The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions as Labour grapples with a welfare reform crisis, mounting pressure on Keir Starmer’s leadership, and growing doubts over Rachel Reeves’s position
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Starmer finally bolsters Reeves after her tears in the Commons spook markets
Chaotic PMQs sees chancellor upset – reportedly after clash with speaker – as PM fields questions over black hole left by U-turn
Businesses ‘thriving’ after adopting four-day working week
Nearly 1,000 workers at 17 different companies adopted a four-day working week for a six-month trial
Warning issued to government over building 1.5 million homes pledge
The Labour government made building 1.5 million new homes by 2029 one of its key policies
Liverpool Pride back on after LGBTQ+ charity steps up
Liverpool Pride’s original organisers had cancelled its party and parade plans due to ‘significant financial and organisational challenges’
School children put in detention because parents can’t afford uniform
42 per cent of parents said school uniform was not more affordable this school year
Royal estate that funds King Charles and Prince William to review rents to NHS and schools
The royal estates receive millions of pounds from the NHS, the Ministries of Justice and Defence, and state schools
Matt Hancock defends Covid care home plan as ‘the least-worst decision’
A civil servant earlier this week described the toll as a ‘generational slaughter within care homes’
British trophy-hunters shoot dozens of endangered animals including elephants, bears, baboons and cheetahs
Joanna Lumley condemns UK’s ‘shameful’ role in loss of African wildlife
Eight arrested over conspiracy to destroy London’s Ulez cameras
The London arrests took place in Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northwood, Sutton and Eltham