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From Harold Wilson to Liz Truss – what the fates of former prime ministers can teach Keir Starmer

Despite his name – honouring Keir Hardie, the first leader of the Labour party – Keir Starmer is not known to be a student of political history. This apparent incuriosity helps define an indistinct political identity.

The Conversation

Sir John Stanley obituary

Long-serving Conservative MP and minister who was an ultra-loyalist during the Thatcher years

The Guardian - UK

This Week in History: 10-16 November

From power struggles to global crises, dive into The Independent’s front pages and see how major stories have unfolded through the years

The Independent UK

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Lord Tebbit obituary

Conservative party chairman and minister with a caustic wit who played a key role during Margaret Thatcher’s time in power

The Guardian - UK

Sir Bob Reid obituary

Chairman of British Rail at a time of major challenges, including the opening of the Channel tunnel and the approach of privatisation

The Guardian - UK

Conservative party is fighting for its life, says former Tory cabinet minister

Simon Clarke says ‘pipeline of future voters is dead’ as party figures warn Kemi Badenoch her job as leader is in danger

The Guardian - UK

Starmer must use the threat of Trump to repair the damage of Brexit, warns Lord Heseltine

Exclusive: The former deputy prime minister has warned that silence on Trump’s actions, particularly from Nigel Farage, amounts to complicity

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Lord Heseltine brands Brexit a ‘pack of lies’ and calls for Britain to rejoin EU

The former deputy prime minister’s intervention came as it emerged Sir Keir Starmer will snub the fifth anniversary of Brexit on Friday – choosing instead to focus on his ongoing reset of relations with the EU

The Independent UK

Former Tory minister in stark racism warning to party on Holocaust Memorial Day

A FORMER Tory minister has warned the Conservative Party it will never get back into power if it panders "to the likes of Nigel Farage".

The National (Scotland)

Heseltine issues Trump warning to Starmer with urgent appeal to push for Brexit reset

Former deputy PM says Trump’s looming return to White House means UK must revive links with Brussels

The Independent UK

UK must boost ties with EU following Trump’s re-election, Starmer told

Exclusive: The chair of a joint EU-UK delegation has outlined the bloc’s aims for closer ties in the wake of the US election

The Independent UK

Ed Davey piles pressure on Keir Starmer with call for ‘urgent’ Brexit rethink

Sir Keir Starmer is pursuing a ‘reset’ of relations with the bloc but concerns persist about a lack of urgency

The Independent UK

Can new towns give Keir Starmer the answer to Britain’s housing crisis?

It’s a huge challenge, as shown in Ebbsfleet, where one such new town was launched by George Osborne in 2015, but now only has 3,000 or so of the 12,500 promised homes

The Guardian - UK

Lord Heseltine has Tory whip restored after backing Lib Dems over Brexit in 2019

He was suspended in May 2019 after saying he would vote for the Liberal Democrats at the European elections

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Will Starmer's interventionist King's Speech actually boost economic growth?

As President of the Board of Trade in the 1990s, Michael Heseltine famously declared his intention to intervene "before breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner" to support British business. And this is not a bad description of today's King's Speech, the first under a Labour government for 14 years (technically, the first…

The Guardian - UK

Much of Michael Heseltine’s advice to Angela Rayner is good, but he is wrong about local councils

Letter: Steve Leach and Colin Copus disagree with the former Conservative minister’s suggestion that more than 200 local authorities should be abolished

The Guardian - UK

I’ve spent a lifetime working to level up Britain. Angela Rayner, here is my advice

Labour has a historic opportunity to combat regional inequality. Empowering regional mayors is the place to start, says Michael Heseltine, a former Conservative deputy prime minister

France 24

'Conspiracy of silence': Why Brexit has been largely absent from UK election campaign

With less than a week to go before the UK's general election, the opposition Labour Party appears on course for a resounding victory. But unlike with the last election in 2019, one word has been almost absent from the campaign trail: Brexit. Why has there been so little discussion of…

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Sir Howard Bernstein obituary

Public servant who spearheaded the regeneration of post-industrial Manchester as the city council’s chief executive

The Independent UK

Lord Heseltine warns spiralling Tory party is ‘fighting for its life’ after disastrous D-Day fallout

Exclusive: Former deputy prime minister’s intervention comes as senior ministers are already engaging in a phantom leadership contest to replace Sunak

The Independent UK

Brexit rethink should be ‘front and centre’ of election campaign – poll

Exclusive: A new poll has revealed that voters back Michael Heseltine in demanding Britain’s relationship with the EU should be ‘front and centre’ of the general election campaign

The Independent UK

Businesses battered by Brexit urge Labour and Tories to slash EU tariffs

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) cites improved relations with the trading bloc as part of its five-point plan to boost economic growth

The Guardian - UK

Ignoring Brexit will make election most dishonest in modern times – Heseltine

Former deputy prime minister says discussion of Europe ‘no-go area’ for Labour and Conservatives

The Guardian - UK

Phew, Eh Readers? The Life and Writing of Tom Hibbert review – the PG Wodehouse of pop journalism

As this collection illustrates, the late Smash Hits and Q scribe was an inimitable master of mischief whose interviews skewered everyone from Bros to Margaret Thatcher

Evening Standard

Build homes on ‘low quality’ areas of London green belt, think tank urges

The Centre for London argues that ten new development corporations should be set up at well-connected sites in the capital's green belt

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