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Morning Call: What will Diane Abbott do now?
The prospect of a new left party may have emboldened the veteran MP.
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Morning Call: Does Starmer’s purge have a purpose?
The removal of the whip from four more MPs risks advertising weakness rather than strength.
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George Eaton
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Morning Call: Why Labour has embraced class politics
Starmer’s cabinet has broken with the model of the Blair years.
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George Eaton
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Morning Call: Shattered trust
New polling from More in Common shows voters’ faith in government is at an all-time low.
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Morning Call: Labour’s wealth tax game
Why it suits Rachel Reeves to keep everyone guessing about the Budget.
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George Eaton
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Morning Call: Britain vs the bond market
We are still living in Liz Truss’s long shadow.
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Will Dunn
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The New Statesman
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Morning Call: The unhappy strikers
This five-day walk-out in British hospitals will prove deeply unhelpful for the Labour government.
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Morning Call: Angela Rayner’s forward march
The Deputy PM is the biggest Labour winner from the last month.
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Morning Call: The insurgent left
Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn’s potential new party should be taken seriously by Keir Starmer.
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Morning Call: Labour faces another rebellion
Backbenchers worry the government will cut Send provision next.
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Will Dunn
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Morning Call: One year of Labour rule
British politics is breaking apart. Let’s look at what the past 12 months have taught us.
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Morning Call: The bond market has rescued Reeves from Starmer
Financial markets appear to have more confidence in the Chancellor than the PM does.
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Will Dunn
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The New Statesman
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