Andy Burnham leads the pack of potential Keir Starmer replacements, exclusive @savanta.bsky.social polling suggests Unlike Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband, Burnham is seen by voters as someone who'd be a better Prime Minister than Starmer, reports @siennarodgers.bsky.social

Steph Driver has become the latest trusted Keir Starmer aide to quit Downing Street Driver announced her resignation as director of communications on Wednesday, following the recent departures of Paul Ovenden and James Lyons She worked with Starmer for 5yrs in opposition before entering government

GMB and Unison have both backed Bridget Phillipson to be Labour's new deputy leader, in a boost for the Education Secretary

"Why, psephologists wail, has Labour not realised that its voter base is now university-educated middle-class liberals?" ✍️ @philipjcowley.bsky.social

🚗❗Urgent Government Action Needed On Jaguar Land Rover Crisis, Labour MPs Say

The UK Must Stand With Ukrainian Children and Introduce A Ukrainian GCSE ✍️ Joe Powell

🚨 EXC: Lib Dems Seeking Legal Advice On Gender Rules After Conference Row www.politicshome.com/news/article...

The best quote from @politicshome.bsky.social’s Lib Dem conference wrap Courtesy of @matildamartin.bsky.social

This conference season, it’s time to rebuild trust and hope for the LGBTQ+ community ✍️ Simon Blake www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

You might not have noticed, but the Lib Dems have rebranded to a bolder 'Liberal Orange' to reflect their "growing strength and confidence" @politicshome.bsky.social understands the previous golden-yellow was viewed as too soft by the leadership

The latest updates: Phillipson has been nominated by Usdaw, Community, the National Union of Mineworkers, the Musicians' Union, Labour Housing Powell has received nominations from CWU and Disability Labour www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Reform is "starting to copy [us], but if they can do it at an industrial scale because they're centralised, forgive my language, we’re f****d...they've won," a London Lib Dem source says -Lib Dems employing more people in London -Aiming to centralise services www.politicshome.com/news/article...

🔶 With a new 'Liberal Orange' brand and a pledge that their ambition has “no ceiling”, the Lib Dems are scaling up their hopes for the next general election 👇 @zoecrowther.bsky.social reports from Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth

The latest deputy leadership updates🚨 Bridget Phillipson has been nominated by Usdaw, Community, the National Union of Mineworkers, the Musicians' Union, Labour Housing Lucy Powell has received nominations from CWU and Disability Labour www.politicshome.com/news/article...

🔶➡️ The Liberal Democrats are taking inspiration from Reform UK to overhaul their London campaign strategy ahead of next year's local elections @matildamartin.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social report

🟨 🎡 The Liberal Democrats are taking inspiration from Reform UK to overhaul their London campaign strategy, amid fears the right-wing party could make sweeping gains in the capital. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

SEND Help: How children with special educational needs are being failed www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) could face the axe under imminent education reforms.

Lib Dem MP @joshbabarinde.bsky.social – widely seen as a potential future leader – wants the party to step up its engagement with 12-year-olds who’ll vote in the next GE “Reform is already doing a substantial amount of engagement with younger voters,” he tells @thehousemag.bsky.social

⭐ Josh Babarinde makes no bones about his ambitions, but can he escape the curse of the ‘rising star’ and go all the way? @zoecrowther.bsky.social spends a day in court with Lib Dem justice spokesman @joshbabarinde.bsky.social to hear his pitch

👀 Speculation in Westminster is growing that Labour leader and Prime Minister Keir Starmer may not be in No 10 by the next election 👇 @nadinebh.bsky.social looks at how he could be ousted

🔀 Exclusive: The Liberal Democrats will reshuffle their front bench after their party conference in Bournemouth this weekend, senior party figures have told @politicshome.bsky.social

👯 Liberal Democrat MP @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social meets @sophiealichurch.bsky.social and @siennarodgers.bsky.social in his Covent Garden cabaret bar 👇 They talk about running a business, meeting Nigel Farage and the violent attack he endured

"The risk is clear: while women’s aspirations remain high, pessimism about barriers to progression is rising among young women." ✍️ Board Chair of The Pipeline Geeta Nargund

Former Bank Of England Economist Fears Government "Cold Feet" Over English Devolution

Soft power is one of our greatest national assets, and one we must protect ✍️ Fabian Hamilton

"This deception still feels relevant now. The impulse to falsify or exaggerate a backstory to gain credibility or social standing has not entirely disappeared." 🔎 @zoecrowther.bsky.social explores the hidden story behind her family's link to Jeremy Thorpe

I grew up believing I was closely related to disgraced Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe But digging into the truth revealed a very different story, and a glimpse into a post-war Britain wrestling with class, identity and aspiration

NEW: Former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane tells @politicshome.bsky.social he thinks the government is getting “cold feet” about strengthening regional devolution “Two Reform mayors play into that. A Labour mayor on manoeuvres plays into that too."

"Last-minute" asylum claims are often born of fear, not an attempt to game the system ✍️ Kolbassia Haoussou

Phillipson vs Powell: The Running List of Endorsements In Labour's Deputy Leadership Contest

"A new paradigm has now emerged in Welsh politics: the two old parties giving way to Plaid Cymru and Reform UK." ✍️ Plaid Cymru leader @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social

🤝 President Trump Holds Back As Starmer Weathers US State Visit www.politicshome.com/news/article...

😱 'Your Party' In Chaos As Sultana Is Accused Of Unilaterally Launching It Again

EXC: East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward has endorsed Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to be the next Labour deputy leader "What we don't need is internal warfare," Ward tells @politicshome.bsky.social

East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward has endorsed Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson as Labour deputy leader, telling @zoecrowther.bsky.social that the party does not need “internal warfare" However, Ward also said that No 10 must get a "better grip" and get better at "communication"

I spoke with PoliticsHome about why this matters so deeply for Grenfell’s legacy. Read my full op-ed here 👇(2/2) 🔗 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

2024-intake Labour MP on whether No10's outreach to backbench MPs is working: "I think the empty seats on the government benches during today’s emergency debate speak for themselves.” www.politicshome.com/news/article...

The Chancellor is walking an economic tightrope heading into the Autumn Budget Why Rachel Reeves is in what the Institute for Fiscal Studies has called a "very tricky" situation, writes @nadinebh.bsky.social

The Hillsborough Law is a transformative moment for our country. Candour becomes the baseline, not a favour, and honesty is a legal duty, not an option, writes Labour MP @joepowell.bsky.social

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Reform of letting Keir Starmer off the hook by announcing the Danny Kruger defection amid the Lord Mandelson scandal In an interview with The House, Badenoch said the defection came when the Prime Minister was "on the ropes" "Reform is helping Labour"

“Why would anybody want to lend legitimacy to a platform that’s primary purpose is to make money off the back of hate?” @sarahowen.org.uk told @politicshome.bsky.social Labour MPs, including committee chairs, want the government to take a tougher stance on Elon Musk's X

NEW: Labour MPs are demanding a crackdown on X after Elon Musk told the Tommy Robinson rally "you either fight back or you die" Demands include: - Government should rethink its use of X - Online Safety Act should be strengthened - More resources for regulators to enforce the law

Labour MPs, including two committee chairs, have urged government to take stronger action against X after owner Elon Musk's "dangerous" remarks at a rally organised by Tommy Robinson @zoecrowther.bsky.social reports

Angela Rayner’s resignation shows just how flimsy our integrity system really is. It should be the catalyst for Labour to finally deliver the robust, statutory ethics and integrity reforms they promised writes @anticorruption.bsky.social's Professor Robert Barrington

Conservative MP Danny Kruger defected to Reform UK after claiming the Tory Party “is over”

The Head of the Russell Group universities has warned that the government policy of making it more expensive to recruit students from overseas will undermine its growth agenda Dr Tim Bradshaw spoke to @matildamartin.bsky.social

“Having an Ed Davey interview just after a Madonna song and before Teenage Dirtbag is so much better than leaning into Wato" An insightful @sophiealichurch.bsky.social piece on the Lib Dem ‘jam & Jerusalem' comms stategy — inc the voter they're now going after www.politicshome.com/news/article...

🍫 KitKat rewards for MPs 🏏 Cricket bat photo ops 🐢 A ‘more tortoise than hare’ strategy @sophiealichurch.bsky.social looks inside the Lib Dems' evolving media tactics, and who exactly the party's 'jam and Jerusalem' strategy is targeting

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Is Keir committed to cleaning up politics? 🔎 MP Lloyd Hatton, anti-corruption experts Susan Hawley & Daniel Bruce, & journalist @petergeoghegan.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss whether the UK remains vulnerable to illicit wealth and cronyism 🎧: pod.fo/e/329460