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OPINION - Labour is learning that to win, it is better not to speak

On a fine morning in Tooting last Wednesday, the Labour tribe, Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan among them, gathered to pay its final respects to one of its winners. Margaret McDonagh had been number two in the party at the time of the 1997 election victory and the general-secretary for…

Evening Standard

Neal Lawson on the threat of expulsion by Labour: ‘They are making sure no one on the left has a platform’

The founder of Compass has been a Labour member for over 40 years. But last month he was invited to defend himself over a two-year-old tweet - and he now awaits the party’s judgment

The Guardian - UK

Ann Clwyd obituary

Veteran Welsh Labour MP and passionate campaigner for causes from the mining industry to the Kurdish people

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Labour’s stumble in Uxbridge shows Keir Starmer how to put the party on a firmer footing

The party is congratulating itself on its win in Selby but has critical lessons to learn from its failure in London

The Guardian - UK

Tributes paid to ‘courageous, fearless, principled’ Labour MP Ann Clwyd

She represented her Cynon Valley constituency in South Wales for 35 years, eventually becoming the oldest woman to sit in the House of Commons

The Guardian - UK

Yes, the Tories kept Uxbridge. But the general election will be a referendum on Sunak, not Ulez

With a local dispute swaying voters, the result in Boris Johnson’s old seat did not accurately reflect the national mood

The Guardian - UK

Former Labour MP Ann Clwyd dies aged 86 as Tony Blair leads tributes to ‘fearless campaigner’

Ann Clwyd became the oldest woman to sit in the House of Commons

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The acting BBC chair isn’t just part of the furniture

Brief letters: Elan Closs Stephens | Tony Blair and Iraq | Britain abroad | Pacific gains | Dog-unfriendly

The Guardian - UK

Don’t take the Mickey out of our arts degrees: Sunak invites National Theatre to No 10

Sunak said so-called ‘Mickey Mouse degrees’ are a “a waste of time and money” this week

Evening Standard

Sunak refuses to rule out cabinet reshuffle on Friday amid Tory fears over byelection defeats – as it happened

Prime minister refuses to answer question on possible reshuffle

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves tells Labour child benefit rebels: We won’t back down

‘Sad truth’ is Labour can’t afford to reverse lots of Tory policies, says shadow chancellor

The Independent UK

Ukraine thought UK had ‘too rosy’ a view of Putin, Blair was told when PM

Advisers also told Blair in early 2000s that Kyiv thought Britain was not doing enough to support its push for EU membership

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Ukraine’s chilling warning to Tony Blair about Putin two decades before invasion

Official files shine light on former PM’s aims and fears – and surprising correspondences – while in No 10

The Independent UK

Tony Blair sought to avoid reports of ‘snuggling up’ to Berlusconi, files show

Envoy urged No 10 to exploit opportunities presented by tycoon’s premiership while ‘holding our noses’, archives reveal

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The National (Scotland)

Tony Blair feared headlines over ‘snuggling up’ to controversial Italian PM

FORMER Prime Minister Blair was desperate to avoid claims he was “snuggling up” to Silvio Berlusconi, according to National Archive files...

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Thatcher praised Tony Blair for supporting US after 9/11, files reveal

‘I greatly admire the resolve you are showing,’ former PM said in handwritten note released to National Archives

The Independent UK

Blair was urged to keep alive Ukraine’s EU hopes, records show

Former prime minister Tony Blair was told 20 years ago that Kyiv believed the West had ‘too rosy a view’ of Vladimir Putin.

The Independent UK

Blair desperate to avoid charges of ‘snuggling up’ to Berlusconi, files show

Newly released papers show the former PM saw the controversial Italian leader as an ‘essential’ ally in Europe.

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The Independent UK

Thatcher praised Blair for response to 9/11 terror attacks

The ex-PM sent a handwritten note backing the Labour prime minister’s staunch support for the US after the attacks.

Evening Standard

Labour has to take tough decisions on spending, says Keir Starmer amid two-child benefit cap row

The party leader’s confirmation he will retain the Conservative-imposed limit has sparked a backlash among Labour MPs

The Guardian - UK

Blair and Starmer bask in each other’s reflected glory

Current Labour leader and former Labour PM find validation in onstage love-in

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer hits back at Labour critics of child benefit U-turn

‘Talk of no money left is the economics of the kindergarten’ says economist

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 National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer mocks Labour critics in two-child benefits cap row

KEIR Starmer laughed off his internal critics over plans to keep draconian Tory benefit rules during an interview with Tony Blair.

The Independent UK

Watch as Keir Starmer and Ben Wallace speak at Tony Blair institute conference

Watch as Keir Starmer makes a speech on his vision for the future of Britain at the Tony Blair institute conference on Tuesday 18 July.

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