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UK's Starmer reportedly set to quit as Labour rival sworn in as MP

LONDON - Embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer could set out plans to step down as soon as Monday, UK media has reported, the same day his likely successor is expected to be sworn in as a member of parliament.

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Hegseth ‘lacking class’ over D-Day migrant ‘invasion’ comments – Jacqui Smith

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth made comments about Europe’s migration crisis while at a D-Day event.

Evening Standard

Minister says Hegseth ‘lacking in class’ over migration comments at D-Day memorial

The US defence secretary used the event to criticise Europe over an ‘invasion’ of migrants

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UK government caps student loan interest rates at 6% from September

Minister says change for plan 2 and 3 loans in England and Wales will protect borrowers from impact of global conflict

The Guardian - UK

Student loan interest rates to be capped after backlash over repayment costs

Student loan interest rates will be capped from September

The Independent UK

Mandelson arrest latest: Badenoch hits out at Starmer’s ‘deeply flawed’ judgement as ex-Labour peer released on bail

Ex-Labour minister accused of passing sensitive information onto paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein during time as business secretary

The Independent UK

Futile resignations and blatant revisionism to the fore as Starmer staggers on

The same cabinet ministers who failed to speak up for the PM in the morning were soon offering their undying support

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Starmer tells Labour MPs he is ‘not prepared to walk away’ after call for him to resign – as it happened

Prime minister addresses parliamentary Labour party amid Mandelson scandal fallout

The Guardian - UK

Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told

Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months

The Guardian - UK

First ‘one in, one out’ deportation flight reportedly takes off without migrants

Group of people who crossed Channel by boat understood not to have been on Air France plane after legal challenge

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer will be ousted as Labour leader unless he 'changes course immediately', MPs warn

Labour MPs are reeling over high-profile sackings and resignations in recent weeks

Evening Standard

Minister fuels claims that Mandelson could be thrown out of Lords

Jacqui Smith said she was ‘angry and disgusted’ by Peter Mandelson’s behaviour, adding that his fate in the Lords would be decided by chief whip Roy Kennedy

The Independent UK

Labour MP: ‘Inevitable’ Starmer will be ousted if 2026 elections are bad

Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure over the handling of Lord Mandelson’s appointment and sacking and Labour’s poor poll ratings.

The Independent UK

Top Starmer aide resigns over explicit Diane Abbott messages in further blow to PM – as it happened

Director of strategy Paul Ovenden quits to avoid becoming ‘distraction’ after details of derogatory emails emerge

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Evening Standard

Minister refuses to give ‘details’ as migrant returns to France due to start

Baroness Jacqui Smith said she would not be giving ‘details’ on the number migrants expected to be sent back in the coming days.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer hands loyal Scottish Labour MPs top Government jobs – see full list

A HOST of Scottish Labour loyalists – including a former Better Together chief and the wife of Keir Starmer’s top strategist – have been given…

The Independent UK

Voices: No, Kemi Badenoch – housing asylum seekers in tents won’t solve our immigration problem

COMMENT: The leader of the Conservative Party ought to be addressing the issue of how to prevent more small boats from arriving in the UK, instead of talking vaguely of ‘camps’, says John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Over 50,000 small boat migrants cross Channel under Labour as Starmer fails to get a grip on crisis

Labour minister admits the number of small boat crossings under Starmer is ‘unacceptable’

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Channel migrants reaching 50,000 under Labour ‘unacceptable’ – ex-home secretary

Baroness Jacqui Smith of Malvern, now an education minister, said criminal gangs were allowed to become entrenched under the Conservative government.

The Guardian - UK

China-backed centres at UK universities under threat from new free speech laws

Exclusive: Confucius Institutes, partnerships between UK and Chinese universities, funded by the Chinese state, offer Mandarin classes and promote cultural events

The Independent UK

Universities ‘on notice’ they could face penalties over free speech – minister

Baroness Jacqui Smith said the Government will ‘not tolerate the silencing of academics or students who voice legitimate views’.

Evening Standard

Discussing possible punishments for welfare rebels ‘not constructive’ – minister

Baroness Jacqui Smith was asked whether Labour rebels will have the whip removed.

The Guardian - UK

BBC response to Bob Vylan’s IDF chants at Glastonbury ‘not good enough’, says minister

Jacqui Smith says live broadcast should have been pulled, but rapper stands by performance calling for ‘change in foreign policy’

The Independent UK

Starmer’s disability benefit U-turn not enough, says rebel Labour whip

Around 50 Labour MPs are still expected to rebel against the government on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Starmer ‘completely rejects’ suggestion he echoed Enoch Powell in immigration speech, No 10 says – as it happened

PM stands by his claim the UK risks becoming an ‘island of strangers’, Downing Street says

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