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‘I perpetually think we’ll win. We always lose’: Labour’s Jon Cruddas on elections, class and life as an MP

The member for Dagenham and Rainham says he can’t wait to leave parliament. So why did he spend the past 23 years there? And what does he think he achieved?

The Guardian - UK

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

Judges didn’t see what the fuss over Garrick Club was about – they do now

Twelve years after former supreme court president Brenda Hale criticised membership, judges seem to finally grasp what she meant

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Senior Labour figures seeking to water down plans to decriminalise abortion

MPs due to have free vote on proposal but some in party have privately expressed concerns it goes too far

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James Corden to return to London stage in political drama The Constituent

Joe Penhall’s new play marks the talkshow host’s first theatre role since One Man, Two Guvnors and will see him star opposite Anna Maxwell Martin at the Old Vic

The Guardian - UK

Garrick Club’s men-only members list reveals roll-call of British establishment

Exclusive: Details made public for first time prompt anger over how many influential figures belong to club that bars women

The Guardian - UK

‘This place is utterly dysfunctional’: MPs on why they’re leaving parliament

Almost 100 MPs will stand down at the next election – and for many it won’t come a moment too soon. Here, Harriet Harman, Charles Walker, Caroline Lucas and others talk about what life inside Westminster is really like

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Exodus of long-serving MPs leaves Commons facing wave of change

Exhaustion and a desire to avoid a spell in opposition are factors in why a large group will stand down at next election

The Guardian - UK

Standing down: who are the MPs calling time before the next UK election?

Ninety MPs, including 14 former secretaries of state, have said they will not be standing for re-election in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Harriet Harman urges party leaders to address MPs’ safety

Labour MP says Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer must agree on ensuring election campaign is not marred by threats

The Guardian - UK

Harriet Harman elected as new head of MPs’ sleaze watchdog

The former cabinet minister, who led the probe into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs, will replace her party colleague Sir Chris Bryant.

The Independent UK

Indie band Easy Life backed by Tom Watson and Harriet Harman over ‘cruel’ easyJet lawsuit

Budget airline’s brand company has been criticised for launching legal action against the band, who formed under the name Easy Life in 2017

The Independent UK

Indie band Easy Life backed by Tom Watson and Harriet Harman over ‘cruel’ easyJet lawsuit

Budget airline’s parent company has been criticised for launching legal action against the band, who formed under the name Easy Life in 2017

The Independent UK

‘It was electrifying’: the inside story of Labour’s 1997 election landslide

Paranoia, relentless activity, infighting – the people who saw it all look back on the dizzying days that made political history

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Bluestockings. Unshaggables. It’s how Laurence Fox and co put strong women down

The ex-actor joins other famous misogynists in exposing their many limitations

The Guardian - UK

Harriet Harman hoping to take over as chair of standards watchdog

Labour MP Stella Creasy also vying for role that became vacant when former chair Chris Bryant was given shadow cabinet role

The Independent UK

Harriet Harman seeks sleaze watchdog role after chairing Johnson probe

The senior Labour parliamentarian has thrown her hat in the ring to replace party colleague Chris Bryant as chair of the Commons Standards Committee.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Even if you hate Ulez, you should be angry that central government tried to block it

George Osborne used to tell the world’s most expensive jokes. At the 2015 Budget, the then-chancellor said £1 million would be spent to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, primarily to land a gag about a Labour-SNP alliance. Further public money was allocated to reducing tolls on…

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Harriet Harman hails ‘heroic’ Tory MPs who punished Boris

Four Conservatives were hit by ‘real harassment’ from party colleagues, says committee chair

The Guardian - UK

Harriet Harman praises ‘heroic’ Tories who ruled Johnson misled MPs

Privileges committee chair says Tory colleagues stood up to ‘real harassment’ during inquiry into ex-PM’s statements

The Guardian - UK

Judge’s reduction of sentence for abortion shows how law must change, say campaigners

Legislation that led to Carla Foster being jailed after procuring pills for a termination said to be ‘antiquated’

The Independent UK

Carla Foster: Women’s rights groups call for reform of ‘outdated’ abortion laws

Campaigners have claimed it was ‘never in the public interest’ to prosecute Carla Foster.

The Guardian - UK

Listen up, critics: first let Labour win power. Then scrutinise its real record

Of course Keir Starmer is cautious in the runup to an election – Labour can’t change Britain from the opposition benches, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Penny Mordaunt urges end to ‘sorry affair’ as MPs approve partygate committee report

Allies of Boris Johnson were criticised by the Privileges Committee over their response to the Partygate report

The Independent UK

Mordaunt urges end to ‘sorry affair’ after Boris rebellion

Allies of Boris Johnson were criticised by the Privileges Committee and accused of trying to undermine the panel’s work into the former PM

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