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The Latest Breaking News from Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson confessed to secret ‘love match’ while PM, former aide reveals

Joe Haines tells the Times of relationship with Janet Hewlett-Davies before Labour leader resigned from No 10

The Guardian - UK

Lord Hoyle obituary

Veteran backbench MP admired as a skilful tactician who served as the chair of the parliamentary Labour party in the 1990s

The Guardian - UK

A defeated Rishi Sunak should go, but my advice is: not too quickly

What our politics and government need is a restoration of continuity and stability – not a premature resignation, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

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Lord Tomlinson obituary

Last parliamentary private secretary to Harold Wilson, whose political career spanned six decades

The Guardian - UK

The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis

Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism

The Guardian - UK

Hampstead home of former Labour prime minister Harold Wilson for sale for £2m

Wilson lived at the house between 1956 and 1964, when he was elected as prime minister

Evening Standard

Improving people's lives 'only way to increase independence support', says SNP MP

THE sole way for the SNP to “move the dial on independence” is by focusing on making “material improvements” to people’s livelihoods and…

The National (Scotland)

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What is behind Huddersfield’s remarkable house price boom?

Value of residential properties in the West Yorkshire town grew faster than anywhere in the UK in the 12 months to October 2023. Why?

The Guardian - UK

Management and unions cooperating? That would make everyone happier

Keir Starmer’s planned labour reforms would lift morale in focusing on agreement, not strife

The Guardian - UK

A lesson from Harold Wilson for Keir Starmer: don’t let the right undermine Labour’s achievements

Millions of lives were improved by reforms in the 1960s and 70s, from anti-racism laws to equal pay – yet many voters see his tenure as a failure, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Tories have plenty of weak spots – and dislike years that end in four

Labour will be going on the attack, mindful of having come to power in 1924, 1964 and 1974

The Guardian - UK

Row grows over Liz Truss ‘lettuce list’ honours for cronies

Former PM’s ‘shameless’ move compared to Harold Wilson’s ‘lavender list’ scandal – as Jacob Rees-Mogg makes desperate defence of ally

The Independent UK

I’ve worked for decades to reveal the truth about the ‘Wilson plot’. But the cover-up continues

Files about alleged Soviet infiltration in MI5 and a plot centred on the former Labour PM are still missing, says author and former Guardian security editor Richard Norton-Taylor

The Guardian - UK

Behind Margaret Thatcher’s losing battle to stop Spycatcher publication

‘I am utterly shattered by the revelations in the book. The consequences of publication would be enormous,’ the then PM wrote in a handwritten note

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Marcia Williams: The Life and Times of Baroness Falkender by Linda McDougall review – notes on a scandal

A much-needed retelling of the extraordinary story of Harold Wilson’s right-hand woman

The Guardian - UK

What happened in 2023? The Christmas quiz of the year

Why did MCC members see red? Who turned down Elton? And what hobby did the CEO of Goldman Sachs have to give up? Test your recall with our festive puzzlers

The Guardian - UK

Barbie, Beatles and Bankman-Fried: how well do you remember 2023? – quiz

Why did MCC members see red? Who turned down Elton? And what hobby did the CEO of Goldman Sachs have to give up? Test your recall with our festive puzzlers

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Labour is on course for victory – but what kind of economy will it inherit?

Inflation is coming down, but Keir Starmer will need to improve public services when there is a lack of ready cash

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The best politics books of 2023

Rory Stewart’s bridge-burning memoir; the rise and demise of Liz Truss; and what Trump’s aide saw at the White House

The Guardian - UK

A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-65 review – twist and shout

David Kynaston’s epic history zooms in on three years of extraordinary social change

The Guardian - UK

A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-1965 by David Kynaston review – cheerfulness through the gloom

A government clinging on, railways in crisis… This latest volume in the social historian’s mighty history of postwar Britain may sound horribly familiar – but at least there was the Beatles

Evening Standard

OPINION - Should Britain's almighty Treasury be broken up?

In the mid-1980s, Labour leader Neil Kinnock was considering splitting the Treasury in two, with one half focussed on its responsibility as a finance department and the other on economic growth. He asked his shadow chancellor, Roy Hattersley, which department he would like to lead in government. Hattersley replied: "Whichever…

The Independent UK

‘A clear choice’: Independent readers give their verdict on Labour and the Tories following party conferences

Have your say: Party conference season has sparked debate among Independent readers

Evening Standard

Sunak’s Harold Wilson act is a recipe for economic disaster

City Voices: If the Government is serious about growing the economy and levelling up then it needs to prioritise cities

The Guardian - UK

Starmer thinks he can win without bold policies. Has he forgotten Harold Wilson’s law of elections?

Supporters need to know Labour has a plan to involve their lives, says former shadow chancellor John McDonnell

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