Topic: Labour
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Welfare vote rebellion threatens Starmer’s hold on his party
Next week’s vote on a controversial plan to cut £5bn from disability and sickness benefits is proving to be a moral red line for many Labour MPs
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MPs are sympathetic to Starmer when it comes to Iran — for now
As speculation grows that the US could become directly involved in Israel’s conflict with Iran, the UK is walking a tightrope
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Reeves’s about-face has emboldened Labour backbenchers
As dust settles on Reeves’s spending review and winter fuel U-turn, some hope climbdowns on child benefit and help for disabled people are next
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Equalities committee hamstrung by lack of Islamophobia definition, says chair
Labour MP Sarah Owen says UK’s failure to define Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred has led to underreporting of attacks on women
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MPs criticise halal slaughter debate: ‘about prejudice, not animals’
Rupert Lowe clashes with Muslim MPs during Westminster Hall debate on banning killing of animals without first stunning them
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Can Reeves really soften the government’s image with MPs and voters?
The chancellor hopes spending announcements will mitigate perceptions that Labour is running an austerity government
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Relationship between Labour and Muslims ‘at breaking point’ — internal survey
Labour Muslim Network surveyed hundreds of MPs, councillors and mayors and found most were highly critical of party’s handling of Islamophobia and Gaza
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The two-child benefit cap is a timebomb for Labour. Can it be defused?
The party’s MPs are increasingly vocal in their frustration at the policy, but there’s a split in Number 10 — and Reform UK is manoeuvring
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We need to build an island of neighbours
Scapegoating immigrants won’t improve anyone’s life or create the affordable housing we desperately need
