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Labour Faces Crucial Decisions Amid Leadership Challenges

9/29/2025

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Labour's conference will decide the deputy leader, with Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell as leading candidates.
Sir Keir Starmer faces left-wing criticism over blocked motions on trans rights, Palestine, and housing.
Rosie Duffield says she would rejoin Labour under Andy Burnham to counter Reform UK.
The November Budget and May local elections loom as tests of Starmer's leadership.

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Story summary

Labour's conference will decide the deputy leader, with Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell as leading candidates.
Sir Keir Starmer faces left-wing criticism over blocked motions on trans rights, Palestine, and housing.
Rosie Duffield says she would rejoin Labour under Andy Burnham to counter Reform UK.
The November Budget and May local elections loom as tests of Starmer's leadership.