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The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has shaken up his top team after disappointing election results last week, moving his economy spokeswoman and chief whip in an attempt to exert control over a fractious membership

Exclusive: David Davis urges government to abandon ‘pointless proposals’

Cabinet ministers believe reforms could drive long-term support for tories

Special zones are Boris Johnson’s flagship economic recovery policy

Hundreds of people gathered to see rescue operation

Refugee agency ‘deeply concerned’ about ‘discriminatory’ approach and urges Home Office to ‘rethink’

Keir Starmer has been forced to reach a truce with his deputy after she fought to keep a senior role, writes Adam Forrest

 Jonathon Seed remains favourite to win the contest - but the party says he is now disbarred

The Queen’s Speech will be heavy on the ‘levelling up’ rhetoric, but campaigners will be hoping for commitments on legislation that failed to materialise in the last parliament, writes Ashley Cowburn