The famous faces calling for Britain to rejoin the EU Prime minister Andy Burnham has reopened the Brexit debate following The Independent’s campaign to rebuild relations with Europe The Independent UK · Sep 30
‘Oozing everyman charm’: what the papers say about Andy Burnham’s speech PM’s oratory at least as good as Blair’s, says Andrew Marr, while Mail asks who pays for Honest Andy’s ‘New Jerusalem’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 30
The Fall of the West by Owen Jones review – a bracing history of the changing world order A journalist charts a quarter century of geopolitical hubris and economic overreach The Guardian - UK · Sep 29
Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU Exclusive: After Ed Miliband told the Labour conference in Liverpool that Britain’s future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next election manifesto The Independent UK · Sep 28
This Week in History: Germany is reunified and OJ walks free Explore how major events between 28 September and 4 October were captured on The Independent’s front pages The Independent UK · Sep 28
Teachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their work Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system The Guardian - UK · Sep 28
Sadiq Khan says Andy Burnham must prepare to rejoin EU now It comes days after Sir Tony Blair said Britain should commit to rejoining the European Union within the next 10 years The Independent UK · Sep 28
Burnham warned he cannot wait until next election to start process of rejoining the EU Stella Creasy, chair of the influential Labour Movement for Europe, has said Mr Burnham only has six months to start taking action ahead of a pro-EU rally at the Labour Party conference The Independent UK · Sep 27
Tony Blair would like Andy Burnham to take his advice on rejoining the EU. Should he? The former PM has been consulted by many who came after him – but Burnham might want to shake his New Labour past once and for all, says former Labour party adviser Tom Baldwin The Guardian - UK · Sep 27
Burnham should still call snap election and campaign on reversing Brexit, former adviser says Ben Judah believes Labour could win a Boris Johnson-style majority with pledge to rejoin the European Union, despite Andy Burnham appearing to rule out going to the polls early The Independent UK · Sep 26
‘He looked at me and said: “So you really are working class”’: Alan Johnson on the need for better paternity leave Exclusive: Former Labour minister says working-class fathers are being shortchanged and budget should correct it The Guardian - UK · Sep 25
Labour supporters think Andy Burnham is a better PM than Tony Blair and Gordon Brown Exclusive: The polling carried out by Opinium shows that 56 per cent of Labour supporters say the current government is doing about as well – or better – at running the country than New Labour did The Independent UK · Sep 25
Richard Branson joins call from Tony Blair think tank for Britain to rejoin EU The Virgin Group founder compared Brexit to ‘swapping an F1 car for a hatchback’. Evening Standard · Sep 24
Tony Blair think tank says UK should ‘rejoin EU within a decade' THE UK should commit to rejoining the European Union within a decade, according to the think tank chaired by Sir Tony Blair, as the former Labour… The National (Scotland) · Sep 24
The Independent UK · Sep 24 Tony Blair: Burnham should ditch Starmer’s strategy and back rejoining EU IN FULL
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23 Tony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 years Andy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chances
The Independent UK · Sep 23 The UK’s only obstacle to rejoining the bloc may be the EU itself ANALYSIS: The political landscape has changed in the past few years to a place where rejoining the EU could become the defining issue of the next general election, political editor David Maddox writes
Evening Standard · Sep 23 Britain should ‘rejoin EU within a decade’, says report by Tony Blair think tank Sir Tony said the EU inviting Canada to become its first associate member showed a ‘newfound flexibility’ from the bloc.
The Independent UK · Sep 23 Britain should rejoin EU within 10 years, Tony Blair tells Andy Burnham A report by the Tony Blair Institute has also called for Keir Starmer’s Brexit red lines against rejoining the single market and customs union to be ditched immediately, while another influential thinktank has highlighted the billions lost in exports
The Independent UK · Sep 22 Stop giving cash benefits to young people with anxiety to end Neet crisis, Tony Blair urges A new report also calls for a pause on plans to equalise the minimum wage for younger workers
The Guardian - UK · Sep 17 Peers call for UK to enact tobacco-style ban on gambling advertising Lords’ report faces criticism from lobby groups after suggesting ban would be ‘most effective’ way to reduce public harms
Evening Standard · Sep 10 Terror ‘still knocks at door of democracy’, says PM on 25th anniversary of 9/11 Ceremonies are being held on both sides of the Atlantic to mark the sombre milestone of an atrocity that killed almost 3,000 people.
The Independent UK · Sep 10 Terror ‘still knocks at door of democracy’, Burnham says on 9/11 25th anniversary The Prime Minister said the UK and US ‘stand together in memory of those we lost, and in defence of the values we cherish’
The Independent UK · Sep 9 9/11 unleashed two decades of war. Now Putin is exploiting the damage IN DEPTH: The horror of the attacks 25 years ago and their aftermath has seen the Cold War replaced by endless conflict between competing cultures and religions, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley
The Independent UK · Sep 8 How Andy Burnham can start to repair UK aid with one simple change COMMENT: The PM has a rare political opportunity to make everybody happy: those who worry aid money is wasted and those who oppose the government's aid cuts, writes Dr Tamsyn Barton