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Politics Independent 09/07/2025 09:16:35 AM Raise taxes or this government will fail, Reeves’s ex-adviser warns The leadership rumours that speak volumes about Starmer’s future Reform UK puts teenagers in charge of vital public services David Lammy deploys army of top diplomats to kickstart economic growth Reform MP James McMurdock resigns whip after investigation launched Reeves to announce review of workplace pensions contributions Police warn over Palestine Action protests after group proscribed Reeves refuses to rule out tax rises after ‘damaging’ welfare U-turn Which tax rises could Reeves introduce to pay for £5bn welfare U-turn? A year of Keir: the first 365 days of Starmer in power We now know what Starmerism is – but PM lacks an inspirational vision Reform UK run council removes all trans books from children’s library Welfare U-turn to Corbyn comeback: Your Labour questions answered What we know about Zarah Sultana’s new left-wing political party Corbyn breaks silence on joining new party with Zarah Sultana Starmer and Farage cannot afford to ignore Corbyn’s new party Starmer: Trump reached out to console me after my brother’s death Corbyn breaks silence on joining new left-wing party with ex-Labour MP Zarah Sultana Q&A: Can Starmer and Reeves hold the Labour Party together? Home Office ‘has no idea how many people stayed after visas expired’ Could a new party led by Jeremy Corbyn reshape politics? Reeves insists she’s ‘cracking on with the job’ as she hugs Starmer Every Labour U-turn after Starmer reverses welfare cuts Could a new party led by Jeremy Corbyn reshape politics? Reeves insists she’s ‘cracking on with the job’ as she hugs Starmer Every Labour U-turn after Starmer reverses welfare cuts How a tear or two spooked markets and dominated UK's political narrative Reeves’s brave face cannot mask the challenges she now faces Why Starmer finally gave his full backing to his tearful chancellor Starmer finally bolsters Reeves after her public tears spook markets How your MP voted in Starmer’s welfare reforms MPs vote to support proscribing Palestine Action as terror group Britain's Starmer backs his Treasury chief after U-turns dent the government's fiscal plans UK accused of hypocrisy at landmark UN foreign aid conference How Starmer went from defiant to defeated Donald Trump's hilariously awkward moment while waiting for flyover Donald Trump’s most ‘hateful’ comments yet make him 'unfit’ to be President, critics claim Watch live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs MP who led welfare revolt calls for wealth tax to fund £5bn cost The true battle on Starmer’s hands is only just beginning Rattled Starmer scrapes through on welfare – after another concession From PIP to poverty: the striking numbers behind the welfare debate How Labour welfare vote rebellion compares to previous revolts by MPs Starmer survives by skin of his teeth – and here’s what he must do now Small boat crossings hit record high in another blow for Starmer ‘No plans for a party’ to mark PM’s first year in power, No 10 says Starmer likely to scrape through, but cannot consider this a victory Who are the key Labour figures opposing Starmer’s benefit cuts? Everything you need to know about Labour’s welfare reform U-turn How Labour’s welfare bill will cut benefits

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The Spectator 09/07/2025 09:16:36 AM Why is Bob Vylan free but Lucy Connolly in prison? James McMurdock loses Reform whip How a history festival became a forum of fear What happened to comic con? Public libraries deserve to shut – they’ve forgotten why they exist Corbyn and Sultana’s party launch gets off to the worst possible start How I made Facebook nice again How to deal with a crying woman The Tory newbies who fear they could be the last Wimbledon has had enough of tennis Will a political crisis kill off Thailand’s marijuana ban? Islam has a rich history of depicting Muhammad Myanmar’s junta is losing its grip on power Revealed: Morgan McSweeney’s memo to the PM on how Labour could fail Trump’s weapons pause will help Putin win Why is TfL’s boss attacking me for cleaning up his filthy trains? Spectator summer party 2025, in pictures Why is Bob Vylan free but Lucy Connolly in prison? Jaguar is heading for oblivion Why corporations won’t let Pride die Who really built this country? Wimbledon has had enough of tennis Revealed: Morgan McSweeney’s memo to the PM on how Labour could fail How the Home Office created the Boriswave So much is still unanswered about NHS reform We should be outraged by Lily Allen’s ‘four or five’ abortions Why is Bob Vylan free but Lucy Connolly in prison? Four wagers for Haydock and Sandown tomorrow From Spectator Life Pixels are replacing paper From Spectator Life State-school cricket at Lord’s? Bring it on ‘This is as good as food gets in London’ – Town, in Drury Lane, reviewed What happened to comic con? From Spectator Life How to deal with a crying woman From Spectator Life Wimbledon’s myth of elitism From Spectator Life Can Keir Starmer fend off Labour’s big beasts? It was the chronicle of a death foretold. Last year Keir Starmers chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, drafted a memo for his boss spelling out in the starkest terms How Labour Could Fail. This week, instead of celebrating the first anniversary of Labours landslide election victory, the two men revisited that analysis and reflected on Labour should look to Andy Burnham for inspiration My memories of the royal train Public libraries deserve to shut – they’ve forgotten why they exist Admit it: most wedding speeches are awful No amount of discourse will make a good pop song into a great one Scooby-Doo has better plots: Almeida’s A Moon for the Misbegotten reviewed Landscape designer Tom Stuart-Smith on mistakes, sand and weeds Truly awful: Roblox’s Grow a Garden reviewed The greatest decade for British painting since Turner and Constable? The 1970s The political climate at Glastonbury was not especially febrile Jurassic Park Rebirth is the dumbest yet Venice is a city of love and menace From Spectator Life

New Statesman 09/07/2025 09:16:36 AM Could Gaza unite the new left against Keir Starmer? An anti-war movement is growing in force – inside and outside parliament. How terror came home on 7/7 Jurassic Park Rebirth is phoney and illogical How to read Morgan McSweeney A year of crisis and political fragmentation The welfare crisis no one is talking about Ignore the pessimists – we are living through a literary golden age This week has been a wake-up call for Labour The revenge of Labour’s soft left Rachel Reeves cannot tweak her way out of this crisis. The system must be torn down. By Will Dunn The hunt for Iran’s missing uranium Stop taking Glastonbury so seriously Anna Wintour still rules Vogue The horror of Gaza’s children’s hospitals Jenny Saville’s human landscapes Morgan McSweeney’s moment of truth 1. Could Gaza unite the new left against Keir Starmer? An anti-war movement is growing in force – inside and outside parliament. 3. How terror came home on 7/7 5. Zarah Sultana’s big messy surprise for Jeremy Corbyn A humbling week for Keir Starmer Concessions to welfare rebels may have saved the government, but there remain lessons for the Prime Minister to learn. Keir Starmer has a problem: the left is organising Inside Labour’s welfare revolt These disability benefit cuts are about to bury Labour Is Nigel Farage right about the Bank of England? Keir Starmer’s “Island of strangers” speech was right Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill is a big, beautiful opportunity for the Democrats But do they have the smarts to take advantage? Israel’s hollow victory Ayatollah Khamenei faces a nuclear nightmare How Benjamin Netanyahu beat America First Los Angeles, Donald Trump and the moronic inferno Netanyahu realises his lifelong dream How Putin will respond to “Russia’s Pearl Harbour” Was exorcising “the ghost of Jeremy Corbyn” a fatal mistake for Labour? One year of Labour rule Welfare reform concessions are humiliating for Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Keir Starmer told “sack Rachel Reeves” over welfare reforms The Leopard and the ruins of history The thwarted Marxist of Balliol Theodore Roosevelt, the Tories’ new philosopher-king The prophet of the new right David Rieff foretells the fate of woke The left after Trump Jenny Saville’s human landscapes The British artist has built a career bringing a new perspective to figures and flesh. By Michael Prodger What’s wrong with Sarah Vine? The endless variety of England’s folk traditions The earworms of Erik Satie What does Adam Curtis know? Quadrophenia the ballet is a storm of movement Jane Austen’s subtle food commentary Let the non-doms leave Is Nigel Farage right about the Bank of England? Britain’s industrial strategy in an age of energy crises What the Treasury can learn from Donald Trump Welcome to HMO Britain How AI could transform Wigan Local government is adopting AI, but careful thought is needed Learning from the past makes better policy Does the UK need an AI Act? Ed Miliband’s quiet victory At what cost assisted dying? The hunt for Iran’s missing uranium 7/7 changed life for British Muslims forever Anna Wintour still rules Vogue Resilience starts with design and disclosure Mental health: The productivity puzzle Digital sovereignty should sit at the core of the UK’s AI strategy Energy storage must not be overlooked on the road to net zero