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Exclusive: former PM says immigration benefits UK but controls are needed to ‘close off avenues’ for populists

The former prime minister will address the Tony Blair Institute’s Future Of Britain in London on Tuesday.

Are their outfits too expensive? Do they wield some undeclared influence? Labour women are under attack – and it feels just like the 1950s, says Zoe Williams

Former shadow attorney general says she wishes cabinet well and nothing can detract from party’s ‘historic victory’

SCOTTISH Labour’s deputy leader has suggested the Scottish Government should follow Wes Streeting’s plans for heavier involvement of the private…

In 1997, Tony Blair’s election “pledge card” included a promise to cut NHS waiting lists, then totalling 1.16 million. Keir Starmer’s “first steps for change” include a similar pledge to cut waiting times, but his task is on a different scale, with 7.5 million people currently awaiting treatment. How did…

The Guardian’s political editor in 1997 recalls the optimism then and what went wrong in the transition from opposition to power

Chancellor will use first speech to declare ‘national mission’ that involves unblocking infrastructure and private investment

Newly-elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday began a whistlestop tour of UK nations, promising an "immediate reset" of relations with the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Just 40 or so hours into his role, Jonathan Reynolds sounded much more sensible than anything we’ve heard in recent years

The cabinet includes senior ministers from the Tony Blair era, and those given peerages to sit in the House of Lords