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‘Planning passports’ that automatically approve high-quality new homes will be a game-changer, says Keir Starmer

Honeymoon over: Keir Starmer now less popular than Rishi Sunak

Opinium poll for the Observer finds a 45-point drop in the prime minister’s approval rating since he won the election

Keir Starmer vows to protect public services from fresh austerity

Prime minister insists he offers more than ‘doom and gloom’ but admits that leaks and squabbles are damaging the Downing Street operation

• Starmer eyes ex-Tory minister David Gauke for sentencing review role

• Revealed: MPs accepted more than £700,000 in free gifts and hospitality last year

• Starmer will stop accepting clothes to show solidarity with public, says Nandy

• Union clashes and rule changes: what to look out for at Labour conference

• Keir Starmer’s popularity ratings will bounce back, Angela Rayner insists

• Labour’s tax red lines have left Reeves with ‘one hand tied’ for budget, says IFS

• Huge crowds expected at pro-Palestine march ahead of Labour conference

• Farage says Tory brand is ‘bust’ as other Reform UK speeches target immigrants, drag queens, vegans and more – as it happened

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No one expected socialism, but unless wealth is challenged, what’s the point of Labour?

Sharon Graham

No more sticking-plaster solutions: Britain’s green agenda is on solid ground

Joss Garman

An empty apology from the CPS? That’s no justice for rape victims

Vera Baird

Childish it may be, but ‘two-tier Keir’ chant chimes with the disenchanted

Alison Phillips

• Labour once sought an ethical foreign policy. That should be the guiding star in tackling the refugee crisis

Enver Solomon

• Reform’s conference is all blame, grumpiness – and no idea how to fix things

John Crace

• The Guardian view on Labour party conference: continuity or real change? It’s time to choose

• With the best glasses donor money can buy, surely Starmer can see that this week has been a total disaster

Marina Hyde

• Warning to Keir Starmer – you are a Labour prime minister, not a ‘red wall’ one. Remember that

Andy Beckett

• Fear and sanctions have failed to get Britain working. Why not try tea and empathy?

Polly Toynbee

• The Guardian view on 10 Downing Street: Labour risks losing the plot

• Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer accepting hospitality tickets at Arsenal – cartoon

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Features & Analysis

‘We have done more in 11 weeks than the Tories did in 11 years’: Keir Starmer defends his record

Is Labour on track to meet its promises on the environment?

Angela Rayner: ‘I get criticised for going on holiday. Am I not allowed to do that?’

Live and let fly: James Bond helicopter firm awaits UK decision on £1bn deal

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Every Thursday, Guardian political columnist John Harris hosts a cast of voices from up and down the country as well as across the political spectrum to analyse the week’s political news.

Autumn budget 2024: doom, gloom… and bloom – cartoon

Martin Rowson on Keir Starmer’s free glasses – cartoon

The prime minister has suggested he will continue to accept gifts from the Labour peer Lord Alli

Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer accepting hospitality tickets at Arsenal – cartoon

The prime minister is under fire for accepting £100,000 in tickets and gifts, more than other major party leaders in recent times

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