UNCOVERED: 4 | History Defined

No 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EU

Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

Dame Esther Rantzen became crucial figure in assisted dying debate after terminal diagnosis

She said her own experience showed ‘why it’s so important that future generations will have the choice that is denied to me and other adults’

The Independent UK · Sep 30

Dame Esther Rantzen became a key figure in the assisted dying conversation

A debate in Parliament in April 2024 saw Dame Esther singled out for the contribution she had made to the public discourse.

Evening Standard · Sep 30

Fear of the other a ‘defining aspect of our time right now’, art curator says

Ekow Eshun was among 67 people given honours by the Princess Royal at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Sep 30

Do parents make the politician? Find out on the Today programme’s psychotherapy couch

Dad’s the word for Andy Burnham, so maybe all party leaders should be seen afresh through a Freudian lens

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

‘Oozing everyman charm’: what the papers say about Andy Burnham’s speech

PM’s oratory at least as good as Blair’s, says Andrew Marr, while Mail asks who pays for Honest Andy’s ‘New Jerusalem’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

Burnham’s Brexit pledge means an early election is now far more likely

ANALYSIS : The prime minister’s pledge to stick to the restrictive red lines of Sir Keir Starmer’s manifesto is simply not sustainable until 2029 – however strongly Andy Burnham denies there will be an early general election, writes political editor David Maddox

The Independent UK · Sep 30

Cooper pledges public health approach to tackling ‘epidemic’ of domestic abuse

The Health Secretary was speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.

The Independent UK · Sep 30

I heard one thing loud and clear in Andy Burnham’s landmark speech: the left has won the arguments

The PM’s stated trajectory is a rebuke to past Tory and Labour governments. The challenge now is to make his project progressive in word and deed, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

Wednesday briefing: ​Can Andy Burnham live up to the party’s faith in him?

In today’s newsletter: ​At Labour conference members are basking in the glow of the Burnham bounce. But beneath the enthusiasm lies a growing sense that delivery must follow hopeful messaging

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30