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The Latest Breaking News from Harold Wilson

What happened the last time a Labour government opted to lower the voting age?

There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.

Evening Standard

Why is Labour so afraid to admit that we must tax the rich?

There have been modest redistributive reforms, but the party still daren’t admit that Britain’s rampant inequality needs to be addressed, writes Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Remembering Frederick Forsyth: my encounters with the spy who stayed out in the cold

One of the great British purveyors of the spy and cold-war genres, Frederick Forsyth, who has died at the age of 86, was best known for his novels The Day of the Jackal (1971), The Odessa File (1972) and The Dogs of War (1974).

The Conversation

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Keir Starmer is one of Labour’s most rightwing prime ministers. And one of its most leftwing, too

The PM offers a political hybrid designed for a fickle electorate. There are short-term electoral gains to be won, but risks in the long term, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Cutting welfare goes against Labour’s core values – that’s the point

“It’s one thing to say the economy is not doing well and we’ve got a fiscal challenge … but cutting the benefits of the most vulnerable in our society who can’t work, to pay for that, is not going to work. And it’s not a Labour thing to do.”

The Conversation

What are Labour governments for? Why aid budget cuts are an existential matter

What is the point of a Labour government? This is a question traditionally asked after Labour governments lose office. But it’s also a question asked while Labour governments are in office. And, sometimes, even when they still only recently arrived in office.

The Conversation

UK arts sector is getting a £270 million funding boost – but there are winners and losers

“In any civilised community the arts … serious or comic, light or demanding, must occupy a central place. Their enjoyment should not be regarded as something remote from everyday life.” This was a central statement in the white paper (a statement of policy intent) issued 60 years ago by Jennie…

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Joe Haines obituary

Press secretary to Harold Wilson in the late 60s and 70s who went on to work for the Daily Mirror

The Guardian - UK

Joe Haines, former press secretary to Harold Wilson, dies aged 97

Haines worked closely with Labour PM for two spells in 1960s and 70s and was also a respected political journalist

The Guardian - UK

Harold Wilson’s former press secretary Joe Haines dies aged 97

‘Lifelong Labour supporter’ Mr Haines died at his home in Tunbridge Wells on Wednesday, the party confirmed.

Evening Standard

Trump has left a void that the EU and Britain must fill together

America is in retreat from its underappreciated good works around the world. Europe needs to act – and Brexit only hinders this essential response

The Guardian - UK

How should Keir Starmer handle Donald Trump – and how’s it going so far?

The pairing of British prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Donald Trump connotes many imponderables. The only certainty happens to be the most significant: they will be in office together for four years.

The Conversation

Why have changes been made to planning policy and what are they?

The Government said it will intervene if councils do not co-operate fully in a push to deliver 1.7 million new homes.

The Independent UK

Alec Douglas-Home v Harold Wilson: the 1964 general election

Successful candidates were advised to curb weird enthusiasms, not kiss babies and ask their wives to tone down their hats

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“The sound wasn’t very good in there. And the electric risers didn’t work. You could see Jeff Lynne clambering out of a hole to get onstage”: Bev Bevan on the reality of life aboard ELO’s spaceship

The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired

The Guardian - UK

Paul Stephenson obituary

Civil rights activist who organised the Bristol bus boycott, paving the way for the Race Relations Act of 1965

The Guardian - UK

Lord Prescott obituary

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

The Conversation

What next for the special relationship? What Keir Starmer needs to navigate in a second Trump term

Keir Starmer may well have gone to bed on Tuesday night hoping to wake up on Wednesday morning to find himself teamed professionally with Kamala Harris – a fellow state prosecutor of the centre-left who happens also to be the leader of both the free world and his country’s closest…

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The Independent UK

When do the clocks go forward – and why are they changing?

Here is everything you need to know about when and why the clocks go forward

Evening Standard

Why do the clocks go back and was the measure really introduced to help farmers?

Here is everything you need to know about when and why the clocks ‘fall’ back.

The National (Scotland)

Polling expert: Is this the fastest a Prime Minister has become so unpopular?

THERE'S now a growing consensus that Keir Starmer has made a mess of his first three months in power, partly due to a dogmatic insistence on…

The Guardian - UK

Sports quiz of the week: historic wins, shock defeats and main characters

Test your knowledge of football, boxing, NFL, tennis and more from the past seven days

FourFourTwo

'It was written to continue the conversation with my dad' David Peace, author of the Damned United explains the inspiration behind his new book 'Munichs'

The acclaimed, prize-winning author's latest novel focuses on Manchester United and the 1958 Munich air disaster

The Guardian - UK

What Keir Starmer’s rose garden speech tells us about his politics

Letters: Jeremy Cushing and Gideon Ben-Tovim respond to the prime minister’s rhetoric on the recent riots and immigration. Plus a letter from Alan Bancroft

The Guardian - UK

Strengthening workplace protections in UK could bring benefits for both sides

The age of the union baron and statism is back? Hardly. Mainstream business is fairly relaxed about Labour’s approach

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