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In 1953, former prime minister Clement Attlee made a strikingly similar proposal

Key dates in the centuries-old question of whether the duchies, and their profits, belong to the royals or the people

Labour leader Keir Starmer tells FourFourTwo about getting starstruck with Arsenal legends, and why Thierry Henry was like a hovercraft

Attlee was a gifted manager, who showed it possible for modest politicians to be successful if they have decent ideas

Other lives: History professor at Manchester University who published on the English Poor Law and the history of Manchester

The shadow levelling up secretary argues that communities should have more control in her persuasive manifesto for a better Britain

John Healey travels to Brussels for negotiations with coalition leaders and ambassadors from member countries

It was early spring 1946. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, seeing the untenable status quo, sent a simple message to the British colonial officer in India: “In any case, get Britain out.” The following year, King George VI signed legislation passed by Parliament, finally ending Britain’s violent colonial rule on…

Surging poll numbers mean the party can dare to dream of No 10, but it’s been here before, and the path is riskier than ever

That the country has modernised so quickly is due in part to the continuity provided by the monarchy

In today’s newsletter: As Truss travels to Balmoral to accept the prime ministership, a look at some of the must-read pieces about her policies, her opposition and her future at No 10