Josh Self
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Lauren Edwards on assisted dying, the Parliament Act – and disappointment with Keir Starmer - Politics.co.uk (opens the original)
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Lauren Edwards didn’t expect to be in this position. The Labour MP tasked with hauling the assisted dying bill back through the House of Commons was on a conference call about local government reorganisation when the private members’ bill ballot, the theatrical mechanism for deciding the fate of backbench legislation, was drawn. “You sort of go, oh, I’ll check my inbox”, she tells me. A total of 485 members entered the ballot. Nus Ghani, the senior deputy speaker sporting white silk gloves, indi
Why Zack Polanski has gambled on Holborn and St Pancras - Politics.co.uk (opens the original)
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Keir Starmer’s resignation as an MP, delivered mere hours before his successor first appeared at the despatch box as prime minister, sets up the sixth by-election of 2026 and the seventh of this parliament. The coming contest in Holborn and St Pancras follows a series of by-elections of varying significance, including Nigel Farage’s recent brush with self-styled “intergalactic space warrior” and satirical candidate Count Binface. The stakes were undoubtedly higher in Makerfield, which returned A
Keir Starmer to stand down as an MP - Politics.co.uk (opens the original)
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Keir Starmer has announced that he will stand down as an MP. The news of Starmer choosing to leave parliament was first revealed in a report by the CamdenNewJournal. The former prime minister told his local newspaper that he had decided to step down to focus on “international affairs” and that it was the “right time” to leave frontline politics. Starmer confirmed his decision in a statement on social media. In the statement, Starmer said he had spent the summer reflecting on his future and that
Kemi Badenoch appoints new shadow cabinet: who’s in and who’s out - Politics.co.uk (opens the original)
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Kemi Badenoch has overhauled her shadow cabinet with a series of new appointments. The Conservative leader reshuffled her top team after James Cleverly, the former shadow housing secretary, stood down from the party’s frontbench in order to announce his campaign to stand as mayor of London. Among the casualties of Badenoch’s reshuffle were Mel Stride, the former shadow chancellor, and Priti Patel, who previously served as shadow foreign secretary. Both Stride and Patel stood as candidates in the
Starmer ally leaves government with parting shot at ‘disloyal’ MPs - Politics.co.uk (opens the original)
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Steve Reed has left government within hours of Andy Burnham’s appointment as prime minister with a parting shot at “disloyal” MPs. Reed, a longstanding ally of former prime minister Keir Starmer, said he was “disappointed to be leaving government now” but wished Burnham’s “new team every success”. Reed was appointed to the post of secretary of state for housing, communities and local government in the September 2025 ministerial reshuffle. He served as secretary of state for environment, food and
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