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The Latest Breaking News from Tony Blair

Keir Starmer says he is as ‘laser-focused on poverty’ as Tony Blair was in 1997

Labour leader’s comments come as he sets out party’s plans to improve education and opportunity

The Guardian - UK

‘Vanishingly small’ chance Sunak can cut NHS waiting lists by election, warn experts

PM on course to break his promise after his other big pledges thrown into doubt

The Independent UK

Patients could be fined for missing GP appointments, health minister warns

Maria Caulfield says ministers ‘not ruling out’ fines for patients who miss GP and hospital appointments

The Independent UK

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NHS waiting list will ‘probably go up’ in England, says minister

Maria Caulfield claims NHS will be ‘thriving’ in 25 years’ time, and says wait times are shorter despite record 7.4m figure

The Guardian - UK

Tony Blair says NHS is finished unless private sector used more

Sir Tony said there is no future for the NHS without fully embracing the tech revolution

The Independent UK

Tony Blair urges expanded role for private sector as NHS turns 75

Former PM says service needs radical reform, including pointing patients to private healthcare offers

The Guardian - UK

‘We have to flip the AI debate towards hope’: Labour’s techno-optimist, Darren Jones

The chair of the Commons business select committee is a firm believer that technology is a force for good and should be central to his party’s plans to transform the UK

The Guardian - UK

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‘Locked in a death spiral’: the state of the NHS at 75

Doctors and senior hospital figures – as well as the official statistics – paint a bleak picture. But is there cause for hope?

The Guardian - UK

Labour under pressure to axe two-child benefit limit

Left shifts tactics to ‘go with the grain’ of Keir Starmer’s project

The Guardian - UK

Labour divided over tactical voting to block Tories at by-elections

Exclusive: Starmer and Davey urged to strike informal deal – as new figures show success of tactical voting campaign

The Independent UK

The most controversial British scandals of the 21st century

Prince William has paid tribute to the Windrush generation on the 75th anniversary of their arrival in Britain – and five years after their treatment by the Home Office was the subject of a scandal whose repercussions are still being felt.

The Week

OPINION - Farewell Margaret McDonagh, who helped women (and Blair) get to power

Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh of Mitcham and Morden, died this week, far too young at 61, from a ferocious brain tumour. You may not be familiar with this Labour grande dame, despite the many obituaries published about her. But if you delighted in Tony Blair winning the election in 1997…

Evening Standard

Blair warns leaders to ‘get to grips’ with AI as ‘it will change everything’

The former Prime Minister said the new technology would affect everything from business to how public sector services were run.

The Independent UK

Starmer: I haven’t held talks about creating hundreds of new peers in the Lords

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he had not offered peerages to people ahead of a potential general election next year.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Alastair Campbell: The public needs to know what change will mean for them

Setting out why a Labour government would be better must move to centre stage, Alastair Campbell writes in the Standard

The Guardian - UK

Lady McDonagh obituary

First female general secretary of the Labour party who played a key role in the 1997 landslide election victory

The Guardian - UK

‘A tour de force’: tributes pour in for Margaret McDonagh, linchpin of Tony Blair’s New Labour

Party’s first female general secretary, who has died aged 61, was essential part of team behind party’s 1997 landslide victory

Daily Mirror

Tributes paid to Margaret McDonagh who was 'unstoppable force' behind Labour's victories

Baroness McDonagh, who was Labour’s first female general secretary, was hailed as the 'absolutely essential' figure to the party's 1997 and 2001 election wins as it was announced she had died aged 61

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The Guardian - UK

Steve Barclay ‘frustrated health officials by delaying vaccine programme signoff’

Other senior staff allowed rollout to begin 10 days before Treasury’s formal green light, new book claims

Evening Standard

OPINION - Thank goodness, Tony Blair is winning the battle of ideas for Labour’s future

Who is going to win the battle of ideas for the future of the Labour Party? Because Ed Miliband and Tony Blair are both fighting for supremacy from their own powerbases. Thankfully, Blair has swung back to become the dominant voice of influence with the research he is providing from…

The Independent UK

Majority of people think UK was wrong to leave EU, poll suggests

The Tony Blair Institute think tank has looked at how the UK can improve its post-Brexit relationship with the EU.

The Independent UK

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown ‘could be made lords’ by Keir Starmer to bolster a Labour government

The Labour leader did not rule out a move to the Lords for the former premiers despite his intention to abolish the upper house

The National (Scotland)

Peerages for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown not ruled out by Keir Starmer

KEIR Starmer did not rule out handing peerages and government positions to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown ...

The Independent UK

Sir Keir Starmer open to consulting former PMs Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

The Labour leader did not rule out a move to the Lords for the former premiers despite his intention to abolish the upper house.

Wales Online

The people who rejected or gave back their honours including Prince Philip, two Beatles, and Michael Sheen

Some big-name celebrities have turned down knighthoods and peerages for a number of reasons

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