Kiran Stacey Pippa Crerar Our story tonight amid splits at the top of government over how to handle the welfare rebellion. “There is a camp for pulling it, a camp for concession and a small but insane camp for ploughing on," says one source. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

BREAKING: Full details of those welfare bill concessions: 1) Only cut benefits for new claimants 2) Spend billions more on employment support 3) Consultation on PIP cuts, with changes to be made at committee stage Full story here: theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

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DWP say Kendall mis-spoke. Did not mean this. They say Pip claimants will be reassessed under current rules - more here - theguardian.com/politics/live/…

Excellent read on the gvt’s Pip U-turn - lots of good detail …

Downing Street increasingly has “buyer’s remorse” about new cabinet secretary who has only been running civil service for six months ⁦Rowena Mason⁩ reports theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

This, by a mile, is the most informative, interesting and sympathetic piece I’ve read on Rachel Reeves in tears at PMQs, by amelia gentleman

This is a great read too …

Thank you ⁦John Harris⁩ for championing my book this week, and people with learning disabilities always. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is excellent - lots of new detail, vg good on wider context of how she became Tory leader, well worth reading

Nice to find myself in the The Guardian today! 😁 theguardian.com/politics/live/…

theguardian.com/politics/live/… Thanks AndrewSparrow. ‘Excellent... Kelly’s book is well worth reading... It's a book about people, not policy, with vivid, compassionate, first-hand reporting, and a strong narrative pull. I found it powerful and revealing.’

Ok, You've GOT to be kidding me! The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list, who are responsible for all of it - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...? So incredulity aside, what about the list

Top scoop by Anna Isaac and Peter Walker: Rachel Reeves is looking at scrapping stamp duty and replacing it with a property sales tax just on homes worth over £500,000. theguardian.com/money/2025/aug…

For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association up to £50,000. Time is running out following Imperial War Museums’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery. Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.

The desperation by those on the Right to smear Angela Rayner is wearing thin🙄 And no - don’t bother replying UNTIL you’ve read the thread! I’ve trawled through multiple versions of this “story” in the Telegraph and Daily Mail to try and piece together what’s going on! 🧵1/17

A must read on Labour …

For those that have asked today - here are the details of our live podcast in Liverpool with Andy Burnham tomorrow. Worth turning up in person!

This is excellent

‘Kemi Badenoch sets out her vision to redefine the Tory party – but few are listening’: our end of conference read theguardian.com/politics/2025/…