Streeting outlines key policies ahead of potential Labour leadership contest IN FULL The Independent UK · May 31
Streeting attacks both Starmer and Blair – and lays out key policies The former health secretary said Labour should consider cutting national insurance and issuing new oil drilling licences for the North Sea The Independent UK · May 30
Streeting backs North Sea licences and national insurance cut He reiterated his support for the UK’s eventual return to the EU. Evening Standard · May 30
Tony Blair says he is all about the future – but his vision is woefully stuck in the past He insists he is so right but gets so much badly wrong, not least the absurdity that the UK should have joined Donald Trump in the quagmire that is Iran, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland The Guardian - UK · May 29
The less we hear from Tony Blair, the better Letters: Readers respond to coverage of an essay by the former Labour prime minister attacking the party’s current leadership and policies The Guardian - UK · May 29
Tony Blair is back and he's seriously serious about getting serious We have a guest column from the politician everyone’s been talking about for the last 30 years: Tony Blair. The National (Scotland) · May 29
Digested week: Is it pedantic to point out Trump is ‘ending’ a war he started? Plus, Nicola Sturgeon’s marital relations, the hell of burnout, Tony Blair’s saviour complex and Spurs The Guardian - UK · May 29
Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson announces cancer has returned The Labour peer was initially diagnosed with non-aggressive prostate cancer in March 2023 The Independent UK · May 29
Meta Ramsay: The British intelligence pioneer who could have been MI6’s first female ‘C’ Labour peer was a senior agent during the height of the Cold War The Independent UK · May 29
Andy Burnham addresses ‘gaping omission’ in Tony Blair’s 5,600-word essay IN FULL The Independent UK · May 29
Tributes pour in for MI6 ‘trailblazer’ Baroness Meta Ramsay Her tenure included participation in the 1985 extraction of KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky from the Soviet Union The Independent UK · May 29
Meta Ramsay: the spy who could have been MI6’s first female ‘C’ After a 22-year career in intelligence she became a Labour minister in the Lords, helping to steer Scottish devolution. Evening Standard · May 29
If you’re serious about growth – you need to be serious about women IN FOCUS: Everyone is talking about scaling up – but no one is mentioning those who can really make it happen, says finance leader Sam Cooper-Gray. There is one cohort that could generate over £50bn a year for the British economy, if only those in charge would pay a bit… The Independent UK · May 29
Keir Starmer defends approach to AI and energy in response to Tony Blair’s essay The Prime Minister penned an almost 3,000-word-long post published to Substack on Thursday, responding to Sir Tony Blair’s essay. Evening Standard · May 28
The Independent UK · May 28 Burnham positions himself as the reformed Blairite – but will that work in Makerfield? NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox looks at the contradictory nature of Andy Burnham’s response to Tony Blair
The Guardian - UK · May 28 Keir Starmer defends policy choices in rebuttal of Blair’s criticism PM says predecessor misunderstands government’s successes and ‘very different’ situation compared with 1997
The National (Scotland) · May 28 Zack Polanski demands transparency amid concerns over Tony Blair's AI lobbying Zack Polanski has urged the UK Government to be transparent amid concerns over the links between its AI policy and the Tony Blair Institute ...
The Guardian - UK · May 28 In defence of the songs of my youth Brief letters: Party tunes of 1973 | Tim Winton’s Juice | Remembering times tables | Labour’s priorities | Tony Blair and irony
The Guardian - UK · May 28 Alan Milburn is right, a young generation has been betrayed. Forget Tony Blair: we must attend to this The new and excoriating account of the dire prospects for UK young people is a call to action. It could be the Beveridge report for our time, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Independent UK · May 28 Life for Britons is much harder than it used to be – and Blair has ignored that, says Burnham The party’s most successful former leader and prime minister has issued a scathing indictment of Labour
Evening Standard · May 28 Fact check: Defence vs benefits, church attack video and advantage of sunglasses Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.
The Independent UK · May 28 Blair is wrong about my government, Starmer says, as he hits back over Labour criticism Prime minister ‘doesn’t agree with much’ of Sir Tony Blair’s scathing 5,700-word essay
The Independent UK · May 28 Reversing minimum wage changes is no ‘easy solution’ to end Britain’s Neet crisis, Milburn warns The former Labour minister warned against solely blaming the chancellor for the scale of the crisis facing the nation
The Independent UK · May 28 Starmer says he is ‘vindicated’ by change in rebuff to Blair criticism The former Labour prime minister launched a scathing attack on Sir Keir and his Government earlier this week.
The Guardian - UK · May 28 The Campaign Diary of Robert Kenyon Aged 41 and Three-Quarters (as imagined by John Crace) What’s Carol Vorderman moaning about? All I said was how fit she was … must be going through the menopause or something