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Jun 11
Barnsley North MP takes over as Defence Secretary
Dan Jarvis MBE MP @DanJarvisMBE has been appointed as Secretary of State for Defence @DefenceHQ.
ALT Graphic shows photo of Dan Jarvis with the copy over the top saying Dan Jarvis MBE MP Appointed Secretary of State for Defence.
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Fred Dimbleby retweeted
Jun 11
One week to go until the Makerfield by-election
Here’s our @itvnews interviews with the candidates - including Andy Burnham and Robert Kenyon
Produced by @ionanapier and filmed and edited by Dan James
youtu.be/rW72Qtz8vU8?is=EEzT…
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Jun 11
Al Carns resigns as a minister
Jun 11
We owe those who serve the UK the kit to do the job and the loyalty to stand by them when it's done. We are failing on both.
I’ve spent my whole time in government making that case. Number 10 will not listen, so I am resigning as Minister for the Armed Forces.
Letter to the PM below.🫡🫡🫡⬇️⬇️
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Jun 11
John Healey resigns, saying "DIP financial settlement...falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time"
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"I don't know why everybody hates him, I quite like him actually"
Conservative MP @EdwardLeighGB comes to the defence of Keir Starmer
On @ITVLastOrders tonight
itv.com/news/calendar/2026-0…
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Peter Kyle speaking at Press Gallery lunch:
On the Labour Party: “Tories haven’t learnt the lessons of the Labour Party in opposition…I don’t think we’ve learnt the lessons of the Tory party in government.”
On leadership - “entitlement is not a qualification for leadership.”
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On his friendship with Wes Streeting:
“If friendship can’t endure difference it’s not a real friendship.”
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Labour MP @JoshFG calls for "more leadership and more ambition" from the government
@natalieben says there is a lot of "whispering in little groups in quiet corners" in parliament at the moment
All that and more on @ITVLastOrders tonight on ITV1
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WATCH: An extraordinary exchange between Reform leader Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer at PMQs
Farage claims we are "living under two-tier policing", but does not respond to calls from MPs to condemn violence in Southampton
PM says Farage has "exploited" the tragedy
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He left pretty shortly after, but it did feel like a flashback
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New: NE Lincs Reform council leader @OliverFreeston defends his view that the Ukraine and the pride flag should not fly from council buildings
He tells me, "It's just political gesturing...I don't think most people care
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He also says he wants to talk to Green authority leaders about arrangements to relocate asylum seekers
I ask whether that is a divisive policy
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I think some members of the government may be slightly happier about their message exchanges (or lack of exchange) with Mandelson than others
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May 30
Zack Polanski says “it’s time to take on the bond markets”
“It’s time for progressives to hold our nerve”
“The bond markets are important, but nobody elected the bond markets”
Speaking at Compass conference
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May 30
New: Labour MP Clive Lewis says of Andy Burnham “over the last two weeks he’s done so many u-turns he’s come full circle, which is brilliant”
“That’s probably lost me my job if I was going to get one” he tells Compass conference
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He adds he gets where Burnham is coming from because “he’s got a really difficult job to do”
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May 23
New: PM calls on TNT Sports to make the Champions League final free to watch for supporters
“Hard-working people should not have to worry about forking out for a
subscription to watch a game of this magnitude.”
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May 22
He’s running
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May 21
Another Labour MP resigns as a PPS saying the party needs to be “bolder”
May 21
Today I was proud to be part of the team that carried the Steel Industry Nationalisation Bill through its second reading in Parliament. On Labour’s watch, Britain’s industrial heartlands will never be forgotten.
As the Commons rises for recess, I have let colleagues know that I've chosen to step back as PPS in the Department for Business and Trade. It has been a genuine privilege to put Labour values into practice in this role.
Looking back, one of the moments I'm most proud of is helping introduce our landmark Employment Rights Act, including day-one paternity rights for dads. As the youngest parent in Parliament, that one meant everything to me, and we must of course go further.
After much reflection over recent weeks, I've thought carefully about where I stand on things. As a party, we have to be bolder with our ideas and more confident in our approach, kinder to ourselves as one Labour family, and we must make people in every corner of this country feel that politics is genuinely working for them in their everyday lives.
I'll keep fighting on the causes closest to my heart: strengthening parental rights, fixing the broken student loans system, regulating rogue bailiffs, and delivering the change the North has long deserved. I want to play my full part in what comes next.
I am lucky to work alongside brilliant colleagues across the PLP and to represent the best city in the country. The people of York Outer are my constituents, my neighbours, and my friends. I'll never stop fighting for them as their MP.
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