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The Independent on MSN · 14h

Keir Starmer sparks Labour storm over slavery reparations

Sir Keir Starmer has sparked a row at the heart of the Labour Party after senior figures urged him to rethink his decision to rule out reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade. The prime minister flew into a diplomatic storm with Caribbean leaders over the issue at a summit in Samoa – and drew condemnation from his own MPs back in Britain.

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King Charles and Keir Starmer brace for reparations debate at Commonwealth summit

Britain’s government and King Charles III are bracing for a heated conversation about reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, as the issue looks set to overshadow a summit of Commonwealth leaders in Samoa.

Evening Standard on MSN · 39m

Starmer confronts slavery reparations calls in address to Commonwealth leaders

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Starmer Says Owners of Shares Don’t Count

Bloomberg L.P. · 1h

Starmer Says Owners of Shares Are Not ‘Working People’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britons who get additional income from stock holdings don’t count as ‘working people,’ suggesting he’s willing to raise taxes on investors. Bloomberg News' Morwenna Coniam explains the investor community reaction to the statement.

The Financial Times · 6h

Keir Starmer claims people with shares do not count as ‘working people’

Sir Keir Starmer said on Thursday that anyone who owns shares and rental property is not a “working person”, as his chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to unveil a Budget that will feature numerous tax increases.

Starmer Says Owners of Shares Don’t Count as ‘Working People’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britons who get additional income from stock holdings don’t count as ‘working people,’ suggesting he’s willing to raise taxes on investors. Most Read from BloombergRob

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Keir Starmer defends continuing controversial Tory 'tax haven' scheme in the Budget

Keir Starmer has defended his decision to continue the Tory freeport scheme, which critics say turns parts of the UK into tax ...

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Keir Starmer shrugs off Trump’s accusation that the Labour Party is meddling in U.S. elections—but insists he wants to remain friends

Donald Trump’s latest antic ahead of the U.S. election month is accusing the U.K.’s ruling Labour Party of meddling. The ...

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Keir Starmer No10 chief at centre of growing row over Labour 'interference' in Trump v Harris election battle

Mr McSweeney, who replaced Sue Gray as Sir Keir’s chief-of-staff after internal battles within No10, is at the centre of the ...

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Keir Starmer faces ‘King John’ jibe from law chief over credit for rioters’ swift sentences

Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr says judges – not ministers – were responsible for putting them behind bars quickly as she ...

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MPs pile pressure on Keir Starmer with new group demanding closer ties with EU

Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to re-examine the UK’s relationship with the European Union, as a new group of MPs from ...

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Keir Starmer scraps football regulator clause that threatened England’s place at home Euros

Sir Keir Starmer has scrapped a key clause in the new Football Governance Bill after it saw the England team threatened with ...

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What has Donald Trump accused Keir Starmer’s Labour of? US presidential campaign’s complaint explained

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has launched an extraordinary attack on Keir Starmer’s Labour as party officials are ...

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Starmer confronts slavery reparations and says future should not be ‘in shadow of past’ – UK politics live

PM hinted at tax rises for those who earn income from shares and property, saying they did not fit his definition of ‘working ...

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