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Labour and the Conservatives both plan to boost childcare by relying on the private sector

Childcare features prominently in both major parties’ plans for work and personal finance. Keir Starmer wants to make early-years provision as universal as possible while the Conservatives claim they’re already transforming childcare and increasing funding to both boost children’s development and get mothers back to work.

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Revealed: Westminster’s ‘unhealthy’ £100,000 relationship with the gambling industry

WESTMINSTER MPs and parties benefited from over £100,000 in gifts and donations from the gambling industry in the past year...

The National (Scotland)

Labour is telling Britain it is now a conservative party – and we should believe it

Let’s take Starmer at its word that it is the party of wealth creation and growth, not redistribution and equality. What will this mean for our politics, asks David Edgerton, professor of modern British history at King’s College London

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If Rachel Reeves hikes capital gains tax, she’ll be more in line with Nigel Lawson than Gordon Brown

With Labour heavily predicted to win the upcoming UK election, there has been much talk about future tax plans.

The Conversation

OPINION - Labour's private school tax raid may cost as well as win it seats

Depending on who you ask, New Labour died in June 2007, when Tony Blair stood down as prime minister, or September 2010, when Ed Miliband was elected leader. Except, neither is quite right, in that the real demise can be pinpointed to May 2008, at the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.

Evening Standard

Tony Blair sold the UK on a vision for the future. Can Keir Starmer do the same to return Labour to power?

When British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the UK general election outside 10 Downing Street in the pouring rain last month, the ignominy of the moment was compounded by the sound of a protester playing “Things Can Only Get Better” by D:Ream.

The Conversation

Thatcherism, austerity, Brexit, Liz Truss... goodbye and good riddance to all that

For 45 years, Britain has been blighted by Conservative ideologies that promised a path to prosperity, but achieved nothing of the sort

The Guardian - UK

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What will Labour actually do in government? Manifesto clues point to a surprisingly radical agenda

Since the first polls of the official election campaign came out earlier this month, there has been talk of Labour repeating its 1997 landslide.

The Conversation

How do you know the Tories are finished? There’s not a single person left to defend their record

This stretch of Conservative rule has been so destructive that even allies have called it ‘the worst government ever’, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Starmer has mastered the speeches about Tory ‘chaos’ and ‘decline’, but Britain needs hope – where is it?

The Labour leader needs to say what is wrong with the country, but people need to know how he will make things better, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

'Never again': D:Ream deny Labour use of Things Will Only Get Better

THE pop group D:Ream have said they would deny any requests by the Labour Party to use their hit song Things Will Only Get Better in their General…

The National (Scotland)

How a Labour MP became a rightwing figurehead – and enabled the clampdown on protest

The transformation of John Woodcock exposes the authoritarian potential that can lurk in Britain’s centre left, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Ex-ministers warn UK universities will go bust without higher fees or funding

Exclusive: Vice-chancellors suggest fee rise of £2,000 to £3,500 a year, but others say that is ‘politically impossible’

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Keir Starmer dons his election boots to tramp all over Tory territory

The Labour leader launched his general election campaign today with a 48-hour blitz of Conservative-held battleground seats

The Conversation

Gordon Brown wants £3 billion for the ‘austerity generation’. But the UK needs a more enduring solution

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for a rescue plan for some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people. There are, he said, 3.4 million children born after 2010 who are in poverty and whose development has been affected by the austerity policies of Conservative-led governments.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer puts six key pledges ‘up in lights’ to win over swing voters

Campaign material to include pledges on NHS wait times and recruiting teachers

The Guardian - UK

‘We had money! It was brilliant!’ Margaret Hodge on Labour governments, life as a migrant and quitting as an MP

After 30 years in parliament, the former minister will stand down at the next election. She talks about her battles with Jeremy Corbyn, her fury at Priti Patel and Suella Braverman, and the awfulness of austerity

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The Guardian - UK

A mug’s game: the politics of Rishi Sunak’s crockery choices

Patriotic teaware was on show from the prime minister this week – the latest round of his mug-based messaging

The Guardian - UK

Frank Field saw benefit in the Lib Dems. In this election year, Labour would be wise to do the same

The late elder statesman understood the need for a progressive realignment of British politics. That prize shouldn’t be lost, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Thatcher set Britain’s decline in motion – so why can’t politics exorcise her ghost?

MPs on all sides pay homage, while her failures are forgotten, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Senior Labour figures call for ‘life-transforming’ Sure Start policy

Gordon Brown and three former education ministers say New Labour’s acclaimed early-years programme benefited millions

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s economic plans: a response too small for the challenge the UK faces

Editorial: A radical agenda is needed to deal with the crises of economic stagnation, political polarisation and the climate emergency. Rachel Reeves did not offer one

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s team coached for government over dinners with top Whitehall figures

Shadow ministers step up preparations by holding informal meals to pick the brains of senior political figures

International Business Times

On Course For Power, UK's Labour Prepares For A Quick Change

If the main opposition Labor party wins the next UK general election as opinion polls indicate, then a familiar sight will appear outside the prime minister's official residence the next day: removal vans.

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