New: If the goal had been to puncture Wes Streeting’s growing appeal, the last 24hrs has done exactly the opposite. My read on the (actual lack of) organising to topple Starmer, and what those in Labour think now 👇🏻 www.thetimes.com/article/1cd8...

Excl: Tory frontbencher apologises after police called to guest’s drunken Parliament bar row www.thetimes.com/article/3bd9...

One million more people claim benefits without need to look for job www.thetimes.com/article/46aa...

Excl: Angela Rayner could be ‘kingmaker’ in picking next Labour leader www.thetimes.com/article/27c2...

David Lammy has been accused by Cabinet ministers of “cowardice” and incompetence over his handling of the accidental release of a second convicted sex offender, with some saying his Commons response showed poor judgement. www.thetimes.com/article/a734...

EXCL: A north London Islamic education centre has been banned from hosting Scouts amid fears it was a front to expose children to Iran-linked extremism. The Scouts suspended meetings after being alerted by The Times. www.thetimes.com/article/e794...

Excl w/ @georgiamay.bsky.social: Sheffield Hallam, accused of dropping slave labour research after pressure from China, ignored repeated calls to report foreign interference. www.thetimes.com/article/34e7...

Excl: Reform councils to raise tax for 2m households despite pledging cuts www.thetimes.com/article/0296...

EXCL: Counterterrorism police officers are examining claims that a British university broke national security laws by halting an academic’s research into forced labour in China after facing pressure from Beijing. www.thetimes.com/article/5640...

Nigel Farage: We’re the workers’ party but can’t promise tax cuts www.thetimes.com/article/11c2...

Rachel Reeves is considering more than one hundred separate tax and spending measures as she barters with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) over the size of the financial shortfall. www.thetimes.com/article/0d69...

Excl: Rules that would ban transgender people from using facilities that do not match their biological sex could be delayed for more than a year, it has emerged, as ministers were accused of “undermining the law” by demanding extra checks. www.thetimes.com/article/d7cd...

Excl: Home sec Shabana Mahmood says the grooming gangs inquiry won’t be “watered down on my watch” and is determined ethnicity and religion will be examined. Comes after four victims quit the process and minister Jess Phillips was accused of lying. www.thetimes.com/article/7703...

Intervention from Europe's human rights watchdog has gone down *badly* with some in govt, amid push to reform the ECHR from the inside. Shabana Mahmood especially is said to take a "dim view" & allies say issue of trans rights after Supreme Court's judgement is "beyond reproach". buff.ly/boX2dUz

Excl: Bridget Phillipson has been accused of delaying guidance on single-sex spaces until after Labour’s deputy leadership race over concerns that she could lose support from some MPs www.thetimes.com/article/c72c...

Excl: UN Refugee Convention ‘is next target’ in fight to deport migrants www.thetimes.com/article/7627...

Excl: Keir Starmer’s security adviser ‘too close to China’ and should go, ministers warn www.thetimes.com/article/0e8a...

Angela Rayner unlikely to face investigation over car use www.thetimes.com/article/cf8b...

Women’s rights campaigners banned from Green Party conference www.thetimes.com/article/771e...

The meteoric rise and spectacular fall of Angela Rayner www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

What now? Labour figures are already speculating about how vulnerable this leaves Starmer to a leadership challenge. One source says it leaves him "significantly" exposed because anyone who would have challenged Starmer, but didn't want to go up against Rayner, would feel more confident.

As I reported last night, the EHRC has submitted its revised code. Baroness Falkner said this AM: "If people are expecting us to do something outwit the law, I'm afraid they're going to be terribly disappointed with us." buff.ly/pQudWX3

Angela Rayner faces scrutiny over deeds change in stamp duty row www.thetimes.com/article/544a...

Equalities watchdog tells organisations to change single-sex space rules www.thetimes.com/article/2abb...

‘Make Brexit boring’: Labour takes fight to Nigel Farage over EU www.thetimes.com/article/261f...

Excl: Neighbours suspected Rushanara Ali of rule breach at rental home www.thetimes.com/article/67cc...

Times Saturday read: Angela Rayner gives Labour a 12-month mission to save itself www.thetimes.com/article/c06e...

Excl: Five tribes who could put Nigel Farage in No 10 www.thetimes.com/article/9657...

Excl: Ban trans women from single-sex spaces, equality watchdog to say in guidance delivered to ministers this month www.thetimes.com/article/d748...

PM urges police to give more information about criminals ‘to rebuild trust’ www.thetimes.com/article/f7b0...

Excl: Labour MPs resist ‘backsliding’ Supreme Court judgment on definition of a woman in letters to constituents www.thetimes.com/article/c8ef...

Rape victims will be able to access sentencing remarks made by judges to their abusers in court, as ministers consider using artificial intelligence to widen transparency. www.thetimes.com/article/de25...

Angela Rayner's new Office for the Deputy Prime Minister: a land-grab, or the answer to Labour’s problems? Mini-read ft this big yellow neon sign from the government art collection. www.thetimes.com/article/a110...

Inheritance tax shake-up threatens food security, say farmers www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Angela Rayner’s bill ‘will make it easier for doctors to strike’ www.thetimes.com/article/3614...

Times Saturday read: Inside the fight for the Labour Party’s soul www.thetimes.com/article/182f...

Excl: Suspended Diane Abbott unlikely to be readmitted to Labour Party www.thetimes.com/article/9e57...

Excl: Bridget Phillipson will overrule MPs and push ahead with the appointment of Sir Keir Starmer’s pick to chair Britain’s equality regulator, who defended women targeted for holding gender-critical views. buff.ly/A4qPKmq

Angela Rayner’s new deputy PM office inspired by John Prescott www.thetimes.com/article/9844...

Labour rebels now know that if they push, Starmer will back down www.thetimes.com/article/1db7...

Keir Starmer’s EHRC pick defends freedom of expression on gender www.thetimes.com/article/98e8...

Excl: Day one rights against unfair dismissal, the right to work from home and a ban on zero-hours contracts will not come into force until 2027 under Labour’s workers’ rights overhaul. Full plan 👇🏻

Excl: Giving new fathers more time off work would help fight “toxic” masculinity and redefine what it means to be a man, the business secretary said as he launched an overhaul of parental leave. www.thetimes.com/article/f813...

Times front 👇🏻 Keir Starmer will launch a last-ditch attempt to convince MPs to back cuts to disability benefits, as ministers insist they have offered the rebels everything possible to back down. www.thetimes.com/article/148e...

Keir Starmer says ‘get on with it’ as trans ruling ignored www.thetimes.com/article/e243...

Warning that predators will use digital ID to groom children www.thetimes.com/article/9bf3...

Hospice cash crisis ‘could push patients to seek death’ www.thetimes.com/article/a169...

The government’s new Islamophobia definition could stop experts warning about Islamist influence in Britain, a former anti-extremism tsar has warned. www.thetimes.com/article/5d40...

Angela Rayner’s civil servants protest after work from home ban www.thetimes.com/article/0337...

NHS can afford assisted dying, Keir Starmer tells Wes Streeting www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...