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Labour mayor of London Sadiq Khan handed knighthood in new year honours list

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Blair opened borders to European migrants despite cabinet warnings

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Labour ‘lacks a story’ and is leaving room for Farage’s Reform, top pollsters warn

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Starmer defends private schools VAT policy by arguing it will benefit middles classes

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The Independent Debate

<p>Supporters argue the bill represents compassion and choice for those facing unbearable suffering</p>

Compassionate or dangerous precedent: Have your say on assisted dying

<p>The reforms target agricultural estates worth over £3m</p>

Readers left divided over Labour’s ‘tractor tax’ on inherited farms

<p>Tractors are driven along the Promenade to the venue of the Welsh Labour Party conference in Llandudno</p>

As farmers protest tell us if you support Starmer’s ‘tractor tax’

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Cop29: Ask our climate correspondent anything

<p>FILE PHOTO: A view shows a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference with a backdrop of the cityscape in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. </p>

<p>It has been a deeply contested race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump</p>

US election results: Ask our Washington correspondent anything

<p>Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim during a press conference at the Alcochete Academy</p>

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<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled Labour’s first Autumn Statement in 14 years</p>

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<p>Kemi Badenoch is in the running to be the next Tory leader </p>

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Letters

<p>The justice secretary has blocked 128 IPP prisoners from being transferred to open prisons, against Parole Board advice</p>

Why have a Parole Board if its recommendations are rejected?

<p>‘The PM continues to put country first and party second’ </p>

Thank goodness Starmer isn’t getting involved in these petty squabbles

<p>Keir Starmer and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson</p>

Starmer’s VAT raid will ensure private schools are even more elitist

<p>‘The party’s latest move is indicative of a wider issue with broken promises’</p>

Labour must have forgotten that it’s the season for giving

<p>Before becoming prime minister, Keir Starmer pledged to get rid of the ’indefensible’ House of Lords </p>

The House of Lords should be a-leaping into oblivion

<p>Keir Starmer’s first few months in government have been far from smooth </p>

Labour must stop harming the people it pledged to protect

<p>Reform UK’s new treasurer Nick Candy, Elon Musk, centre, and Nigel Farage met at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago (Stuart Mitchell/Reform UK)</p>

Maybe the UK needs someone like Elon Musk to tighten spending

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