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The Latest Breaking News from Gordon Brown

How underrated chancellor Alistair Darling helped weather financial crisis

Labour politician, who has died aged 70, faced toughest challenge of his career when economy crashed in 2008

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Alistair Darling was the chancellor Britain needed in a crisis

Today's newsletter was going to focus on Matt Hancock, who is appearing in front of the Covid-19 Inquiry, to discuss his role as health secretary during the pandemic. But events have superseded that.

Evening Standard

Former UK Treasury chief Alistair Darling, who steered nation through a credit crunch, has died

British ex-Treasury chief Alistair Darling has died at age 70

The Independent UK

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Brown think tank lays out plan for ‘decade of delivery’ to create 300,000 jobs

The strategy suggests the creation of ‘growth zones’ where selected industries could be based to improve access to labour and expertise.

The Independent UK

First Thing: More Israeli hostages and Palestinians freed as ceasefire extended

Hamas releases 11 hostages from Gaza in exchange for 33 Palestinians in Israeli jails as truce extended by two days. Plus, can we solve our addiction to consumerism?

The Guardian - UK

Former world leaders seek $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damage

Gordon Brown leads those signing letter to Cop28 and G20 presidents calling for levy to help fill ‘loss and damage’ fund

The Guardian - UK

The Premier League returns with an absolute door-buster of a match

In today’s Football Daily: Manchester City v Liverpool, Gordon Brown and ‘mad’ Toffees

The Guardian - UK

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Tackling the grim reality of food poverty in Britain

Letters: Sabine Goodwin and Maria Marshall, Naomi Duncan and Ron Brewer respond to Gordon Brown’s article calling for companies to work with charities to ease the cost of living crisis for struggling families

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - David Cameron is back. I'm surprised he's got the nerve, but then they don’t teach shame at Eton

David Cameron returns to government and the film Saltburn, a horror version of Brideshead Revisited and its longing for aristocracy, opens to greet him. Both offer an irresistible mirage of the British class system. Both have a David Cameron at their heart.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer 'watered down key parts of devolution report'

KEIR Starmer “watered down” parts of a major report on devolution, a Mayor has claimed as he appealed to independence supporters to find allies…

The National (Scotland)

The government has lost control of the cost of living crisis – here’s how businesses must step in

To meet this winter’s cost of living emergency, we urgently need a new social contract between companies and charities, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

Men hold top four roles in UK government for first time since 2010

Downing Street says it is not focused on ‘tick-box diversity’ and women get senior jobs elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle: Key statistics and benchmarks

The new Cabinet is slightly less diverse than the previous line-up.

The Independent UK

He’s not an MP, so how can David Cameron return to the cabinet?

The former PM retired from the Commons years ago, but has still been appointed to one of the top ministerial jobs

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Labour is edging towards a hollow election victory – sowing the seeds for future disaster

Tracking right and backing a divisive war, Keir Starmer’s party resembles the Labour of 2005, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Lord Elder obituary

Labour party adviser who was a key backroom figure in the drive for Scottish devolution

The National (Scotland)

Gordon Brown think tank says Scotland has had ‘too much politics’

A REPORT from Gordon Brown’s think tank argues that Scotland has had “too much politics”.

The Guardian - UK

Children on both sides are the silent victims of this war – why doesn’t international law protect them?

There is a growing admission that existing guidelines are inadequate, with no single body to adjudicate the gross violation of children’s rights, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

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The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves ‘holds hands up’ on book mistakes amid allegations of plagiarism

The shadow chancellor admitted some sentences in her book were ‘not properly referenced in the bibliography’.

Evening Standard

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves admits ‘mistakes’ amid plagiarism row over new book

The shadow chancellor said the errors will be ‘rectified’ in future reprints

The Independent UK

Shadow chancellor admits ‘inadvertent mistakes’ in book amid plagiarism claims

The shadow chancellor said the errors will be ‘rectified’ in future reprints.

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves admits mistakes after being accused of plagiarism in new book

Shadow chancellor says she holds her ‘hands up’ FT analysis finds book on female economists has passages that appear to be copied

The National (Scotland)

Scottish peer hailed for devolution role dies after collapsing outside Lords chamber

A SCOTTISH Labour peer has died aged 73 after collapsing just outside the House of Lords chamber.

The Independent UK

Leading Labour figure Lord Elder dies after collapsing outside chamber

Murray Elder was one of the world’s longest living heart transplant patients, having received his in 1988.

The Independent UK

Tory by-election defeats: John Rentoul answers your questions from Farage’s return to election timeline

John Rentoul answers your questions as Sir Keir Starmer declared Labour was ‘redrawing the political map’ following a historic Tory by-election trouncing

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