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Manchester Evening NewsAngela Rayner breaks silence on latest chapter of Tameside council fiasco
Tameside Council is now without a political or paid service leader
- The Telegraph
Starmer’s first 100 days reader verdict: ‘I’ve never wanted to leave Britain as much as I do now’
This weekend marks 100 days of Keir Starmer and the Labour Party in Government.
- The Telegraph
Labour plans for 10 more years of small boats with £500m contract
The Home Office has earmarked more than £500 million to manage Channel migrants arriving on small boats for up to a decade, according to official documents.
- Bloomberg
Ukraine’s Rocky Past With Poland Is Haunting Zelenskiy
(Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was left seething after a meeting last month with Poland’s top diplomat, who made a show of putting the brakes on Ukraine’s ambitions for fast-track accession to the European Union. Most Read from BloombergThe Master Plan That Shaped Pakistan’s Capital Is No Longer WorkingDubai’s Allure to Expats Is Weighing on City’s InfrastructureThe Cablebus Transformed Commutes in Mexico City’s Populous OutskirtsAs Brussels Booms, an Old Boogeyman Return
- Lancashire Telegraph
Refugee demand surge sparks housing crisis in East Lancs borough
Blackburn with Darwen had a summer surge in the number of former asylum seekers seeking emergency housing, causing a crisis in supply.
- The Telegraph
Senior police officers threaten to quit over Labour raid on pensions
Senior police officers could retire early if the Chancellor cuts the pension tax-free lump sum, it has been warned.
- The Telegraph
Sickness handouts to be cut for mentally ill under Labour proposal
People with mild mental health conditions could lose some of their benefits under plans being considered by ministers to cut welfare spending.
- The Independent
Starmer distances government from Transport Secretary’s expensive P&O ‘rogue operator’ claim
Keir Starmer admitted to ‘bumps and side winds’ in his first 100 days as prime minister
- The Telegraph
Labour peer tipped to be next ambassador to the US is friend of Lord Alli
A frontrunner in the race to be Britain’s next ambassador to Washington has close links to Labour donor Lord Alli, The Telegraph can reveal.
- Sky News
Keir Starmer's first 100 days in office: The verdict is in, and it isn't good
Sir Keir Starmer is marking his first 100 days in office. When his press spokesperson was asked ahead of the big day if the prime minister thought it had been a successful start, he simply said: "It's up to the public to decide that." The verdict is in, and it isn't good: Sir Keir's approval poll ratings last week fell to -33 - a drop of 44 points since his post-election high, while one poll put Labour just one point ahead of the Tories.
- Sutton and Croydon Guardian
Middle of the night fire at Croydon flat under investigation
Part of a flat at a terraced shop in Croydon has been damaged following a fire.
- France 24
France's Macron reportedly ‘ashamed’ of new hardline ministers
French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly feeling increasingly frustrated with his new right-wing government, and has confided in people close to him that he feels ashamed of some of the more hardline ministers that have been appointed. After failing to secure an absolute majority for his centre-right party in this summer's snap elections, Macron has had to stand back on domestic issues after entering a power-sharing arrangement with more conservative forces. Macron weathered a turbulent po
- The Daily Beast
Obama Steps Up Support of Harris as He Privately Frets That a Trump Win Will Destroy Legacy: Report
Former president Barack Obama has aggressively ramped up campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris because he’s fretting that a Democratic loss in this year’s presidential election will erode his legacy, according to sources who spoke to CNN.The network reported that Obama wanted to keep his political role to that of emeritus elder statesman, and had in recent years kept his Democratic activities to behind the scenes meetings with elected congresspersons including House Minority Leader Hakeem
- People
Man, 59, Mauled to Death by Multiple Dogs During 'Horrific' Attack in N.Y.: Police
Authorities identified the victim of the attack as Schenectady resident James Provost
- The Independent
P&O Ferries pull £1bn UK investment after Labour’s ‘cowboy’ attack
Transport secretary Louise Haigh’s threat to boycott company over firing 800 workers triggers cancellation of announcement for major expansion of London Gateway port ahead of major government summit to attract investors to Britain
- The Independent
UK politics live: Robert Jenrick promises to make Jacob Rees-Mogg Tory chairman if elected leader
Jenrick said Rees-Mogg’s appointment would be needed to ‘truly reform and democratise’ the party
- The Guardian
Muslims in India face discrimination after restaurants forced to display workers’ names
Muslim business owners in two states fear policy will lead to targeted attacks or economic boycotts
- The Packet - Falmouth
Rail passengers face 'slower and more disruptive' trips from Cornwall to London
The railway in Cornwall and the south west was described as "too slow, too fragile and too expensive" to cope.
- The Hill
Democrats shut down Arizona office after shootings
Arizona Democrats closed their field office in Tempe, Ariz., after three shooting incidents. The office served as a base for the Sun State’s congressional campaigns and Vice President Harris’s presidential effort in recent weeks. The Tempe Police Department said the latest incidents on Oct. 6 involved gunshots fired at the Democratic campaign office at around…
- The Guardian
Government housing targets unrealistic and unfair, English councils warn
Exclusive: Some authorities say they are ‘being set up to fail’ when fault often lies with developers sitting on sites