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New Labour spin doctor Derek Draper was part of media power couple

The former political adviser retrained as a psychotherapist and married TV presenter Kate Garraway.

Evening Standard

Derek Draper: Kate Garraway announces death of husband, 56, saying she was ‘holding his hand when he passed’

Draper, 56, had struggled with health issues since contracting Covid and being placed in an induced coma in 2020

Evening Standard

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

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A Century of Labour by Jon Cruddas review – what does the party stand for?

The MP and former policy chief sets out the battle of ideas that has shaped Labour from Attlee to Starmer

The Guardian - UK

Billboard showing Keir Starmer as Blair in disguise appears in Scottish town

A BILLBOARD depicting Keir Starmer as Tony Blair in disguise in a Scooby Doo-style parody has appeared in a Scottish town.

The National (Scotland)

Peter Mandelson attacks ‘ridiculous’ calls for Starmer to back Gaza ceasefire

New Labour guru compares Israel’s war on ‘cold-blooded murderers’ in Hamas to UK’s fight against IRA

The Independent UK

The ‘let Rishi be Rishi’ plan is a disaster. Only a John Major strategy can halt Tory armageddon now

The byelection routs proved that rebranding the PM as a rightwing radical alienates voters, says the former Conservative minister Justine Greening

The Guardian - UK

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Things we learned at the Labour Party conference

Sir Keir Starmer said the party was on a journey from protest to power – although one glitter-throwing demonstrator did not get the memo.

The Independent UK

Peter Mandelson wants GB News to survive – because it ‘stirs’ up Tory divisions

New Labour mastermind says channel is ‘undoing’ the Tory party. ‘And very timely it is too’

The Independent UK

Is Keir Starmer misremembering Labour’s 1997 victory? I was there, and we were radical

The opposition leader seems to think that Labour needs to water down policies on tax and the climate crisis, writes former Labour cabinet minister Clare Short

The Guardian - UK

Labour grandee Peter Mandelson slams Unite union over strikes

Unite leader Sharon Graham hits back that the New Labour architect would have opposed NHS in 1945

Evening Standard

The Labour donors: from Tory defectors to a supermarket scion

With Labour heading into election year ahead in the polls, who are the individuals funding its upcoming campaign?

The Guardian - UK

‘A party for all businesses’: how Labour is courting industry

Firms rush to Liverpool conference as party launches City-friendly policies – and secures wealthy donors

The Guardian - UK

Ed Balls and George Osborne's new podcast is essential listening – but not for the reasons they think

In an apparent attempt to “talk across the political divide”, former chancellor George Osborne and former shadow chancellor Ed Balls have launched a podcast.

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The Guardian - UK

Are you single or in a ‘hard-working family’? Your answer counts for a lot

There are millions of people struggling alone in the cost-of-living crisis – but they’re invisible to our politicians, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Independent UK

‘Red’ Ken Livingstone has been a divisive figure during his 40-year career

The stalwart Labour politician has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the age of 78.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer is borrowing from Tony Blair, but that doesn’t make him a Blairite

One thing they share is the belief that the purpose of politics is to make things happen – and you only get to do that by winning power

The Guardian - UK

From collective ambition to crumbling concrete: Essex is a totem of Britain’s decline

Yes, many of the county’s postwar buildings used Raac; but the real problem is a Tory ideology that has negligence at its core, says author Tim Burrows

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‘It’s been a good week’: Labour buoyed up by slick reshuffle and Tory woes

Party off to promising start to new parliamentary term but knows it cannot be complacent

The Conversation

Dizzee Rascal's Boy In Da Corner turns 20 – here's how it ushered in the era of grime

From before their election in 1997, New Labour politicians spun an image of Britain that held the promise of prosperity for all. Then we entered a new millennium. For the black community – especially its boys and men – it became clear the promise was as empty as Tony Blair’s…

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to ‘asbo Britain 2.0’ – the new Tory plan to turn voters against vulnerable people

A reboot of the defunct New Labour policy would increase on-the-spot fines and give the police terrifying new powers, says journalist Daisy Schofield

The Guardian - UK

Will Keir Starmer’s Labour really do more than it is promising?

Letters: Critics of Labour caution should know Tory damage can’t be reversed without democratic power, says Neil Kinnock. And Paul Gravett writes that citing New Labour’s record isn’t helpful

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer defends decision not to scrap two-child benefit cap

Labour leader says there will have to be more tough choices ahead if party is to win the next election

The Independent UK

Labour has to take the tough decisions on spending, says Starmer

Sir Tony Blair told the Labour leader that he would inherit a ‘grim’ set of circumstances if he becomes prime minister at the next election.

The Guardian - UK

Listen up, critics: first let Labour win power. Then scrutinise its real record

Of course Keir Starmer is cautious in the runup to an election – Labour can’t change Britain from the opposition benches, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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