Exclusive: Lucy Powell, who was sacked as Commons leader by Starmer in September, says government should stop trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’ Labour’s new deputy leader, Lucy Powell, has said the government must listen to its members instead of being guided by a “narrow group of voices” as it battles to stave off electoral disaster in next May’s local elections. Powell defeated the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, in the deputy leadership contest, which concluded on Saturday. She said she had been given “a clear mandate that members want their voice to be heard at the top of the party”. Continue reading...

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Court also found that Israel had a duty not to impede supply of aid by UN organisations including Unrwa Israel must allow aid into Gaza, and its restrictions on doing so over the past two years have put it in breach of its obligations, the UN’s top court has found. The stinging advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice in The Hague also found that Israel had a duty not to impede the supply of aid by UN organisations including the beleaguered UN Palestinian relief agency Unrwa, which has been in effect banned from the territory since January. Continue reading...

Investigation ends of Led By Donkeys stunt highlighting Trump-Epstein relationship No further action will be taken against four men arrested in connection with projecting an image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on to Windsor Castle, police said. The stunt during Trump’s unprecedented second state visit on 16 September by the political campaign group Led By Donkeys attempted to draw attention to the US president’s long friendship with Epstein. Continue reading...