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Mathew Lawrence and Mark McVitie, previously seen as favouring Burnham and Streeting respectively, say change of direction is neededUK politics live – latest updatesTwo of Labour’s leading policy figures, who…
June 2, 2026
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Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart says it ‘beggars belief’ there were not more exchanges between Mandelson and the PMNick Thomas-Symonds, the Cabinet Office minister, has defended Pat McFadden over…
June 2, 2026
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Finally, Labour is talking policy, thanks to the leadership contest and Tony Blair’s intervention – and the centre-right is making a much-needed fightback too“Wouldn’t it be great if Tony Blair…
June 2, 2026
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Politics
This blog is now closedMinisters are proposing new laws to crack down on damage to undersea cables amid “hostile activity by Russia”, the Press Association reports. PA says:Tougher penalties for…
May 29, 2026
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Tony Blair
Readers respond to coverage of an essay by the former Labour prime minister attacking the party’s current leadership and policiesWouldn’t it be great if Tony Blair kept his mouth shut…
May 29, 2026
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Labour
PM says predecessor misunderstands government’s successes and ‘very different’ situation compared with 1997Keir Starmer has dismissed Tony’s Blair’s argument that his government is on the wrong track, saying he is…
May 28, 2026
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Politics
Government-commissioned report on young people not in employment, education or training to be published by review chair Milburn todayRichard Dearlove, a former head of MI6, has said it would have…
May 28, 2026
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Labour
In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next electionAnalysis: Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for…
May 27, 2026
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Tony Blair
Intervention by former PM almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his partyTony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to TrumpDid Tony Blair ever…
May 27, 2026
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Politics
Former health secretary says he unsuccessfully argued for tougher action when in cabinetGood morning. The government has been consulting on whether to follow Australia and impose a ban on social…
May 26, 2026
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Social care
As a mother with disabled children, Anne-Louise Crocker has experienced first-hand how the social care system lets people down. Plus a letter from Dr Brian Fisher At the 2024 Labour…
May 24, 2026
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Labour
Burnham and Streeting’s latest stances confound caricatures of left and right as party faces electoral bindThe Labour party seems to have inhabited three parallel worlds over the past fortnight.There is…
May 21, 2026
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