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Starmer Faces Leadership Challenges Amidst Labour Party Discontent

UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer's ambiguous statement on re-election sparked internal dissent, fueled by unpopular welfare cuts and policy disagreements, threatening his leadership less than a year after a landslide win.

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UK to Review Winter Fuel Payments, Excluding Millionaires

The UK government is reviewing its winter fuel payment policy after 10.3 million pensioners lost payments last year due to eligibility restrictions, with plans to exclude millionaires from receiving the subsidy, although details remain unclear.

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Badenoch Slams Labour, Reform UK's Welfare Plans as "Fantasy Economics

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch criticized Labour and Reform UK's plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap, calling it "fantasy economics" that would burden taxpayers with unlimited child support for others, while the Conservatives maintain the policy's necessity.

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Labour warns of Farage's 'Truss-style' economic meltdown

Labour warns that Nigel Farage's Reform UK's proposed policies, including reversing cuts to winter fuel payments and scrapping the two-child benefit cap and hiking the personal allowance to £20,000, could cost between £50bn-£80bn annually and lead to an economic crisis similar to Liz Truss's 2022 mi...

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Labour Faces Crushing Defeat as Voters Defect to Liberal Democrats and Greens

A recent poll shows 52% of Labour voters from the 2024 general election are considering switching to the Liberal Democrats or Greens, potentially resulting in Labour losing 250 seats due to voter disillusionment with the party's policies and actions.

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IMF Warns of Further UK Tax Hikes Despite Upgraded Growth Forecast

The IMF upgraded the UK's growth forecast to 1.2 percent but warned of risks and the need for fiscal deficit reduction, potentially necessitating further tax increases by the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, despite political resistance.

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Miliband Rejects Blair's Criticism of Labour's Net Zero Plan

Ed Miliband called Tony Blair's criticism of Labour's Net Zero policy "incredibly defeatist," rejecting claims that the plan is doomed to fail and arguing for its acceleration despite concerns about economic costs and job losses in the energy sector.

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Conservatives Criticize Labour and Reform UK's Unsustainable Economic Promises

The Conservative party criticizes Labour and Reform UK for unsustainable economic promises, highlighting a 10 percent rise in unemployment since last July and rising inflation, advocating instead for lower taxes and reduced government spending to ensure fiscal responsibility and economic growth.

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Plummeting Confidence in Labour's Local Government Approach

A new survey reveals a sharp decline in trust in Labour's government among senior council figures, dropping from 52 percent to 31 percent in just one year, with similar drops seen across various metrics, indicating a significant challenge for the new administration.

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Farage's Reform UK targets Labour's working-class voters

Following his election victory in Clacton last July, Nigel Farage declared that Reform UK would target Labour voters, presenting itself as a champion of working-class concerns and exploiting Labour's unpopular policies on benefits and winter fuel payments to gain support.

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Contested NASUWT Election Pits Left-Leaning Wrack Against Moderate Butler

The NASUWT teaching union will hold a contested election for general secretary between Matt Wrack and Neil Butler from June 19 to July 23, following a legal challenge and controversy over Wrack's initial unopposed appointment, costing the union £70,000 in legal fees.

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UK Government Reviews Two-Child Benefit Cap Amidst Uncertainty

Amidst a government review, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner declined to confirm whether the UK's two-child benefit cap, preventing most families from claiming means-tested benefits for children born after April 2017, will be scrapped, as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has privately backed abolis...

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