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Brianna Ghey’s parents met hate with love, and Sunak chased cheap laughs. That says it all about him and his party

The PM’s bad joke revealed his inability to read a room. How on earth will he cope in an actual election campaign, asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Tables without food, bedrooms without beds. Grinding child poverty in Britain calls for anger – and a plan

There are things ministers must do but also actions we can take to help fellow citizens. Both are now essential, says former PM Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown slams ‘obscene’ levels of destitution in the UK

Former PM criticises ministers for ‘moral outrage’ of ‘systematically shredding’ social security system

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When the PM and Piers Morgan strike a £1,000 TV bet about desperate human lives, whom do you abhor the most?

No wonder Sunak today seeks to extricate himself. None of the world leaders I have interviewed would have behaved this way, says author and broadcaster Gavin Esler

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK leader accuses Tories of ‘stealing’ social housing policy

Richard Tice says Conservatives trying to copy party’s plan to put foreign nationals at ‘back of queue’ for social homes

The Guardian - UK

Tory social housing plan aims to prioritise ‘British homes for British workers’

Exclusive: Proposals to be put forward next month will favour UK citizens, but experts say they are likely to be illegal or unworkable

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Simon Clarke's call to oust Sunak has nothing on Patricia Hewitt-Geoff Hoon coup

If I had to pick my favourite failed coup of the Gordon Brown premiership, it would have to be the Patricia Hewitt-Geoff Hoon plot. It was early January 2010 when the former cabinet ministers called for a secret ballot of Labour MPs to effectively force the prime minister out.

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Gordon Brown calls for overhaul of benefits system as study reveals ‘crisis’

Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt urged to act over report showing poorest families spend 63p in each £1 on food and energy bills

The Guardian - UK

Sir Tony Lloyd obituary

Labour MP who served as a Foreign Office minister in the 1990s and later became Manchester’s police and crime commissioner

The Guardian - UK

Kate Garraway supported as ‘vile’ Katie Hopkins mocks host’s grief over husband Derek Draper

Hopkins targeted TV presenter in a ‘despicable’ video that’s outraged many, including Piers Morgan

The Independent UK

Kate Garraway gives update on family life after death of husband Derek Draper

Draper died earlier this month after a heartbreaking battle with long Covid

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak's reputation for being tetchy has been seen in previous prime ministers – and it doesn't end well

There are few more high-profile and pressurised jobs than leading a country. So it’s perhaps not surprising that the pressure appears to be getting to British prime minister Rishi Sunak.

The Conversation

HS2 cost soars to £66.6bn, company chairman admits

The executive chair of HS2 Ltd said the cost has almost doubled from an initial estimate under Gordon Brown’s government that it would cost just £37.5bn

The Independent UK

In 2008, we were inches from peace in the Middle East. I believe it’s still within our grasp

It may seem impossible to seek a deal amid war. But the consequences of not doing so are too painful to contemplate, says former UK PM Gordon Brown

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Anas Sarwar refuses to say what new Holyrood powers he wants

ANAS Sarwar refused to specify if he would back any new powers for Holyrood despite pledging to “make devolution work” for Scotland and the UK.

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Liam Byrne: ‘I’d say about a quarter to a third of MPs are the children of alcoholics’

In his new book, the Labour MP, who left a note to his Treasury successor in 2010 saying that there was ‘no money’, likens modern Britain to the last days of Rome. He talks about trauma, Starmer and creating a fairer society

The Guardian - UK

Derek Draper: the ‘cocky know-it-all’ who rebuilt his life after scandal

Former lobbyist and Labour insider reinvented himself as a therapist after twice withdrawing from politics

Evening Standard

Derek Draper: the man he was before his tragic Covid battle

A 'ruthless' political lobbyist, a 'huge character' and the love of Kate Garraway's life. Emma Loffhagen looks back on the life of Derek Draper

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The Guardian - UK

Nelson Mandela taught me this: hope survives wherever people come together

Even amid the despair that haunts our world, good can come out of evil. We need to believe that, for the sake of our future, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

On the eve of an election year, Rishi Sunak has a dilemma: at what point should he lose?

Whether in May or autumn, the prime minister faces a fraught campaign, and even a shock win could make him worse off

The Guardian - UK

Here’s Sunak’s problem in deciding the election date: things are very bad now – and they could get much worse

With the polls against him and the Tories in turmoil, a May date might be the PM’s best gamble – but gambling isn’t his forte, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

Path of much resistance: 2,700-mile England coast route nears completion

Just 26 miles of King Charles III path – a trail going around England’s entire coastline – yet to be submitted for government approval

The Guardian - UK

May general election? The economic case for going early (and clinging on)

Falling inflation and tax cuts in a February budget would signal a spring poll but weak growth and rising mortgage bills bode caution

Evening Standard

Outgoing Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford slams House of Lords: 'I don't want to become a peer'

The Welsh Labour leader criticised the unelected Upper House of Parliament as a 'democratic anachronism'

Evening Standard

Tony Blair and JK Rowling among mourners at Alistair Darling's memorial service

Former chancellor hailed as 'man of great integrity' as politicians from across the political spectrum gathered to pay their respects

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