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Eight former Labour voters in Birmingham Yardley say their support is splitting away from Labour toward Reform UK and the Green Party amid concerns over cost of living, public services and housing, with unease also surrounding the Iran war. The focus group, convened by More in Common, highlights shifting local loyalties and voter priorities affecting party support.
Keir Starmer travelled to Saudi Arabia to push Gulf diplomacy in support of the US-Iran ceasefire. The piece also notes Labour’s pledge to fund Scottish artists and other party disputes ahead of local elections.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar unveiled a £30m plan to top up up to 1,000 artists’ incomes to a living wage through a pilot, tying arts funding to Scotland’s broader economic strategy and promising a Creative Scotland overhaul if Labour forms the government. Voters should care as it signals a major policy shift affecting the arts sector and public spending ahead of the Holyrood elections.
Thousands of NHS resident doctors walked out after the BMA rejected a 4.9% pay offer and is pursuing a 26% increase funded by taxpayers, while BMA staff staged a 2.75% pay rise; Health Secretary Wes Streeting accused the BMA of hypocrisy as the dispute continues to disrupt NHS services.
Keir Starmer used new workers’ rights measures coming into force on Monday to attack the Greens and Reform UK, saying voting for Labour’s rivals risks progress on sick pay, parental leave and the removal of the two-child benefit cap.
