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A year in power - BBC correspondents assess how Labour are doing

With the economy, immigration, education, welfare and health high on the agenda, has Sir Keir Starmer's top team met their pledges? from BBC News https://ift.tt/r8xDuJb

In Our Time

On the value of keeping conversations going with opponents, from the Reformation onwards from BBC News https://ift.tt/ix5NWQa

Family hubs to open in every council in England

Government says £500m plan aims to support an extra half a million more children. from BBC News https://ift.tt/aSlgZ5I

Nick Robinson: Starmer told me he'd met every challenge. But things look bad right now - very bad

Nick Robinson sits down with the prime minister to look back at his first year in Downing Street. from BBC News https://ift.tt/wV9WLNG

Palestine Action to be banned after judge denies temporary block

A High Court judge refused its request to temporarily block the government from proscribing it as a terror group. from BBC News https://ift.tt/AQdmsRG

Home Office 'not checking' when foreign worker visas expire

The cross-party committee says the government has failed to gather "basic information". from BBC News https://ift.tt/MQ5bHFu

MPs approve plan to proscribe Palestine Action as terrorist group

The ban means supporting the group could potentially carry a maximum sentence of 14 years. from BBC News https://ift.tt/fcR2SJa

New plan will fundamentally rewire NHS, says PM

But nurses, doctors and health experts say that more funding and extra staff are needed to make it a reality. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Y1KWZPn

Who are the welfare bill rebels? Find out how your MP voted

Check whether your MP voted for or against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill from BBC News https://ift.tt/4kVP1rd

Reeves' tears raise big questions at top of Labour

Whatever the cause, Labour must soon start projecting direction, confidence and grip. from BBC News https://ift.tt/B8XiK0G

MPs approve plan to proscribe Palestine Action as terrorist group

The ban means supporting the group could potentially carry a maximum sentence of 14 years. from BBC News https://ift.tt/bexjzC9

Slow-motion humiliation for Starmer as he loses control of Commons

The BBC's political editor Chris Mason and chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman on the welfare bill. from BBC News https://ift.tt/1hQHxyS

Who are the welfare bill rebels? Find out how your MP voted

Check whether your MP voted for or against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill from BBC News https://ift.tt/M8PXmhl

Government makes big concessions to win welfare vote

MPs approved the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill but only after ministers made big changes. from BBC News https://ift.tt/ZE0GyHL