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Evening Standard - Politics

PM insists he wants to fight next election as Burnham challenge looms

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Burnham on mission to 'change Labour' after Starmer's party lost voters' trust

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Londoners face £100k bill as FIFTH newly elected Green councillor goes

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John Swinney confident he has the votes to retain post as first minister

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Irish president to meet King during UK visit

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Starmer: I'll back Labour Makerfield by-election choice 100% – whoever they are

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Swinney non-committal on pitch invasion ban after 'astonishingly poor behaviour'

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Starmer vows to back Burnham in by-election despite coup threat

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MSP 'astonished' over 'failure' to anticipate Celtic football disorder

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Starmer 'fights on' with no timetable for departure, Lammy says

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'No timetable for departure' as PM from Starmer, says David Lammy

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Britons asked for views on uniting UK as Javid warns country 'in peril'

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Starmer's Government returns to Westminster amid leadership rivals' Brexit row

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SNP Westminster leader demands urgent review of UK's 'anti-business policies'

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UK has highest property tax burden of top economies, says report

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President Connolly to meet Irish communities during visit to English cities

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'Gold plating' HS2 resulted in railway's woes, major report due to say

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EU row breaks out in Labour as Nandy challenges Streeting's remarks

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'Personal decision' for Starmer whether he wants to stand against rivals – Nandy

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Metropolitan Police probing alleged hate crimes at major London protests

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No mood in Scottish Labour for challenge to Anas Sarwar's leadership – MP

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Sadiq Khan slams 'Northern Olympics' plan snubbing London sport venues

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Westminster 'chaos' turning people off Union, Sinn Fein Stormont minister says

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Who are the senior Labour figures vying to replace Sir Keir Starmer?

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Labour woman leader 'long overdue', Lisa Nandy says

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Labour leadership rivals caught up in debate over EU ties

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Tommy Robinson's march and pro-Palestine protest both under way in London

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Wes Streeting confirms he will stand for Labour leadership

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Burnham will 'fight to highest level' but says he is not focused on replacing PM

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Thousands of people descend on London for two major protests

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Minister urges Labour 'battle of ideas' amid talk of challenge to PM

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Pressure on Starmer as Labour clears path for Burnham comeback as MP

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'Unprecedented' police operation in capital as thousands to protest

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Pressure on Starmer ramps up as Burnham one step closer to challenge

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How an electoral fraudster became mayor of Tower Hamlets (again)

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Labour to include Andy Burnham in candidate selection for Makerfield by-election

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Westminster Council leader calls for Palestine marches to be suspended

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Stormont leaders concerned by Labour 'distraction' amid budget talks request

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Nigel Farage paid for £1.4m property with I'm A Celebrity money, Reform UK says

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Redactions to Mandelson documents 'too broad', says intelligence watchdog

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Labour clears path for Burnham's Westminster comeback

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Wes Streeting backs Andy Burnham for Makerfield by-election

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Fact check: Welfare spending and WHO comments on hantavirus

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Could Greens team up with Tories to torpedo north London 'new town'?

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Tube strikes on as RMT accuses TfL of 'failing to engage in talks'

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Schools at centre of meningitis outbreak in Reading named

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Trump says 'tough' for Starmer to survive without energy and immigration shift

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London MPs back Andy Burnham comeback: 'We need best players on pitch'

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Gilts and pound suffer sell-off as market frets over Labour leadership

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Cabinet minister warns against 'chaos' of Labour leadership contest to oust PM

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Police will face court action over facial recognition technology, watchdog warns

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Donald Trump indicates military destruction of Iran 'to be continued'

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Green leader Zack Polanski admits he did not vote in local elections

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Embattled Keir Starmer faces leadership race against Andy Burnham

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Wes Streeting's withering resignation letter in full

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Zack Polanski did not vote in local elections – Green Party

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Burnham eyes Westminster return as MP stands aside to allow challenge to Starmer

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Labour has not learned lessons of defeat in Scotland – SNP Westminster leader

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Burnham to seek Westminster return after path opens to challenge Starmer

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