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Labour Home is inviting applications to join its Editorial Advisory Board — looking for people who share Labour's values and want to help build a more engaging, credible platform.
Board members will help shape editorial priorities and suggest stories, voices and issues that deserve greater attention across the Labour movement.
Applications are welcome from across the UK. Send a short introduction to [email protected].
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Cardiff West MP Alex Barros-Curtis (@ABarrosCurtis) leads a Commons debate calling for stronger sentences and driving bans after deaths on the road, centred on the case of 15-year-old Keely Morgan.
Ministers say the Sentencing Council has been asked to look at disqualification periods.
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Normanton and Hemsworth MP Jon Trickett (@jon_trickett) secures a ministerial commitment to pursue talks on support for Featherstone Rovers after the rugby league club entered administration.
Wakefield Council has proposed £500,000 of emergency support, to be matched by the RFL's resilience fund.
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Treasury Committee chair Dame Meg Hillier (@Meg_HillierMP) welcomes the decision to keep the £20,000 annual cash ISA limit, after the committee warned a lower allowance would confuse savers.
She calls it a victory for common sense and says better financial education should come next.
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Business Committee chair Liam Byrne (@liambyrnemp) welcomes a strengthened government response on small firms: ministers will personally sign off reports on departmental spending with small businesses.
A Commercial Payments Bill will bring mandatory interest and penalties for late payment.
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Housing Committee chair Abena Oppong-Asare (@abenaopp) warns the continued Local Housing Allowance freeze leaves a major driver of homelessness unaddressed.
She welcomes extra rough-sleeping funding but says lasting homes need wider national support.
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Defence Committee chair Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (@TanDhesi) welcomes full funding for the Defence Investment Plan but warns the Budget does not show the route to 3% and then 3.5% of GDP.
He says delay carries its own cost because military capabilities take time to rebuild.
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Sheffield Central MP Abtisam Mohamed (@Abtisam_Mohamed) leads a Westminster Hall debate on university funding, warning that Sheffield Hallam has lost more than 1,200 posts in just over two years.
She is calling for a long-term model that treats universities as national and regional assets.
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Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) sets out an extra £270m for Northern Ireland's public services to 2030, plus £7.5m for Queen's University Belfast's CSIT Cyber AI Hub.
The kerosene tariff goes, helping a region where 61% of households use heating oil.
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Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds (@jreynoldsMP) lifts the amount lenders can automatically provide under UK Export Finance's General Export Facility from £10m to £15m.
UKEF's capacity to back projects linked to Ukraine also rises by £3bn to £6.5bn.
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Water Minister Emma Hardy (@DefraGovUK) sets out new expectations for data centres to publish annual figures on their water and energy use.
Reporting starts voluntary, but ministers will consider a statutory framework if the sector fails to provide enough data.
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Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden (@patmcfaddenmp) confirms a 3.9% rise in the state pension for 2027-28, worth about £490 a year on the full new state pension, with most benefits up 3.5%.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds (@EmmaforWycombe) confirms Child Benefit rises to £28 a week for the eldest child.
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Rochdale MP Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) has welcomed £2.24m from the Government's new Derelict Buildings Fund to bring empty and neglected buildings across the borough back into use.
He will champion the fund with Rochdale Borough Council (@RochdaleCouncil) and wants it to help communities save local pubs.
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Patrick Hurley (@patrick_hurley) has launched Northern Culture Untapped, a new cross-party report warning that the North is missing out on growth because of a lack of investment in its culture.
The Southport MP wants culture at the heart of Northern growth plans, with more powers for mayors to invest in venues, heritage and creative jobs.
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The Fire Brigades Union (@fbunational) welcomes a combined £70m uplift to build wildfire resilience: £45m for specialist PPE and equipment and £25m from Defra for land management and prevention.
General secretary Steve Wright (@UnionSteveW) says the union will keep pressing for thousands more firefighters before the Spending Review.
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Northampton South MP Mike Reader (@mike_reader) wins his 18-month campaign to scrap the 'golden brick' VAT rule: land sold to social housing providers will now be VAT-free.
He first raised it with Treasury minister Dan Tomlinson (@dantomlinsonmp); tax relief will now start at the point of sale, not when the foundations go in.
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Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander (@Heidi_Labour) and West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin (@TracyBrabin) welcome an extra £200m to transform Leeds station by 2030.
Total investment rises to more than £300m, bringing three new entrances, a central overbridge and nearly 40% more ticket barriers.
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Digital Inclusion Minister Vicky Foxcroft (@vickyfoxcroft) launches new standards to tackle harassment and investment bias in tech, alongside a programme to help women founders scale up.
Only 2p of every £1 of UK venture capital goes to women-founded businesses, and women make up just 22% of the IT workforce.
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Lord Chancellor Alex Norris (@AlexJJNorris) tells the UN General Assembly that Professor Dapo Akande would make a formidable judge at the International Court of Justice.
He is also setting out Britain's opposition to sanctions against the International Criminal Court, ahead of the court election on 3 November.
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Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle (@angelaeagle) promises tougher consequences for executives at failing water companies after the first ever joint report from the industry's regulators.
Bonuses are already blocked at four firms, and she will visit the sites of last year's six most serious pollution incidents.
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