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Video: Yes, he really said that – after weeks of ‘no ifs no buts’, Starmer tries to claim he was all caution on school return as infection rates rocket

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Exclusive: the reason for Corbyn’s rule-breaching dinner

By SKWAWKBOX (SW) 01/10/202001/10/2020

Exclusive: Labour’s NEC not consulted about £15k paid to bail MP and council leader out of lawsuit over unpaid bill

By SKWAWKBOX (SW) 01/10/2020

Exclusive: Labour pays out thousands to settle action brought personally against right-wing MP and council leader over unpaid bill

By SKWAWKBOX (SW) 30/09/202001/10/2020

Right-wing NEC member – seeking re-election to represent members – votes TWICE to scupper discussion meant to empower members to hold online AGMs

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Dennis Skinner’s 1981 dismantling of Kinnock about standing for what’s right without fear carries a message for Keir Starmer

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Liverpool – on verge of lockdown with ICUs already half full and 8k kids in isolation – showing what’s ahead for England

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Video: leading doctors – collapsing NHS faces ‘triple whammy’ and after years of underfunding COVID is only part of the problem

Police forces tell officers not to install English COVID tracking app because it’s a security risk

CLP accused of prejudicing case of MP Claudia Webbe with tweet on party action

Ealing council leader survives no-confidence vote – by one vote, with one abstention

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Exclusive: councillors to spring emergency motion of no confidence against Ealing council leader Bell at any moment – and expected to succeed

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Exclusive: ALL 1700 pupils at Merseyside school told to self-isolate as mass testing reveals 40 asymptomatic positive pupils and confirms in-school transmission

Johnson and co give themselves free pass to drink past 10pm in Parliament

Muslim woman councillor quits Labour to escape “oppression and discrimination” by colleagues. Right’s NEC candidate: “Excellent news”