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Daniel Martin

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Deputy Political Editor, Daily Telegraph

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Farage gamble turns to farce

Labour and Tories will not fight contest triggered by Reform leader, who is facing investigations over millions in cash gifts

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Khan handed peerage in Starmer honours list

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Daily Telegraph•JUL 17, 2026
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Miliband willing to approve North Sea oil to land job as chancellor

With:Tony Diver
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Daily Telegraph•JUL 14, 2026
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Farage gamble turns to farce

Labour and Tories will not fight contest triggered by Reform leader, who is facing investigations over millions in cash gifts

With:Dominic Penna,Nick Gutteridge
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Daily Telegraph•JUL 8, 2026•Lead Story
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Defence black hole triples to £15bn

No10 admits it cannot explain where cuts will come from to boost cash for military

With:Tony Diver
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Daily Telegraph•JUL 2, 2026•Lead Story
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Starmer leaves £5bn defence black hole

Burnham handed 'delayed-action poison pill' as spending is pushed into next Budget

With:Tom Cotterill
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Daily Telegraph•JUL 1, 2026•Lead Story
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Burnham sets out 1970s vision for Britain

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Daily Telegraph•JUN 30, 2026
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Burnham: Give me 10 years to fix Britain

Incoming prime minister sets out his stall to boost economy through devolution

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Daily Telegraph•JUN 29, 2026•Lead Story
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Healey torpedoes Starmer

Defence Secretary quits in funding row and accuses PM of 'failing to meet moment'

With:Tony Diver,Tom Cotterill
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Daily Telegraph•JUN 12, 2026•Lead Story
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Starmer, Reeves and Lammy all use vanishing WhatsApp messages

With:Dominic Penna,Nick Gutteridge
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Daily Telegraph•JUN 3, 2026
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‘Every meeting I have is: Who can we tax to pay benefits to others?’

Minister's messages in Mandelson files show Government at war with itself over rising welfare bill

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Daily Telegraph•JUN 2, 2026•Lead Story
The paper presents leaked communications from a cabinet minister to frame the Labour government as internally conflicted and focused primarily on taxation to fund welfare spending.
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Tories plan benefits ‘ration cards’ for criminals

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Daily Telegraph•JUN 1, 2026
Reports on a Conservative proposal to restrict how benefit payments can be spent by those with criminal records.
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Rayner in election fraud row

Five arrested in MP's constituency over claims of fake council candidates as former deputy PM denies any involvement

With:Gordon Rayner,Genevieve Holl-Allen
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Daily Telegraph•MAY 22, 2026•Lead Story
The paper places a senior Labour politician at the centre of a local electoral controversy by featuring her name prominently in the main headline. The subheadline carefully balances the report of arrests with her explicit denial of involvement.
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Don't cap food prices, Bank warns Reeves

Supermarket bosses and experts round on ‘unsustainable’ plan to curb inflation

With:Szu Ping Chan,Tim Wallace
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Daily Telegraph•MAY 21, 2026•Lead Story
The paper frames the Chancellor's policy proposal as broadly opposed by authoritative figures, amplifying criticism from the Bank of England and retail executives to suggest the plan is economically unsound.
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Labour plots death tax on £2m homes

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Daily Telegraph•MAY 20, 2026
Frames a proposed council tax surcharge on high-value properties as a punitive 'death tax' targeting inheritances.
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Burnham retreats on push to rejoin EU

Labour leadership contender distances himself from previous calls after backlash

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Daily Telegraph•MAY 18, 2026•Lead Story
The paper frames the story as a political U-turn, highlighting internal Labour Party friction and pressure over European policy. The language emphasises defensive action by Burnham following criticism.
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Unions will tell Starmer to go after poll rout

Labour predicted to shed votes to Reform and Greens in local elections bloodbath

With:Tony Diver
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Daily Telegraph•MAY 7, 2026•Lead Story
The paper leads on anticipating a poor electoral performance by the Labour Party, focusing on expected internal pressure from trade unions to replace the party leader.
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'It's over': Cabinet turns on Starmer over Mandelson scandal

With:Tony Diver,Dominic Penna
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Daily Telegraph•APR 23, 2026
Highlights severe internal Labour divisions and mounts pressure on the Prime Minister regarding a growing political scandal.
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Labour MPs vent fury at ‘toxic’ No10

Cabinet backlash as civil servant claims he was forced to approve Mandelson’s US role

With:Tony Diver,Pieter Snepvangers
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Daily Telegraph•APR 22, 2026•Lead Story
The paper leads on internal divisions within the governing party, using strong quoted language to frame the Prime Minister's operation as facing significant backlash from its own MPs and civil servants. The angle prioritises the allegations of institutional pressure over the government's rebuttal.
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Starmer’s own advisers criticise defence plan

With:Dominic Penna,Tom Cotterill
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Daily Telegraph•APR 15, 2026
Focuses on internal dissent within the Labour party, framing their military strategy as inadequate and dangerous.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Daniel Martin in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.