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Why Keir Starmer's strategy to tackle Reform UK could end up backfiring

Why Keir Starmer's strategy to tackle Reform UK could end up backfiring

Has Labour got the right strategy to tackle Reform UK?

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Ash Regan claims fellow MSPs are buying sex as she introduces Nordic Model bill

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Liz Kendall doubles down on welfare cuts despite threat of huge Labour rebellion

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Diane Abbott warns Keir Starmer winter fuel payment like Thatcher's poll tax and 'she was gone in a year'

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Starmer urged to ‘deploy every tool’ to free jailed British activist

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Starmer urged to ‘deploy every tool’ to free jailed British activist

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Nigel Farage mocked by Scots MP after Reform leader jets off on holiday and misses EU debate

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Donald Trump pressures Keir Starmer with deadline to boost defence spending by 3%

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Democrats abandon tradition as 2028 presidential hopefuls openly declare White House ambitions

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Corbyn criticises ‘silence and evasion’ over Gaza in call for UK inquiry

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UK inflation jumps to 3.5% driven by 'awful April' bill hikes in blow to Rachel Reeves

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Rayner tells Reeves she's wrong

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Third man charged in probe over fires at homes linked to Keir Starmer

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Union blames council for lack of bin strike deal

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Paul Adams: Starmer and Lammy sound genuinely angry at Israel

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Leaked memo reveals Rayner called for tax rises

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Judge slams Supreme Court for 'disrespect' to Trump

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Judge slams Supreme Court for 'disrespect' to Trump

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DOJ opens criminal investigation of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, AP source says

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Rachel Reeves LIVE:Chancellor skewered over 'grim' inflation surge as Brits pay the price

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Migrant’s dog crosses Channel on dinghy - now UK taxpayers pay thousands to care for it

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Speaker Johnson reaches tentative deal with blue state Republicans to boost cap on ‘SALT’ deduction

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Angela Rayner proposed array of tax rises in 'secret memo' to Rachel Reeves

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Talks to end Birmingham bin strike being 'sabotaged', union claims

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Cost of hitting Scotland’s net zero targets will average £750 million per year

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Why Keir Starmer's strategy to tackle Reform UK could end up backfiring

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U.S. immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants to South Sudan, attorneys say

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Karoline Leavitt put through her paces when children take over the White House briefing room

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U.S. business owners are confused about Venezuelan employees with temporary status

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WATCH: Democrat lawmaker charged with assaulting federal agents laughs off fundraising questions

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Sen. Blackburn targets birth tourism, 'buying American citizenship' in support of Trump's immigration agenda

Sen. Blackburn targets birth tourism, 'buying American citizenship' in support of Trump's immigration agenda

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£5 billion welfare cuts needed to ‘save’ system, Kendall to say

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Mahmood warns of stark choices for prison reform to ensure ‘worthy’ system

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Children’s Laureate calls for action over ‘indefensible’ reading inequality

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Knife amnesty van to tour parts of country ahead of ninja sword ban

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Rep. Mace wants stronger penalty for voyeur spying crimes

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Supreme Court orders Maine legislature to lift censure on lawmaker who criticized transgender sports

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New legislation in the Senate would end 'birth tourism' to snag U.S. citizenship

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Rubio scorches Van Hollen: 'We deported gang members ... you had a margarita with'

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Man pardoned over Jan. 6 riot arrested and charged for breaking into Virginia home

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House GOP seeks savings in cutting Medicaid coverage for illegal immigrants, ineligible recipients

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Trump pressure fails to shore up House GOP support for his big agenda bill, negotiations drag on

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Jailed Lucy Connolly slams judges who slapped down her appeal over riot post

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One million pensioners face tax bombshell due to frozen thresholds

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