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Starmer sets out six first steps for a Labour government
The Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has announced the six first steps his government would make if he wins the General Election later this year. The promises include cutting NHS waiting lists and recruiting more teachers. But the overarching theme was stability and caution with the public finances.
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Are Labour and Tories in election mode? | The Political Fourcast
A pledge card or a culture war? Krishnan Guru-Murthy discusses election strategies with Conservative Equalities Committee Chair Caroline Nokes and former Labour Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw.
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FactCheck: Labour claims rail reforms would save taxpayer £2.2bn a year
Labour says its rail plans will save the taxpayer £2.2bn a year. FactCheck takes a look.
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Labour confirms plan to scrap Rwanda asylum scheme if it wins election
The Labour Party has confirmed it will abandon the government’s scheme to send failed asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Has Natalie Elphicke defection actually harmed Labour?
As another Tory MP defects to Labour, former Conservative cabinet minister Justine Greening and the SNP’s Mhairi Black join Matt Frei and Gary Gibbon for the inside take on political break-ups.
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Elphicke defection is ‘putting her constituents first’, says Labour Party chair
Joining us now from Westminster is the Chair of the Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds.
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Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour Party
Another week, another Tory scalp for Keir Starmer.
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Labour’s Andy Burnham re-elected as mayor of Greater Manchester
We spoke to our North of England Correspondent Clare Fallon in Manchester, where Labour’s Andy Burnham has won a third term.
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Is Reform UK helping Labour into power?
As we’ve heard, Reform came close to pushing the Tories into third place in the Blackpool South by-election, but their national vote share after the local elections is looking like just 11 per cent. Good enough to damage the Tories, not good enough to win seats themselves – and so far they’ve only won one…
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Is Labour’s stance on Gaza behind the party’s failure to win any council seats in Pendle?
There are other places where there have been clear signs that Sir Keir Starmer’s stance on the Gaza war has cost Labour votes. In Pendle in Lancashire, Labour failed to win any seats on the borough council. There’s evidence that the party has taken a hit in areas with significant muslim populations.
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Labour gains control of Nuneaton and Bedworth council after Conservative loss
We’re in one area that switched from Tory to Labour last night. Before yesterday, the Conservatives were in control of Nuneaton and Bedworth council in Warwickshire. But they lost 11 seats and Labour gained power by winning 15.
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‘No doubt Gaza has been a factor’ in Labour local election defeats, says Shadow Home Secretary
We spoke to Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary.
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Tory MP defects to Labour over NHS ‘chaos’
The Tory MP and former health minister Dan Poulter has defected to Labour, saying his recent shifts as an NHS doctor made it impossible for him to continue as a Conservative in the Commons. He is the first Tory MP to defect to Labour since Christian Wakeford crossed the floor in January 2022 in protest…
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Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner being investigated by police
It’s the housing scandal that refuses to go away. No, not the chronic shortage of housing in Britain, but the question of which house Angela Rayner lived in some ten years ago and whether she broke electoral law.
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FactCheck: does Labour’s plan to raise £5bn make sense?
Labour has announced a new pledge to raise £5.1 billion per year by the end of its first five years in office if it wins the next election.
