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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

Wednesday briefing: What the king’s speech will tell us about Labour’s plans – and the pitfalls ahead

In today’s newsletter: From workers’ rights to housing targets, the speech will flesh out Labour’s agenda for the coming year. But will Labour’s crowded backbenches prove rebellious?

The Guardian - UK

UK's new Labour government sets out plans to 'take the brakes off' the economy in King's Speech

Britain’s new Labour Party government campaigned on a promise to bring bold change at modest cost

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak ‘risked breaching legal responsibilities over prison crisis’

Exclusive: leaked letters said without urgent action the system in England and Wales would reach ‘critical failure’

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak hit by mass strike of Tory MPs before surprise snap election

Prime minister was warned that the situation had become unsustainable

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown calls on ministers not to scrap T-level qualification

Conservatives had announced end of vocational qualification introduced in 2020, while Labour plans to review it

The Guardian - UK

EU leaders ‘open-minded’ about future relations with UK, says senior official

Bloc sources say ball firmly in UK’s court regarding reset of ties as leaders prepare to meet at Blenheim for EPC forum

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak urged by top Tories to delay quitting as leader until successor chosen in autumn

The ex-PM has said he would stand down from the helm of the Conservative Party once plans to elect the next leader are in place

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Top Tory calls for Rishi Sunak to stay as party leader until November as succession battle looms

Shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell said it is important to ‘run the leadership contest long’ to ensure leadership candidates ‘come under scrutiny’

The Independent UK

Tory grandee urges against lurch to extreme right in leadership battle

Former Tory chair Chris Patten has warned his party against moving closer to Nigel Farage as the leadership battle to replace Rishi Sunak begins in earnest

The Independent UK

Yvette Cooper to chair meeting of taskforce considering ‘alarming rise’ in candidate intimidation – as it happened

Home secretary to host meeting of government’s Defending Democracy taskforce after reported rise in harassment during election campaign

The Guardian - UK

Starmer must use EPC forum to offer hopeful vision for Europe’s future

PM can seize moment and show how European Political Community can help shift dial away from authoritarianism

The Guardian - UK

Ed Miliband to lead UK negotiations at Cop29 climate summit

Senior climate figures welcome move after Conservative government largely left the role to junior ministers

The Guardian - UK

Ruth Davidson blasts 'rudderless and chaotic' Tory party

The Conservatives must take time to “get this decision right” when choosing their new leader, Baroness Ruth Davidson has said.

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss blames Rishi Sunak 'trashing her record' for election defeat

LIZ Truss has blamed Rishi Sunak’s trashing of “her record” for the Conservative Party’s defeat in the General Election.

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The Guardian - UK

The Tory gravy train’s left town – but it’s got all my best gags on board

The Conservatives were a joke that just kept giving but where do the next four years of funny come from?

The Guardian - UK

Humanity, empathy, keeping hope alive: Gareth Southgate has quietly led England to the brink of victory

In sport and politics, a new breed of leader is taking charge, one that can achieve great things without being tempted into recklessness

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch backed as clear favourite to become Conservative Party leader

New data has shown the former minister for women and equalities has the support of 25.83% of grassroots Tory members to replace Rishi Sunak.

The Independent UK

Tory treasurer who gave party £5m quits role days after election defeat

Sir Mohamed Mansour said it ‘makes sense’ to step down after Rishi Sunak announced he was departing as Conservative leader

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Housebuilding, railways, Lords reform: what to expect in the king’s speech

More than 30 bills expected as Labour government sets out its legislative agenda for this session of parliament

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt’s children leave ‘sweet’ notes for Starmer’s son and daughter

Prime minister says family ‘very pleased’ to receive letters from former chancellor’s children about life in Downing Street

The Independent UK

Prisoners to serve shorter sentences until 2026 to avert ‘total breakdown of law and order’

Labour confirms it will release many prisoners 40 per cent of the way into their sentences instead of halfway through to ease overcrowding crisis

The Independent UK

The real reason Rishi Sunak held his disastrous snap election

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners would have been forced to pay an average of £240 more a month in mortgage bills

The Guardian - UK

Relax, Starmergeddon hasn’t happened. The grownups are in charge

We can now feel free to get on with our lives without worrying what the halfwits in Westminster might do next

Al Jazeera

Will the UK’s policy on Israel-Palestine shift under new PM Starmer?

Palestinians in Gaza have little hope Starmer will ease their plight as experts point to possible areas of policy shift.

The Guardian - UK

A fight for the soul of the Tory party is inevitable. Rishi Sunak staying on may make it worse

Without a timetable for the leadership race, the current uneasy truce might hold for a while, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s political editor

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