John Rentoul On the Labour side, Pamela Nash and Dan Norris; a further 14 former MPs standing for other parties or as independents

Any more to add to this list?

🔴 TIPTON & WEDNESBURY: I'm told this seat is 'nailed on' for the Gerard Coyne, for former regional secretary for Unite in the West Midlands who twice opposed Len McCluskey for the general secretaryship of the union & was subsequently sacked by the union. John Speller brokered

Told Andy Street seriously weighing up bid to head to Westminster and become an MP after his very close West Mids loss. Likely to be Solihull.

Friends say he's still weighing it up...

A spokesperson for Andy Street said: “Following the West Midlands Mayoral election result

Average guess in the sweepstake so far: Lab 396 seats (majority 142); Con 165. Submit your free entry here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Old(ish) Westminster hands who remember and miss Theo Bertram’s wonderful threads on the reality of government and politics will be delighted that he’s now providing those insights via the Social Market Foundation mailing list. Everyone else should sign up now.

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Took my mum to Parliament as MP one final time.

Privilege of my life to serve my constituents and my country.

Thank you and goodbye.

Janan Ganesh on the contradictions of Conservatism ft.com/content/b68d58…

3/10 in John Clarke's Saturday Quiz in i newspaper (answers in the paper or here later)

What makes a great Labour leader – and does Starmer have what it takes? Me for Independent Premium independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

The Ruffian has LANDED. This week: reasons to be cheerful about Britain's future. ian-leslie.com/p/why-things-m…

Attlee had no hesitation in expelling from membership Labour MPs (notably Konni Zilliacus & John Platts-Mills) who opposed Nato and whose politics were far removed from the party’s values. Jeremy Corbyn really should have met the same fate a long time ago. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

.Patrick Maguire first reported internal discussions about renaming the policy in his definitive weekly column

Those conversations fast-tracked in recent days - alongside negotiations with unions

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EXCLUSIVE: Labour has re-branded its flagship package of workers rights and employment reforms.

The New Deal will now be known as Labour's Plan To Make Work Pay

Starmer wants to sharpen core message of putting money in people's pockets and reassure business

🔴 ROCHDALE: and the Labour nomination here, I'm told, will almost certainly go to political journalist Paul Waugh, who lost out to the subsequently sacked Azhar Ali in the selection for the by-election.

From the archive, 5 years ago: “Why Does It Always Rain On Me?” #Top10 Songs About Rain by Scottish Bands independent.co.uk/voices/top-10-…

Two years ago today, Sue Gray’s report on lockdown gatherings was published

Well crafted by Rachel Reeves in Daily Mail