Keir Starmer vows to crack down on scams targeting migrant care workers after Lucy White Bloomberg investigation No10 says the story ‘absolutely demonstrates the depth of abuse, fraud and exploitation that people coming here to work in the social care sector are facing’

ANALYSIS 🇬🇧🇪🇺 — Keir Starmer hails a “landmark deal” to reset relations with Europe. But with many details unresolved and more talks ahead, Brexit never quite seems to be over. — The UK says the SPS deal will add £9b-a-year to GDP by 2040. The EU gets the win on fish with a

SCOOP: Keir Starmer is at odds with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, over whether to scrap the two-child benefit cap, according to multiple sources. The Prime Minister wants to lift the cap, while McSweeney is the "main opponent" to the move. Gift link below 🔗

Super fun story from Irina Anghel on the impact of US tariffs on Scottish tweed-makers. “Trump might portray himself as a man of Scottish heritage, he might have used the family Bible at his inauguration,” says one weaver, but "he’s out for himself" bloomberg.com/news/features/…

EXC: Starmer also told Mishal Husain there's now "no hiccups or obstacles" left to finalizing a US-UK trade deal, adding it will come "pretty soon" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Saturday read Bloomberg UK by Ailbhe Rea Lucy White Joe Mayes In less than 10 days, while his attention may be consumed by Iran, Keir Starmer faces the biggest parliamentary challenge to his authority so far >>> bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Last week Ailbhe Rea, Joe Mayes and I revealed how more than 80 Labour MPs were planning to sign an amendment to kill the gov’s welfare cuts. Today that rebellion has been published, backed by 108 names from across the party. More than enough to defeat the gov at a vote.

Scoop: Keir Starmer has asked to be involved in policy-making earlier and to be given more detail following the welfare debacle, as allies say a cultural issue was developing in Number 10 where the PM was bounced into decisions. Gift link 🔗 bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

NEW: Nigel Farage tops the polls but his problems were on show at a Reform conference that disappointed some prominent party figures and attendees — Farage pleaded for “discipline” but ignored his own advice, platforming an anti-vaxxer who claimed on stage that Covid vaccines

EXCLUSIVE: Starmer's new strategist Tom Kibasi has left Downing Street after two weeks Bloomberg investigation - gift link shorturl.at/Hd4Ym

Scoop: The UK saw its first beach landing of an unescorted migrant boat in almost three years this weekend, raising fresh questions about Starmer's campaign to slow a record surge in Channel crossings bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Stunning story from Harry Wilson and team. “I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened,” Mandelson wrote to Epstein, shortly after his arrest, seen by Bloomberg. “It just could not happen in Britain.” Gift link bit.ly/4mYmgJ5

Scoop: A mega-dinghy carrying 125 migrants successfully crossed the English Channel yesterday, breaking a new record for a single vessel. Bad news for Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on the eve of her conference speech… w/Alex Wickham Lucy White bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: the US is weighing whether to pare back its tariffs on UK scotch, after Starmer pitched the relief to Trump personally as something that would help the US bourbon industry. Via Lucy White, @ellenamilligan, Charles Gorrivan & me: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop by Lucy White Ellen Milligan Trump administration officials are considering easing tariffs on Scotch whisky after Keir Starmer raised the issue with the president at last month’s state visit Move would also benefit the US bourbon industry bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The crypto industry threw a huge amount of money behind Trump’s presidential campaign - and now Nigel Farage is hoping for the same. Our story on the meetings Reform has been holding with the industry here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Emily Nicolle Anna Irrera