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Labour to fight 2029 election ‘like an insurgent’ as preparations begin
Party’s strategist already planning how to secure second term, bolstered by former MP’s appointment to thinktank
Ex-MP Jonathan Ashworth named as new boss of Labour Together thinktank
Exclusive: Former shadow cabinet minister who lost his seat last week replaces Josh Simons who was elected
Independent Muslim who beat Labour in Leicester says victory was not ‘sectarian’
Labour cannot afford to be complacent over pro-Gaza vote losses
Senior Labour figures admit stance on Gaza cost party seats
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Labour dismisses no confidence vote in Welsh first minister Vaughan Gething as Tory ‘stunt’ – as it happenedAndrew RT Davies, Welsh Conservative leader, says vote reflects badly on Keir Starmer as Labour says vote is a stunt
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Tory MP Robert Halfon quits as minister and James Heappey confirms resignation, paving way for mini reshuffle – as it happenedRobert Halfon quits as skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister as James Heappey confirms decision to step down
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Ex-Post Office chair gives details of ‘stitch up’ which he says led to Badenoch making false claims about his sacking – as it happenedLetter from former Post Office chair Henry Staunton gives new details on conversations
Labour frontbencher makes bet on live TV that election will take place in May
Jonathan Ashworth agrees £10 bet with Sky News’s Kay Burley, and says winnings should be given to charity
Peter Bone saga shows Tories are weak, Labour tells Wellingborough voters
Jonathan Ashworth, out campaigning for byelection, says Rishi Sunak is being ‘pushed around’ by rightwingers
Angela Rayner named shadow levelling up secretary in Labour reshuffle
The winners and losers in Keir Starmer’s Labour reshuffle
There’s no point to Labour as a party if it won’t pay to pull children out of poverty
Owen JonesFamilies punished by the inhumane two-child benefit cap are being betrayed, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones
Labour confirms plans to block all new North Sea oil and gas projects
Party says details of how UK can become ‘world leader’ in green energy transition will be announced soon
Labour vows to help ‘written off’ people with mental health issues back to work
Shadow work and pensions secretary says it is wrong to think people with addiction or mental health problems do not want to work
Labour plans to embed career advisers in health services to help people into work
Labour plans to overhaul routes into work for sick or long-term unemployed
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Labour conference votes to put pledge to introduce proportional representation in manifesto despite Starmer ruling it out – as it happenedLoud cheering as motion on PR is carried even though Labour leader says he will ignore vote.
Rishi Sunak says technical problems stopped him raising benefits more
Chancellor blames DWP computers that allow uplift only once a year, in claims labelled ‘pathetic’ by Jonathan Ashworth
Labour reshuffle: who’s up and who’s down in Keir Starmer’s shake-up
Key role goes to Yvette Cooper in leader’s radical overhaul of his shadow cabinet
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