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The Latest Breaking News from Tony Blair

NHS was ‘within hours’ of running out of gowns during pandemic, Hancock tells Covid inquiry – as it happened

Former health secretary is facing questions at the UK Covid-19 inquiry

The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2024

John Prescott dies aged 86: 'Devastated' Tony Blair leads tributes to Labour 'big beast'

‘It is no exaggeration to say the Labour Party could never have won three consecutive full terms without John’ - Sir Tony Blair

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2024

Former deputy prime minister John Prescott dies aged 86

The former trade union activist died ‘peacefully’ and surrounded by relatives at his care home, his family said.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024

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In Pictures: Party stalwart kept New Labour in touch with traditional supporters

John Prescott was a formidable campaigner who took his party’s message on the road to its heartlands at a time of change for the movement.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024

John Prescott: The political bruiser who helped build New Labour

The ex-deputy prime minister was a key figure in Tony Blair’s modernisation project – only to later distance himself from his legacy.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024

First Labour MPs express doubts over farm inheritance tax after thousands protest

Farmers marched in Westminster on Tuesday in attempt to persuade government to U-turn on ‘tractor tax’

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2024

Starmer warned Labour faces wipeout of rural MPs in farm tax backlash ahead of protest

Exclusive: As tens of thousands of farmers prepare to march on London in protest over inheritance tax measures, Labour Baroness Ann Mallalieu issues a stark warning to the prime minister

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2024

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Hospital league tables risk sapping NHS morale

Letters: Pury Sharifi says tick boxes cannot measure continuity and compassion, while Alison Vaspe says naming and shaming is not the answer. Plus a letter from Sue Stephenson

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024

The week in TV: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light; Bad Sisters; Immigration: How British Politics Failed; The Penguin – review

Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis return with added candlelight; Bad Sisters cranks up the chaos; and a valiant look at UK immigration is marred by Farage. Plus, a jaw-dropping late twist for The Penguin

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024

‘You betrayed us’: how UK farmers swiftly turned on Labour over inheritance tax plans

The government’s budget has caused a rupture with the farming community, who have vowed to ‘fight their corner’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024

William Hague hits out at ‘two jobs’ rival Peter Mandelson as they battle for Oxford role

Former Tory leader says Labour peer Lord Mandelson cannot be UK ambassador to the US and chancellor of Oxford University

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2024

David Hill obituary

No 10 director of communications for Tony Blair who was respected by politicians and the media for his honesty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024

Sue Gray’s final departure marks the moment that the Starmer project gets serious

The prime minister has finally grasped that Downing Street must control the narrative, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024

Anas Sarwar challenged as ex-Labour adviser claims 'we don't need small farmers'

SCOTLAND’s Agriculture Minister has called on Scottish Labour to clarify whether a senior Labour figure speaks for them after he said “we…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 12, 2024

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The National (Scotland) · Nov 12, 2024

Ex-Tony Blair adviser sparks fury after 'we don't need small farmers' comment

A FORMER senior adviser to Tony Blair has said “we don’t need small farmers” during a discussion on GB News.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

PM ‘totally disagrees’ with ex-Blair aide’s claim UK does not need small farmers

Former political adviser John McTernan said the Government should ‘do what Margaret Thatcher did to the miners’ to protesting farmers.

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

Keir Starmer disowns top Blair adviser over ‘we don’t need small farmers’ rant

John McTernan, who served as Tony Blair’s political secretary, sparked fury as he said family farming is ‘an industry we can do without’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

Immigration: How British Politics Failed review – every one of these politicians is unbearable

From Nigel Farage to Suella Braverman and Tony Blair, the bloviating talking heads in this documentary give a good sense of how immigration policy became polluted by racism

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024

Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube review – an extraordinary look at how Jean Charles de Menezes was killed

This mesmerising docuseries is full of astonishing interviews as it examines the Metropolitan police shooting of an innocent man – two weeks after the London bombings and terrorist threats of July 2005

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2024

King leads nation’s tribute to war dead as Kate watches ceremony from balcony

The Queen was missing from the ceremony in Whitehall, London, through illness.

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2024

Former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Tony Blair attend Remembrance Day ceremony

A host of former UK prime ministers including Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, David Cameron, Liz Truss, and Tony Blair joined the Royal Family and military personnel at the Cenotaph today (10 November), to mark Remebrance Day.

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2024

King lays wreath at Cenotaph as nation falls silent in remembrance

The Princess of Wales watched on from a balcony over Whitehall.

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024

Voices: The Return of the Blairites: Why Keir Starmer should tap into Labour’s past

COMMENT: The prime minister may not be New Labour by instinct, but he has proved to be ruthless – and willing to learn from his party’s past success, John Rentoul writes

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024

NHS crisis ‘a million times worse’ than under Tony Blair, former health secretary warns

Alan Milburn said the NHS needs to be weaned off what he said was a ‘more, more, more’ culture

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2024

NHS in ‘last-chance saloon’, says former health secretary Alan Milburn

Milburn set to take senior health department role and says crisis is ‘million times worse’ than when he was in office

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