives’, Say Corruption Experts
Transparency campaigners slam what they describe as the Prime Minister’s ‘lacklustre’ approach to cleaning up politics
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‘Keir Starmer Must Ditch the Politics of Deliverism and Put the People Back in Charge’
The Prime Minister’s new target-driven ‘Plan for Change’ is based on a badly outdated view of how the modern world actually works, argues Neal Lawson
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Keir Starmer Rejects Call for ‘Fairer Votes’ Despite MPs Voting in Favour of Proportional Representation
The Prime Minister is blocking reform after the House of Commons voted in favour of a more representative voting system
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Government by ‘Talking Shop’? Hardly – Here’s Just Some of the Major Reforms Keir Starmer Has Introduced So Far
You don’t have to look very hard to see that Starmer’s Government has been far more active than the Daily Mail is telling you
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Keir Starmer’s Government Accused of Running in Fear from Right-Wing Press on Civil Servants Working from Home
Union leader accuses the Labour Government of “trying to face both ways” amid threatened strikes over orders for civil servants to return to the office
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Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson and Junk Stats: Is This the Best the Anti-Inheritance Tax Farming Lobby Has to Offer?
Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms
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Amid the Media Noise About ‘Cronyism’, Keir Starmer Is Quietly Reforming Political Standards for the Better
The spectre of Boris Johnson’s assault on standards in public life is slowly retreating, argues Josiah Mortimer
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‘If Reheated Blairism Is Keir Starmer’s Answer to Donald Trump Then He Is Asking the Wrong Questions’
The UK Government is dominated by figures from a discredited past at a time of radical global change, argues Neal Lawson
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Privilege and Property: ‘How Reporting on Private School and Farm Taxes Reveals More About Newspaper Owners Than Anything Else’
Hysteria around Labour’s VAT on private schools and inheritance tax on farms are not the existential threats they’ve been made out to be in the press
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Keir Starmer Has Good Policies, He’s Just Not Communicating Them Properly
Rachael Reeves’ budget was disappointing. Not for its content, but the way it was communicated
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Britain’s Failure to Stand up for International Law in Gaza is ‘Shameful’, Says Tony Blair’s Former International Development Secretary
Clare Short tells Keir Starmer’s Government to stand up for its principles and end Britain’s role as a “lieutenant” for the United States
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Rachel Reeves’ Budget is Far from the ‘Radical’ Plan the Conservatives are Claiming
Reeves’ budget only looks radical if you believe the Conservative spin that their own plans were anything other than a cynical scorched earth tactic by a desperate government that knew it was going to lose
