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The Latest Breaking News from Tony Blair

Reports of Sunak’s foul mood in No 10 echo the final days of other dying administrations

Stories have emerged of a foul mood in Downing Street; it was ever thus behind the scenes in a dying administration

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Thatcher set Britain’s decline in motion – so why can’t politics exorcise her ghost?

MPs on all sides pay homage, while her failures are forgotten, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

To understand Britain’s malaise, visit Shildon – the town that refused to die

People will blame Brexit, Boris and austerity, but this country’s demise goes back decades – and shows no signs of stopping, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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OPINION - Rishi Sunak, Adidas Sambas and the art of the political apology

Rishi Sunak has said sorry. This recantation didn't quite match the magnitude of Keith Joseph's 1974 apology for the Conservatives Party's role in the post-war consensus or Tony Blair's expression of regret over Britain's role during the Irish potato famine. But it is parliamentary recess and the pickings are slim.

Evening Standard

Head North by Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram review – northern mayors’ manifesto for hope

The pair’s study of the neglect of northern regions carries persuasive ideas for their renewal and a reminder that history favours the brave

The Guardian - UK

The Labour party’s complicated relationship with God

Letters: Andrew Copson of Humanists UK, Zaki Cooper, David Tutssel and David Cragg-James respond to an editorial about the party and faith communities

The Guardian - UK

Lord Hoyle, father of Commons speaker, Lindsay, dies aged 98

‘Bereft’ family pay tribute to Doug Hoyle, who chaired Labour parliamentary party in 1990s

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Lord Hoyle obituary

Veteran backbench MP admired as a skilful tactician who served as the chair of the parliamentary Labour party in the 1990s

The Guardian - UK

Conservative cabinet ministers, look away now: your ‘Portillo moment’ could be on the cards

Two mega-polls suggest that the Tories are heading for a defeat more catastrophic than they experienced in 1997. What if they’re right?

The Guardian - UK

Former Standard political editor Charles Reiss dies aged 82

During an extraordinary career he revealed the inside track of the Thatcher era and the unfolding of the Iraq War

Evening Standard

Winning over the Times and the Sun won’t decide the next election – but Starmer’s Labour can’t kick the habit

Despite the polls, the leader wants them on side for an endorsement. Yet why bother if it would make little difference to voter numbers?, asks First Edition editor Archie Bland

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re forgotten about here’: the broken promises of levelling up

Five years after the Tories won over the ‘red wall’ with a pledge to restore deprived areas, voters in the north-east say they’ve given up waiting for change

The Guardian - UK

A Labour government will have five years to fix the NHS or face the unthinkable

Public satisfaction with the health service is at an all-time low, so now might be time to reconsider what we expect from it

The Guardian - UK

Sam Bankman-Fried will grow old in jail. But don’t forget those who basked in his orbit

If the high-rollers surrounding the disgraced FTX founder had any qualms about taking his money, they didn’t show it, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Keir Starmer’s Labour is destined to govern the UK. But has it really shaken off neoliberalism?

Keir Starmer seems certain to be the UK’s next prime minister. But what should we expect when he takes the keys to Number 10?

The Guardian - UK

Minimum wage is UK’s ‘most successful economic policy in a generation’

Resolution Foundation study suggests lowest earners are £6,000 a year better off due to policy

International Business Times

UK Labour Party Turns To Thatcher In Courtship Of Right

Margaret Thatcher remains despised by many on the left of British politics, but the main Labour opposition seems comfortable citing her as it woos the right before this year's election.

The Guardian - UK

John Healey: frontbench veteran uniquely equipped to ready Labour for office

Shadow defence secretary’s experience in Blair-Brown governments and Miliband, Corbyn and Starmer shadow cabinets is a boon to a party where few have governed before

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The Guardian view on Labour’s economic plans: a response too small for the challenge the UK faces

Editorial: A radical agenda is needed to deal with the crises of economic stagnation, political polarisation and the climate emergency. Rachel Reeves did not offer one

The Guardian - UK

Labour landslide will be much harder to achieve than in 1997, analysis shows

Starmer’s shadow cabinet is less popular than Blair’s, and Britons and have lost confidence in politicians and in their own prospects

The Guardian - UK

Lord McAvoy obituary

Trade unionist and stalwart Scottish Labour politician who served as a whip in the Commons and Lords

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s team coached for government over dinners with top Whitehall figures

Shadow ministers step up preparations by holding informal meals to pick the brains of senior political figures

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I’ve never heard a Labour leader speak about the arts like Keir Starmer – now I hope words become action

He has signalled a return to old Labour values: that everyone, no matter their background, should have access to temples of high culture, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

Evening Standard

Lady Rose Hanbury: Kate Princess of Wales' party-loving close friend, and her Saltburn-esque upbringing

While the Marchioness of Cholmondeley is one of Kate Middleton’s best-known associates, they couldn’t be less alike. Maddy Mussen reports on the flamboyant life of her party-loving lookalike

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Sunak’s record on appointing female peers from party worst since Major, analysis finds

Unlock Democracy report notes that path to gender equality in Lords has slowed in recent years

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