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From Churchill to Johnson: The Queen’s 14 prime ministers

Sir Winston Churchill, her first prime minister, is thought to be her favourite.

The Independent UK

To be PM Keir Starmer must show us who he is, not just who he isn’t

The bleak fate of many Opposition leaders is to be remembered as necessary but not sufficient. Yes, they advanced the cause of their powerless parties. Their work made a difference and was essential to electoral recovery; but not so much that they themselves made it to the promised land.

Evening Standard

Half of all children in lone-parent families are in relative poverty

Exclusive: IFS study shows impact of Tory cuts to benefits and cost of living crisis on single mothers

The Guardian - UK

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So the arguments over Brexit are done and dusted for a generation. Really, Tony Blair?

We desperately need to rejoin the single market and customs union, whatever the former PM thinks

The Guardian - UK

Starmer allies reject claims leftwingers blocked from standing for Labour

Party figures understood to have urged leader to rein in acolytes after candidates from left excluded from longlists

The Guardian - UK

Labour can ‘seal deal’ at next election with clear policy agenda, says Blair

The former Labour prime minister was speaking at the Future Of Britain conference in central London.

The Independent UK

Tony Blair denies he's forming a new party with Ruth Davidson

TONY Blair has insisted his new Future of Britain project would not morph into a political party.

The National (Scotland)

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Tony Blair says Keir Starmer must set out clear policy plan to win next election

The former PM said the next election 'will be as much about Labour as it is about the Conservatives' and urged Keir Starmer to be clear on what the party offers

Daily Mirror

Tony Blair says voters must be told ‘what Labour stands for’ ahead of ‘Future of Britain’ festival

Former Labour leader denies he ’given up on Labour’ – ahead of conference with ex-Tory Cabinet ministers

The Independent UK

Tony Blair says Labour has ‘recovered’ as he dismisses need for new party

Keir Starmer ‘doing an amazing job’ but voters still confused about what party stands for, says former PM

The Guardian - UK

Sir Colin Blakemore obituary

Neuroscientist, persuasive science communicator and advocate for rationality and openness

The Guardian - UK

Ignore the howls of outrage, Keir — you had to ditch Jeremy Corbyn’s manifesto

Channel Four is recording a fun new show before Nadine Dorries flogs it off. Make Me Prime Minister features Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s famous spin doctor, and Baroness Warsi, former Tory party chair, putting plucky members of the public through their paces to see if they’ve got what it takes…

Evening Standard

Falling NHS continuity of care poses ‘existential threat’ to patient safety

Britain’s top family doctor to warn of ‘most worrying crisis in decades’ with shrinking numbers of GPs and soaring demand

The Guardian - UK

Good Friday Agreement has survived almost 25 years despite objections says Lord Trimble

He reflected on the agreement as he attended the unveiling of a new portrait of him

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The Independent UK

Belfast Agreement has survived almost 25 years despite objections – Lord Trimble

The former First Minister was speaking as a new portrait of him was unveiled at the Queen’s University Belfast.

The Guardian - UK

Double defeat points to unwinding of Conservative Brexit coalition

Defeat for the Tories in two key byelections shows that tactical voting could put safe seats in play if replicated at a general election

The Conversation

Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton byelections: even Boris Johnson loyalists will now be worried for the next election

The scale of byelection defeats in Tiverton and Honiton in south-west England and Wakefield in the north of England might have Conservative rebels wishing they had waited a few weeks to hold a no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson. For the 148 MPs who voted against him, these results might have…

Evening Standard

Sir John Curtice: Tories in trouble but Keir Starmer still missing crucial spark

Boris Johnson’s party is “in trouble” but Sir Keir Starmer has yet to spark the “crucial ingredient” of enthusiasm for Labour which led to Tony Blair’s 1997 victory, according to one of Britain’s leading elections experts

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Financial Times

How ‘vice-signalling’ swallowed electoral politics

Politicians have always pandered. But lately, political stunts, from Trump’s wall to Johnson’s Rwanda flights, have taken a darker turn

The Guardian - UK

Putin is not yet ready to end the Ukraine war. When he is, we must be prepared

It’s vital to avoid a false choice between peace and justice, says Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s chief negotiator on Northern Ireland

Evening Standard

Are these Labour’s strikes? No, but it needs a line to take

Is Oliver Dowden, the Conservative Party chairman, right? Are these Labour’s strikes? The short answer is no. The Tories are in government, have been so for the last 12 years while the RMT isn’t even affiliated with the Labour Party, expelled as it was in 2004 for reasons you couldn’t…

The Guardian - UK

I negotiated a Northern Ireland deal that worked. Johnson’s Putinesque strategy will wreck it

The 2007 settlement I worked on aimed to deepen the peace process – the vandals now in charge of Britain don’t care about it, says former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain

The Independent UK

Lord Geidt resignation: A short history of government ethics advisers

Boris Johnson facing fresh criticism after hinting he may not replace outgoing code of conduct czar

The Guardian - UK

‘Nothing has changed since Grenfell’: Emma Dent Coad on death threats and PTSD as Kensington’s Labour MP

She won the traditionally Tory seat just days before the fire. She talks about her powerlessness on that terrible night – and her battle to reform the council

Daily Mirror

Labour celebrates 100 years of Welsh wins - and here's how the party did it

First Minister Mark Drakeford spoke to the Mirror as his party marks a centenary since the first time it topped the polls in Wales

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