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Wednesday briefing: Everything you wanted to know about the spending review (but were afraid to ask)

In today’s newsletter: All governments do them. But what exactly are they and how can you tell if they worked or not?

The Guardian - UK

US ambassador praises charity founded by Gordon Brown

There are now five Multibank charity centres across Britain, which have distributed five million products to half a million families.

The Independent UK

New plan would ‘transform’ end of life care for 100,000 in England and Wales

Palliative care commission set up to provide high-quality, holistic support following assisted dying vote

The Guardian - UK

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Scottish political giants remember Alex Salmond at memorial service

Gordon Brown and John Swinney were among Scottish political figures who remembered Alex Salmond at a memorial service in Edinburgh on Saturday, 30 November.

The Independent UK

Swinney and Brown at memorial service for ‘giant of a man’ Alex Salmond

The former prime minister and current Scottish First Minister were among the congregation at a memorial service in Edinburgh on St Andrew’s Day.

Evening Standard

John Swinney and Gordon Brown at Alex Salmond memorial service

First Minister John Swinney and former prime minister Gordon Brown are at the service at St Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital.

Evening Standard

Dawn shared her final moments with the world. The assisted dying debate should focus on facts, not fears

‘I would like to dispel all the myths around assisted dying, that people could be coerced. That it’s against God. I would just like people to know it is a dignified choice.’ These were the words of assisted dying campaigner Dawn Voice-Cooper, who chose to share her death with the…

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David Cameron becomes first former PM to back assisted dying law change

Tory peer Lord Cameron said the law change being debated by MPs was ‘not about ending life, it is about shortening death’.

Evening Standard

Dying people deserve a choice. Let them make it

Letters: Readers who believe the assisted dying bill should be passed into law in England and Wales respond to Guardian coverage

The Guardian - UK

Three former Conservative prime ministers are against assisted dying bill

Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss express opposition to change in law as MPs prepare to vote

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying is a slippery slope turning NHS into the ‘national death service’, warns Tory grandee

Exclusive: Dr Liam Fox has warned that the safeguards included in the bill are ‘completely false’ – his intervention follows opposition from Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Liz Truss and polling that reveals public concern over whether the NHS is fit to deliver assisted dying

The Independent UK

Charity founded by former PM Brown and Amazon hits three-year milestone

The charity has distributed 2.5 million surplus goods.

The Independent UK

Irish leader’s gaffe blows election wide open and leaves Starmer facing Brexit reset setback

Labour could be left reeling by result after Simon Harris’s party slumps in polls following gaffe compared to Gordon Brown’s 2010 ‘bigoted woman’ comments

The Independent UK

Ignore the online CV truthers. If anything, Rachel Reeves is overqualified to be UK chancellor

Gordon Brown and George Osborne studied history, but neither faced the questions of suitability levelled at the first woman in the job, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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I have campaigned for assisted dying all my life. This once-in-a-generation chance mustn’t be wasted

This Labour government must be brave enough to stand up for the bill and ensure a legacy of empathy and personal freedom, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

The John Prescott I knew: Blair’s ‘beautiful people’ tried to erase him – he had other plans

Once frozen out by the New Labour elite, John Prescott fought his way in from the cold to become a loyal deputy leader. Toby Helm recalls a bruising political career

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown declares opposition to assisted dying law

The former prime minister called instead for better end-of-life care.

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown comes out against assisted dying in major blow to bill

In an intervention which threatens to derail the assisted dying bill, Gordon Brown called instead for the establishment of a commission to devise an improved strategy for end-of-life care

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The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown says daughter’s death showed value of ‘good’ dying over assisted dying

Former PM, whose daughter died when she was 11 days old, says debate is moving too fast and calls for commission on palliative care

The Guardian - UK

Spending time with people in their final days showed me that we need not assisted dying, but better end-of-life care

We can and must improve on our current end-of-life options – ‘Switzerland, suicide or suffering’, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown backs commission on end of life care before MPs decide on assisted dying

A new poll has revealed overwhelming support for for a commission into end of life care before MPs make a final decision on whether to allow assisted dying

The Guardian - UK

Kind, belligerent, and the man all sides trusted: that’s the John Prescott I knew

He was the soul and conscience of Labour and persuaded millions to keep the faith – even when Blair sorely tested it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Lord Prescott obituary

Veteran Labour politician and trade unionist who served as deputy prime minister under Tony Blair for 10 years

Evening Standard

John Prescott's career highs and lows as the former deputy prime minister dies aged 86

Prescott passed away on Wednesday after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced

Evening Standard

John Prescott beams with happiness next to wife Pauline in last snap before his death

The former deputy prime minister has died at the age of 86 following a battle with Alzheimer’s

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