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I’ve seen Labour’s cursed deputy leader role up close. It should finally be abolished

I worked for Denis Healey when he held the post, so know just how useless it is – and how much better both the country and Labour would be without it, says author Richard Heller

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 Guardian - UK

How the ‘Prescott Punch’ came to define him as Labour’s firebrand – and a total necessity for Blair

Obituary: The charismatic former deputy prime minister, who has died at the age of 86, was known best for punching a member of the electorate and acting as a vital bridge for Tony Blair to reach the unions

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John Prescott: The political bruiser who helped build New Labour

The ex-deputy prime minister was a key figure in Tony Blair’s modernisation project – only to later distance himself from his legacy.

The Independent UK

Margaret Beckett and her party’s most working-class leader ever

Letters: Robert Lizar, Alasdair Macdonald, Roger Humphries and William Bradshaw respond to an interview with the former foreign secretary, who is stepping down at the election

The Guardian - UK

The woman who led Labour: Margaret Beckett on fights, friends and ferocious change in 50 years of politics

She is quitting the Commons with no regrets. The UK’s first female foreign secretary discusses chauvinism, Corbyn, contempt for politicians – and her worst period in office

The Guardian - UK

Tory party to lose almost 1,000 years of Commons experience when MPs quit

Sixty-six MPs who already plan to stand down at election have 987 years between them, analysis shows

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Ransomware groups warned there is no money in attacking British state

British Library says in review it weathered cyber-attack without paying hackers behind it

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Exodus of long-serving MPs leaves Commons facing wave of change

Exhaustion and a desire to avoid a spell in opposition are factors in why a large group will stand down at next election

The Guardian - UK

Standing down: who are the MPs calling time before the next UK election?

Ninety MPs, including 14 former secretaries of state, have said they will not be standing for re-election in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Former Tory chancellor Sajid Javid knighted in new year honours

Top gong comes despite The Independent revealing that the senior Tory used non-dom tax loophole

The Independent UK

New year honours 2024: awards for Shirley Bassey, Mary Earps and Michael Eavis

Author Jilly Cooper and actor Emilia Clarke also honoured

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - I'm addicted to old BBC election night broadcasts — this is what I've learnt

On reflection, David Owen was probably too “leading man handsome” to help the SDP break the mould of British politics. That’s right, I’ve been re-watching old BBC election night broadcasts again. This time, it’s back to the Seventies and Eighties for Ted Heath’s miscalculation, Jim Callaghan’s sunny (albeit misplaced) optimism…

Evening Standard

How Nigel Lawson left his mark on British politics

Letters: Stephen Locke, Lawson’s former private secretary, on how rewarding it was to work for him, and Margaret Beckett on his divisive legacy. Plus letters from Mark Hebert, Valerie Gidlow and Greg Quiery

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‘We needed a massive amount of resilience’: the female Labour MPs from the class of ’87

At the general election that year, the number of women in the Commons jumped to (an albeit still tiny) 41. Some talk about the sexism – and the solidarity

The Guardian - UK

Janet Anderson obituary

Labour minister whose campaign skills forced government action on a range of life-saving social changes in the law

Evening Standard

Which MPs are stepping down at the next general election?

Theresa May, Kwasi Kwarteng, Sajid Javid and Harriet Harman are among the big names standing down

The Independent UK

All the MPs standing down at the next general election as Dominic Raab says he will quit (old)

Matt Hancock is to stand down as he looks to “influence the public debate” outside Parliament

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Government must ‘get a grip’ on infrastructure and security risks from climate crisis, MPs warn

Power, water, transport and communications are all vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

‘Vote me, get Thatcher’: why the Tories are still obsessed with the Iron Lady

The Conservative leadership candidates can’t stop comparing themselves to their ex-leader – while happily ignoring the truth about her time in office

The Guardian - UK

Labour says it is now the true party of patriotism and British values

‘We’re standing up for UK institutions,’ says shadow minister, pointing to booing of Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Beckett is still wrong about the Iraq war and WMD claims

Letter: Frank Jackson on the former Labour deputy leader’s recollections about the 2003 Iraq war

The Guardian - UK

‘I saw two Tory whips having tequila for breakfast’: Margaret Beckett on Blair, the Iraq war and half a century in politics

She is Britain’s longest-serving female MP. As she approaches retirement, she remembers the thrill of Westminster in the 70s, the successes and failures of the Blair years, and nominating Corbyn for the Labour leadership

The Guardian - UK

An inspiration and a political survivor, Labour will miss Margaret Beckett

‘For a generation, she smashed glass ceilings,’ writes a fellow MP following the former leader’s retirement announcement

The Independent UK

Putin’s future ‘up to the Russian people’, says UK minister after Biden calls for removal

Nadhim Zahawi plays down Joe Biden’s remarks and says US and UK in agreement

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