Topic: Labour
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Starmer says welfare cuts are necessary. MPs say it’s austerity 2.0
Some disabled people could lose up to £10,000 a year thanks to new rules on Pip and incapacity benefit payments. Some backbenchers are furious
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Labour’s welfare proposals are causing deep divisions within the party
Keir Starmer’s government was elected on the promise of transforming people’s lives, but some of its MPs believe more austerity is no change at all
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I visited a prison — it’s clear something has to change
Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has rejected a proposal intended to address racial imbalances in sentencing. But she’s running out of options
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‘If not me, then who?’ Meet the women reshaping local politics
Women of colour have long been underrepresented in public office across the UK, but that is gradually changing
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A workforce timebomb despite rising numbers — Labour’s migration conundrum
Asylum claims have hit a 46-year high, but health and higher education are suffering as successive governments try to cut UK immigration figures
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Sadiq Khan defends Labour’s borders stance but insists he’s ‘pro-diversity’
Speaking at Ramadan Lights switch-on, mayor of London also says future Muslim leaders shouldn’t be put off by smear campaigns against him
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Labour needs to take back control from the populist right
Parroting Reform UK on immigration and obsessed with growth, support for Keir Starmer’s government is evaporating — but it doesn’t have to be that way
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Higher spend on Ukraine could leave Starmer with a fight on his hands at home
Donald Trump is set to slash US spending on European security, particularly in Ukraine. That leaves Britain with difficult choices
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Iranian asylum seeker lay dead for up to four months while wearing ankle tag
Mehrab Omrani’s case sparks calls from cross-party MPs for government to review plan to expand use of ‘dispersal accommodation’ run by Clearsprings
