Keir Starmer's mammoth meeting with unions is over! Readout on what happened 👇 bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Three hours later, this meeting between Keir Starmer and union bosses is still going...

Keir Starmer and co are meeting with union leaders right now at Labour HQ amid tensions.

Union bosses angry about briefings that Labour will consult with business on the New Deal for Working People. They want to hear today that it won't be reopened.
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I'll be up on Politics Live on BBC2 at 12.15

Lots to discuss - Keir Starmer and shadow cabinet members are meeting with union leaders at 1pm amid tensions over Labour's workers' rights pledges

Great work by Aggie Chambre on one of the most confounding stories I’ve worked on — the Westminster honeytrap scandal

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EXCLUSIVE 🚨 w/caroline wheeler

Natalie Elphicke lobbied the justice secretary to intervene in criminal trial of her sex offender husband

Robert Buckland told her it was 'completely' improper

She allegedly then tried to secure him better prison conditions
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NEW: Bloomberg UK Saturday read

— Keir Starmer set a markedly bolder course for power this week

— Labour MPs wanted more ambition… but will they all like the next phase of their party’s election plan?

with Ailbhe Rea Ellen Milligan >>

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Today's Readout (brought to you from the seaside in Deal! 🌊🍦)

On what Keir Starmer was getting at in his small boats speech, and the thinking within Labour on this big policy area
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NEW This morning: the UK is out recession and saw higher than expected growth in the first quarter of the year

Via Tom Rees

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Exclusive: Top banks and businesses including HSBC, Standard Chartered and Prudential are lobbying the UK govt to tone down plans to put China in the “enhanced tier” of the foreign influence registration scheme

Story with Katherine Griffiths Harry Wilson >>

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Up with Andrew Marr and William Atkinson on LBC shortly discussing today's top politics stories.

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In other news, Jeremy Hunt got some good news on the economy today (the very stuff Rachel Reeves was trying to pre-empt in her speech earlier in the week).

Today's newsletter on the Bank of England news and what it means for Hunt and Reeves 👇🏻

A Labour spokesperson said: 'This briefing is unauthorised and unacceptable. It does not reflect the view of the Labour party, including the leader's office.' 🔥