Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary signals possible reform to welfare as ministers await key reviews
Labour must stop “simply writing a cheque” for health and disability benefit claimants and will…
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Zombie Blairites still have British politics in their grip – it’s time to break free | Aditya Chakrabortty ⊕⊕
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Tony Blair’s departure as PM should have prompted a fresh start for Labour. But Starmer’s sad, backward-looking government remains in his thrall
Now half term is over, let’s have a quick quiz. Readin…
55 days ago
Life after Keir – will any Labour leadership race be a coronation or contest? ○
What has Keir Starmer loyalist Pat McFadden really been thinking when he’s been out defending the PM? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy discuss how the latest Peter Mandelson drop of documents makes for an…
'Who can we tax so we can pay more benefits?': What Starmer's former aide said was discussed at every Labour meeting ⊖
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In a damning assessment of his own government, Sir Keir Starmer's former Cabinet enforcer Pat McFadden said it was asking the 'wrong questions'.
78 days ago
Thousands attend rally against antisemitism outside Downing Street ⊕
Conservative and Reform leaders cheered as they address crowd, while Labour’s Pat McFadden met with boos and shouts of ‘where is Starmer?’
Thousands of people gathered outside Downing Street on Sunday…
Labour minister is booed at rally against anti-Semitism as thousands gather in central London to support Jewish community following attacks ⊖
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Shouts of 'shame' and 'it's your party's fault' were directed at Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden as thousands of people gathered outside Downing Street.
3 months ago
Starmer to face MPs as loyalist minister declines to say that sacking Olly Robbins was fair – UK politics live ⊕⊕
Pat McFadden repeatedly declined to say that he thought the sacking of Foreign Office’s top official over Mandelson vetting was fair
Pat McFadden was not exactly gung-ho in his support for Keir Starme…
4 months ago
Young people want to work: now there may be jobs for them | Polly Toynbee ⊕⊕
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I spent a week at a London jobcentre. Those I met were smart and eager to work – and now they have a government willing to help them
Labour did it before. Can it do it again, with things being so much…
Penny finally drops for Labour: After taxing young people out of the workplace, the Government is now bribing employers with £3,000 handouts to hire under-25s ⊕
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden has announced that £1billion will be invested to help get 200,000 young people into work over the next three years.
UK not obliged to support every demand of ‘transactional’ US president, minister says ⊖⊖
Donald Trump has threatened Nato allies over failure to send ships to protect strait of Hormuz, but Pat McFadden says UK relation with US remain strong
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Donald Trump is a “very t…