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    Labour conference – live: ‘Inane’ to ignore lessons of past election defeats, Blunkett warns Starmer

    Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Labour Party has unveiled new plans to clamp down on sexual harassment in the workplace as new figures show almost five million women experience such behaviour at work each year. New proposals […] More

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    Suella Braverman is a part-time home secretary with pound shop Trump approach, Yvette Cooper says

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Yvette Cooper has dubbed Suella Braverman a “part-time home secretary” as she set out Labour’s stall on immigration. The shadow home secretary, a minister under Gordon Brown when Labour was last in power, […] More

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    HS2 to Euston ‘wishful thinking’ without public funding, says London mayor in plea to PM

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email London mayor Sadiq Khan has accused Rishi Sunak of “wishful thinking” for saying that the private sector will stump up an estimated £6.5bn to pay for part of HS2. The prime minister announced […] More

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    Labour Party Conference – build-up live: Angela Rayner to reveal plan to make workers better off

    <img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/10/06/22/e5d5916b9600c4b76e39c5c1eff7ae4aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk2Njg2Mjg5-2.73697121.jpg" srcset="https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/10/06/22/e5d5916b9600c4b76e39c5c1eff7ae4aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk2Njg2Mjg5-2.73697121.jpg?quality=75&width=320&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp 320w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/10/06/22/e5d5916b9600c4b76e39c5c1eff7ae4aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk2Njg2Mjg5-2.73697121.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp 640w" class="i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined" alt=" Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner will open the Labour conference in Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA) ” height=”2728″ width=”4092″ layout=”responsive” data-hero i-amphtml-ssr i-amphtml-layout=”responsive”> Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner will open the Labour conference in Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA) Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis […] More

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    Ex-minister Chris Grayling to step down after cancer diagnosis

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Former transport secretary Chris Grayling has become the latest MP to announce he is standing down at the next general election – a decision made after receiving a prostate cancer diagnosis. The ex-minister […] More

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    Boris Johnson blasts Rishi Sunak’s plan to ban smoking for future generations

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson has blasted Rishi Sunak’s plan to ban smoking for future generations, branding it “barmy” and unworkable. The ex prime minister said Mr Sunak’s proposal would “criminalise yet another variety of ordinary […] More

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    Labour’s Rachel Reeves drops flagship business announcement after Hunt intervenes

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has dropped an announcement on a new business council from her Labour conference speech after an intervention by Jeremy Hunt and senior Tories. The Labour frontbencher was planning to […] More