Downing Street to decide upon new US ambassador within days David Miliband, Peter Mandelson and Cathy Ashton thought to be on shortlist for diplomatic role The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024
OPINION - Kemi Badenoch's confounding decision to copy the David Miliband playbook "Law is order, and good law is good order."Aristotle, 'Politics', 350 BCE Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2024
Rachel and Ellie Reeves: How a school mock election launched the careers of Britain’s most powerful sisters Exclusive: Labour chair Ellie Reeves and chancellor Rachel Reeves have become the most powerful British sibling duo since David and Ed Miliband served in Gordon Brown’s cabinet The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2024
UN chief António Guterres to seek world leaders’ backing for vision of the future Pact covering wars, AI, climate crisis and inequality has been watered down, say critics The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2024
Copying Italy’s migration policies won’t stop Channel deaths, says charity David Miliband-led humanitarian organisation urges Labour to make ‘effective and compassionate’ decisions The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2024
Keir Starmer to ‘wait until US election to name new ambassador’ Exclusive: PM wants to see whether Trump or Biden win before making pick, sources say, after considering Miliband and Mandelson The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2024
Many leaders are more interested in power than helping end conflict, UN humanitarian chief says The United Nations humanitarian chief says leaders in many conflict areas are more interested in power and political rivalries than in listening to the needs of their people, improving their lives and ending the fighting The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2024
Three Davids throw off Global Britain bluster and chart new foreign policy course Speeches by Cameron, Lammy and Miliband all depicted a darkening world but differed on where to find allies The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2024
'I can't get a job': comedian Ruby Wax says she is struggling for work in TV industry gone soft Wax has interviewed everyone from Donald Trump to Imelda Marcos Evening Standard · May 10, 2024
David Miliband condemns ‘absurd’ lack of cooperation between EU and UK Former foreign secretary to call for next government to seek much closer ties with bloc on foreign policy and defence issues The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
Brexit has made the UK a lower-status nation, says David Miliband Former foreign secretary says Britain needs to forge closer political and foreign policy links with Europe if it is to thrive The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2024
In Boris vs Dave, has Lord Cameron won? In his maiden speech to the Lords, the new foreign secretary took digs at his school rival Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2023
‘It was electrifying’: the inside story of Labour’s 1997 election landslide Paranoia, relentless activity, infighting – the people who saw it all look back on the dizzying days that made political history The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023
Labour figures from 1997 victory warn Starmer against cautious approach Exclusive: People involved in Tony Blair’s victory believe party needs to set out much clearer policy platform to win voters’ trust The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2023 Ukraine needs help on all fronts: military, civilian and humanitarian. Our will cannot waver I’ve seen the bravery and resilience of the Ukrainian people. At this week’s UN general assembly, world leaders must help them, says David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee
The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023 ‘Abnormal is becoming normalised’: David Miliband on war in Ukraine Head of International Rescue Committee says increasing weariness is creeping into global response to war
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023 Aid group official warns the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine risks becoming "normalized" The head of the aid group International Rescue Committee in Ukraine says he is bracing for fewer donations this year because not enough international attention is being placed on Ukraine as Russia's war risks becoming a protracted conflict
The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2023 EU urges G20 to help persuade Putin to reopen Ukraine grain export route Brussels’ foreign policy chief calls on nations to speak with a unified voice to help ‘people most in need’
The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023 Aid group official warns that impasse at the UN on border crossing puts 4.1 million Syrians at risk The head of a leading aid group says an impasse at the United Nations over a border crossing with Syria’s last rebel-held enclave is endangering 4.1 million Syrians living there
Zenger · Jul 20, 2023 Conservative MP’s Remarks Draw Controversy Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict UK MP Accuses Israel of Killing Palestinian Children in Military Operations
Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2023 OPINION - Keir Starmer’s journey continues — he has now been blessed by Tony Blair Yesterday I found myself at the big Tony Blair Institute conference, AKA Blairstock. It’s like Glastonbury for centrist nerds but with better loos. And the only drugs anyone was on were high-functioning ashwagandha supplements.
Al Jazeera · Jul 11, 2023 Russia vetoes UN vote to extend key Syria aid route Russia proposes authorisation only be extended for six months rather than a nine-month compromise.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023 Why does Starmer want to add yet more peers instead of abolishing the lot of them? If the honour given to Charlotte Owen doesn’t stir Labour from its torpor, nothing will
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023 We need the return of Miliband the elder Brief letters: David Miliband on Iraq | Tory turn-off | PoW chapel | Expensive flower shows | Malvern beckons
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2023 EU accused of ‘staggering neglect’ after just 271 Afghans resettled across bloc Many in need of permanent protection remain stuck in ‘prison-like’ camps on Greek islands, leading refugee charity says