@adambienkov.bsky.social / Bluesky: Labour lost almost four times as many voters to the Greens as they did to Reform UK in the local elections, according to new YouGov polling
Big Brother Watch / X: The Government has spent over £650,000 of taxpayers' money on digital ID adverts during a cost-of-living crisis, figures obtained by us reveal
Aubrey Allegretti (The Times) / X: A *second* Labour MP has been in touch to say they also didn't agree to sign this loyalists' statement. Make of that what you will.
Sienna Rodgers (The House Magazine) / X: NEW: A group of Labour MPs and general secretaries of Labour-affiliated trade unions are launching a new political initiative called Socialism26. They have the following immediate demands:
Max Kendix (The Times) / X: Four MPs now say they have been in touch with allies of Al Carns and are convinced he is preparing a run for the leadership - although likely only if the PM stands down first
Alex Wickham (Bloomberg)/X: BREAKING:Labour’s soft-left condemns Wes Streeting’s bid for No10 and vows to oust him from Downing Street if he becomes PM.A senior soft-left source blasts Team Streeting for their public statements calling for a “swift” and “rapid” contest before Andy Burnham can get in
Beth Rigby / X: I’m outside No 10 Downing Street tonight and hearing that the takeaways are being ordered in. It’s going to be a long night as PM and team battle for survival. Now 63 MPs calling for him to go, including 5 ministerial aides - four of whom have quit govt
Zia Yusuf (@ZiaYusufUK) / X : It’s getting rather unseemly now Jacob, this endless whimpering and begging. NO DEALS WITH THE TORIES. You lot can go down with the ship that you made for yourselves by betraying the country.
Tony Diver (@Tony_Diver) / X: Understand that allies of Andy Burnham are desperately trying to convince Catherine West to abandon her leadership bid less than an hour after she launched it. Lou Haigh is working with colleagues to find a way to get her to drop it. Burnham cannot run.
Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) / X: There’s a lot of delusional “stick with the plan” talk around at the moment. Almost as bad is the idea that “the government needs to change course”. No. It doesn’t. The Prime Minister needs to go. That is not negotiable.
Richard Osley / X: We have a MESS in Camden. a Green candidate has been elected but is a teacher at one of the borough’s schools… which means you can’t be a councillor. He’s been told he can’t sign the induction papers. By-election likely in Regent’s Park.