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Britain, here’s a plan: stop applying old fixes to new problems. And stop obsessing about growth

Crises in productivity and wealth inequality won’t be solved with ideas from the 80s, says the author and historian David Edgerton

The Guardian - UK

MMP and my part in the downfall of First Past the Post

My interest in electoral reform began in New Zealand in 1987, taking me to London and Berlin to campaign and research. MMP won out but National and Labour still do not like changes that might threaten their dominance, writes Philip Temple

Newsroom.co.nz

Starmer may lack Blair’s charisma, but he may well change Britain more than New Labour ever did

Without the optimism that carried Labour to power in the 90s, the party now has to go big on reform, says the Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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New Labour's woolly jumper bans and ‘ghastly’ away days revealed in archives

THE latest release of files from the National Archives in Kew have revealed new insights into the important business of government.

The National (Scotland)

The fading Tories are stealing ideas from Labour – a transition has already begun

Blurred lines between one government and the next happen quite often, but that doesn’t mean Starmer’s fight is over, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak news – live: David Miliband hints at Commons return demanding EU ‘cooperation’

Former Labour minister says UK has a ‘shredded reputation’

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman wants ‘safe country list to fast-track asylum seekers’ removal’

Home Office said to be planning to put Albania on ‘white list’ of safe countries

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Home Office looking at asylum ‘safe’ list to combat Channel crisis – report

The Times says the plans would emulate a New Labour policy from the early 2000s.

The Independent UK

Labour sounds like the Tories on immigration – but its policy goes back to its trade union roots

Keir Starmer has given a glimpse of what immigration policy could look like under a Labour government. Speaking to the Confederation for British Industry, the party leader’s key message was about reducing the UK’s dependency on migrant labour.

The Conversation

What are stealth taxes?

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers Autumn Statement to Parliament laying out package of tax rises worth £24bn and spending cuts of £30bn to plug massive public funding black hole

The Independent UK

How the UK political crisis affects the opposition Labour party?

For the first time in years, Labour has a realistic chance of coming to power in the next general election.

Al Jazeera

Starmer should be confident about entering No 10. It’s what he does next that will define him

The Labour leader has finally hitched himself to some bold policies. But can he be trusted to come good on them, asks Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

‘Coming back to finish the job’: Starmer aims to reclaim centre ground

Leader will promise ‘fresh start’ for UK after turbulence of successive Conservative governments in keynote address to conference

The Guardian - UK

Lisa Nandy: ‘Levelling up under the Tories is dead. Labour is the only answer’

Shadow levelling up secretary says her party is coming back to finish the job of the New Labour government

The Guardian - UK

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What’s the story, diverse Tories?

For the first time in history, not one of our four leading ministers of state is a white man. Jason Okundaye looks at how this happened and whether it’s just political gameplay

The National (Scotland)

Douglas Ross set to hire 'ex-New Labour staffer' amid exodus of aides from top team

The Scottish Tories' chief of staff, director of communications and also their head of digital are all leaving Ross's team

The Independent UK

What would Princess Diana’s life have been like if she had lived?

Embroiled in culture wars or living the high life in exile abroad, Sean O’Grady explores what Princess Diana’s life might have been like, had the Princess of Wales not died 25 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss is a Gen-Xer like me. We shouldn’t be the ones in power right now

The relative global stability that I grew up with is long gone, yet one of my peers is carrying on like nothing has changed, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Keir Starmer’s tepid policies are alienating Labour’s core supporters

Letters: Labour may be sowing the seeds of its own destruction, writes Dr Peter Mangan, while Jacqueline Mackenzie says she has become politically homeless. Plus letters from John Bourn and Ted Shrecker

The National (Scotland)

SNP beat New Labour for 'sleaze and spin' claims Sarwar as Holyrood reform plans unveiled

ANAS Sarwar has claimed the SNP have taken spin and secrecy “to a whole other level” as he unveiled Scottish Labour’s plans to reform Holyrood.

The Guardian - UK

Labour should be winning – but this Tory leadership circus is drowning Starmer out

Compared with the novelty of a new Conservative premier, the no-frills Labour leader is failing to show he is a fresher option, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Wales Online

UN law meant UK was ‘attractive for asylum seekers’, New Labour told

Attempts to tackle immigration partly thwarted by protocol

The Independent UK

UN law meant UK was ‘attractive destination for asylum seekers’, New Labour told

Internal memos from the first years of Tony Blair’s premiership show how keen the government was to tackle immigration.

The Guardian - UK

It’s taken a leadership race for the Tories to fess up: they’ve wrecked the economy

Don’t take my word for it that they are the low-growth party? Just ask Liz Truss and Tom Tugendhat, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

‘The country is in a dangerous place – people are frightened’: Andy Burnham on power, progress and finding his place

Five years into his job, the mayor of Greater Manchester is calling for a radical reinvention of the political system. He talks about his big ideas, confronting self-doubt – and the chances of him running for the Labour leadership

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