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Lord Field of Birkenhead obituary

MP for Birkenhead for 40 years and former Labour minister who was asked to ‘think the unthinkable’ about welfare reform

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024

Sure Start could have changed everything for my family. Labour must be brave – and revitalise it

A new report shows how transformational the initiative was. But Keir Starmer’s early-years plans lack the same vision, says journalist Terri White

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024

Reports of Sunak’s foul mood in No 10 echo the final days of other dying administrations

Stories have emerged of a foul mood in Downing Street; it was ever thus behind the scenes in a dying administration

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2024

Tackle poverty’s roots with a living income, put children first and tax the wealth of the 1%

Letters: Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s plan to get Britain out of a doom loop of poverty and despair

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024

A Labour government will have five years to fix the NHS or face the unthinkable

Public satisfaction with the health service is at an all-time low, so now might be time to reconsider what we expect from it

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024

Gordon Brown calls for new poverty fund to halt slide into ‘hungry decade’

Former PM says multibillion fund would be ‘transitional arrangement’ to give struggling families breathing space

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

Britain seems stuck in a doom loop of poverty. I have a plan to raise billions to address that

Communities, charities, companies and government could work together to rescue millions of people, says former prime minster Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

UK Labour Party Turns To Thatcher In Courtship Of Right

Margaret Thatcher remains despised by many on the left of British politics, but the main Labour opposition seems comfortable citing her as it woos the right before this year's election.

International Business Times · Mar 24, 2024

Rupert Murdoch and new 'Washington Post' CEO accused of cover-up in hacking scandal

For the first time, the media titan was accused in court of knowing about a massive British tabloid-hacking scandal and helping to cover it up. The new leader of The Washington Post was named too.

WEKU · Mar 21, 2024

A defeated Rishi Sunak should go, but my advice is: not too quickly

What our politics and government need is a restoration of continuity and stability – not a premature resignation, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024