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At a glance

• Sir Keir Starmer is facing a headache as he flies back to the UK from Cop30 in Brazil, with the party’s deputy leader Lucy Powell urging Rachel Reeves not to break a manifesto pledge on tax hikes in the upcoming Budget

• Questions are swirling about Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy’s handling of a mistaken prisoner release

• Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has apologised after being found to have “unknowingly” breached the governance code on public appointments by failing to declare she had received £2,900 in donations from her pick to

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