25/09/2025 05:32
The Guardian
In today’s newsletter: With Labour’s conference looming, Morgan McSweeney’s role in Labour Together donations threatens to engulf the party in another scandalGood morning. It’s been a rough couple of months for Keir Starmer’s all-powerful consigliere, Morgan McSweeney. After Downing Street dragged its feet over the Peter Mandelson affair, many Labour MPs blamed the No 10 chief of staff; before long, some were arguing that he had to go.Now, a well-timed leak, promoted with alacrity by the Conservatives and the Daily Mail, has put him on the front pages again – and while the new row has many of the features of a partisan bunfight, it raises real questions about the probity of Starmer’s most senior aide, and the judgment of the prime minister himself. This is not the build-up to Labour conference that Starmer would have wanted.UK news | Deprived areas of the UK will be given tens of millions of pounds each from a new fund that Keir Starmer hopes will help Labour tackle the threat posed by Reform UK. More than 300 areas across the country will each be given the cash to patch up derelict shops, pubs and libraries.Science | Huntington’s disease, a devastating degenerative illness that runs in families, has been treated successfully for the first time in a breakthrough gene therapy trial. The gene therapy slowed the progress of the disease by 75% in patients after three years.Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to global leaders to intervene to prevent Russia from leading the world through “the most destructive arms race in human history”, warning that the combination of drone technology and artificial intelligence would end in catastrophe.US news | One detainee has been killed and two others injured in a shooting at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) field office in Dallas, officials said. A shell casing was engraved with the phrase “ANTI ICE”, according to a post from Donald Trump’s FBI director, Kash Patel.Environment | The world’s oceans have failed a key planetary health check for the first time, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, a report has shown. In its latest annual assessment, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said ocean acidity had crossed a critical threshold for marine life. Continue reading...
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