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Tuesday, May 14

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Unions stop Keir Starmer watering down workers’ rights package

www.independent.co.uk

Starmer held a summit with union leaders amid concerns he would not keep promises he made last year

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Keir Starmer averts row with union leaders as Labour reiterates ‘full commitment’ to new deal for working people – as it happened

www.theguardian.com

The party has agreed a joint statement expressing ‘full commitment’ to the new deal for working people as agreed in July’ after a meeting with unions this afternoon. This live blog is closed

Keir Starmer faces three tests on if he has 'surrendered' to Angela Rayner over key policy

www.express.co.uk

The Conservatives outlined three key tests for the Labour leader over a radical workers' rights shake-up championed by his deputy.

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Trade union leaders hail victory after mammoth talks with Labour end with Keir Starmer 'recommitting' to radical workers' rights shake-up despite business chiefs' concerns

www.dailymail.co.uk

Party chiefs and union bosses reached agreement over Labour's proposed 'New Deal for Working People' after spending hours locked in showdown discussions.

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OPINION - Rishi Sunak, in last-ditch mode, is ready to go all guns blazing for Keir Starmer

www.standard.co.uk

The Conservative high command must surely have been reading campaign advice from the French commander at the First Battle of the Marne, who telegraphed in 1914: “Hard-pressed on my right, centre is yielding, impossible to manoeuvre.…

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Labour’s defectors are about to be Keir Starmer’s secret weapon

inews.co.uk

Starmer is not St Peter, and the allocation of the Labour whip is not admittance to the gates of heaven

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Will Keir bow to unions on zero hours contracts and out-of-hours email ban? Starmer braces for showdown talks with paymasters

www.dailymail.co.uk

Keir Starmer will meet union chiefs later as they warn he must not water down the plans, despite alarm from business.

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Lee Anderson claims Labour plans 'Homes for Hamas' scheme if Keir Starmer wins election

www.express.co.uk

Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has asked how long it will take for Labour to introduce a 'Homes for Hamas' scheme, should the party win power.

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Keir Starmer warns about voting for independents as he makes election vow in Willenhall visit

www.expressandstar.com

Sir Keir Starmer said he took nothing for granted and would fight for every seat over the coming months during a visit to the Black Country.

Keir Starmer warns about voting for independents as he makes election vow in Willenhall visit

www.shropshirestar.com

Sir Keir Starmer said he took nothing for granted and would fight for every seat over the coming months during a visit to the Black Country.

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Rishi Sunak's laying down of knightly gauntlet to Keir Starmer unlikely to change the course of battle – Scotsman comment

www.scotsman.com

Rishi Sunak’s difficulties in controlling his own party do not inspire confidence in his ability to run the country and secure its defence

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Labour lefties hate Keir Starmer’s new friends. He doesn’t care.

www.politico.eu

The company he keeps: Labour leader shrugs off complaints about drift to the right as he courts votes.

Monday, May 13

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Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer vows not to back down on more red tape for businesses

www.thesun.co.uk

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer has vowed not to back down on more red tape for businesses.

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Union leader urges backing for Keir Starmer over diluted worker rights

www.ft.com

Usdaw support comes as Labour leader faces tough meeting with worker groups

Keir Starmer faces crunch union talks as poll shows Tory voters back Labour's worker reforms

www.mirror.co.uk

Labour leader Keir Starmer will hold talks with affiliated trade unions over the 'New Deal for Working People' amid fears the workers rights blueprint could be scaled back

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Labour MP Rosie Duffield blasts 'hypocritical' Keir Starmer as she demands Tory defector Natalie Elphicke is suspended over claims she lobbied ministers over her ex-husband's sexual assault trial

www.dailymail.co.uk

Rosie Duffield urged Labour bosses to take action amid claims Natalie Elphicke lobbied ministers over her ex-husband's sexual assault trial.

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False racism claim aimed at teacher 'shocking on political and human level', says Keir Starmer

www.expressandstar.com

Sir Keir Starmer has described a false racism claim against a young Black Country teacher which resulted in her being subjected to death threats as “shocking”.

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Sir Keir Starmer in Walsall pledges 'disciplined focus' on poverty and boosting UK economy

Sir Keir Starmer said Labour will deliver a 'gold standard' for boosting economic development across the country

PM attacks Starmer on defence as election lines drawn

www.bbc.co.uk

Rishi Sunak says Labour would not match the Tories on defence spending but Sir Keir says the party only offered chaos.