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Thursday, May 9

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Keir Starmer reveals Labour’s plan to ‘stop the boats’

inews.co.uk

The Labour leader will announce the policy in Kent with newly defected MP Natalie Elphicke

Edo labour party polarised as faction takes over secretariat

www.tvcnews.tv

The crisis rocking the Labour party in Edo State has taken another dimension as a faction of the party led by the youth leader took over the party secretariat on Sakponba road in Benin city. The state executive earlier announced the…

Britain's security will be 'on the ballot paper' at the election as David Cameron warns Labour cannot be trusted on defence

www.dailymail.co.uk

Cameron urged EU countries to match Rishi Sunak 's recent commitment to spend at least 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030 - and said Labour also had questions to answer.

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Question Time row as Leftie blasts Labour after turning back on party: 'You have nothing!'

www.express.co.uk

Labour MP Lisa Nandy entered into several heated exchanges with political commentator and author Grace Blakeley during BBC's Question Time on Thursday night.

ITV Coronation Street's Sair Khan gives birth to 'healthy' boy after 22-hour labour

The ITV soap star didn't reveal her newborn's name but did say he was "healthy" and "just marvellous"

Labour MPs didn’t bother to smile when Natalie Elphicke defected – is this proof ‘spineless’ Starmer will let anyone in?

www.the-sun.com

“LABOUR has a choice . . . they can vote with the Government to stop the boats or they can vote against and defy the British people’s desire to control our borders.”

Labour MPs didn’t bother to smile when Natalie Elphicke defected – is this proof ‘spineless’ Starmer will let anyone in?

www.thesun.co.uk

“LABOUR has a choice . . . they can vote with the Government to stop the boats or they can vote against and defy the British people’s desire to control our borders.”

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Labour-controlled Welsh Government splurges £34,000 on dozens of 'luxury' office chairs - despite most desks being unused due to staff working from home

www.dailymail.co.uk

Since March 2019, officials have spent £33,959 on 46 Famiglia high back large chairs with an orbital worksurface, figures released under Freedom of Information laws revealed today.

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Starmer faces demands to reinstate Diane Abbott after welcoming ‘right-wing Tory MP’ into Labour

Diane Abbott’s continued suspension from Labour is being challenged after Natalie Elphicke was welcomed in

Game changer: A labour group in Québec is pushing for a province-wide video game workers’ union

theconversation.com

No video game workers are currently unionized in Québec, but a new labour partnership is looking to change that.

It’s Labour’s turn to crash and burn as party can’t defend Elphicke’s defection

www.theguardian.com

Anneliese Dodds drew the short straw and was sent out to pretend Nat had always been Labour through and through

'Restore our faith in Labour by all means - but let's keep religion out of it'

www.mirror.co.uk

Mirror columnist Paul Routledge on last week's local elections, and the so-called 'Gaza factor' where dozens of pro-Palestinian activists were elected

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North East Labour MP calls for reform of mineworkers' pensions to address past injustices

Grahame Morris accused ministers of neglecting deprived mining communities in a parliamentary debate on Thursday

Tories panic over defections as Wes Streeting says he has spoken to more MPs who want to join Labour

Wes Streeting has told The Independent that Tory MPs are “in despair”

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Labour revolt over 'toxic' Tory turncoat Natalie Elphicke grows after Starmer makes her MP

www.express.co.uk

There is growing anger among Labour members over Sir Keir Starmer's decision to accept Natalie Elphicke as an MP.

Labour vows to protect interns and volunteers from sexual harassment

www.standard.co.uk

The party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner said a Labour government would give women ‘the best start at working life’.

Should Labour be embracing the likes of Natalie Elphicke? | Letters

www.theguardian.com

Readers respond to the news of the staunch rightwing Tory MP defecting to the Labour party

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Poor labour market data causes problems for Bank of England

www.ft.com

Gaps make it much harder to tell how fast inflationary pressures are receding

Wall Street muted as weak earnings overshadow signs of softening labour market

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NEW YORK, May 9 — US stock indexes were muted today as a slate of downbeat earnings offset the impact of data that showe...