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Starmer under pressure – and short on answers |
Less than an hour before Sir Keir Starmer faced furious female Labour MPs over the scandals engulfing his government, Kemi Badenoch turned the screws. At Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, the Tory leader accused the Prime Minister of "stuffing government with hypocrites and paedophile apologists". She also claimed he was pretending to care about violence against women only to "save his own skin". The PM later left the chamber to travel the short distance to a committee room in the Palace of Westminster, where he faced calls to appoint a woman as his 'de facto' deputy prime minister to challenge what critics describe as the 'boys' club' culture in No 10. Attempts to draw a line under the scandals appear to have faltered. The Prime Minister is facing growing pressure to explain what he knew – and when – about his decision to elevate to the Lords a former aide, Lord Doyle, who has ties to a paedophile. Meanwhile, compounding what has already been a bruising few days, postal voting applications for the Gorton and Denton by-election at the end of the month closed at 5pm. |
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| The chancellor's LSE speech will raise hopes that the government could be persuaded to relook at issues like our relationship with the single market or customs union |
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| Political editor David Maddox explains why any respite for the PM will be short-lived |
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| The next time the prime minister stumbles, his former deputy will be primped and primed, says John Rentoul |
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What else you need to know today |
- As the Green candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election is left red-faced by remarks she made about it, Iain Dale – who pulled out of running for Tunbridge Wells after his own disobliging comments came to light – says Hannah Spencer should not follow his example.
- Independent readers are casting their votes on who they think should replace Starmer, should he be forced to step aside. Have your say here.
- The former editor of the Daily Mail has claimed that journalists obtaining ex-directory phone numbers would have been "very, very low on the Richter scale of unlawfulness".
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| Why the cabinet secretary could be next to leave Starmer's No 10 team |
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Chris Wormald was appointed to be a 'safe pair of hands' after years of Downing Street chaos. Sean O'Grady looks at why he might be the next to leave – and who might replace him... Read more |
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There are horrendous thing that happens to girls, and nobody cares, and nobody listens |
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| Labour MP Natalie Fleet said she will hold Starmer to account after he faced a meeting of female MPs. |
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