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Labour need to remove two-child benefit cap immediately amid ‘unacceptable’ levels of poverty, MPs say

Debate over two-child benefit cap a ‘defining issue for the new Labour government’, John McDonnell says

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves doubles down on refusal to scrap two-child benefit cap

Scrapping the policy would lift an estimated 300,000 children out of poverty

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown launches London’s first ‘multibank’ amid UK child poverty fears

Ex-PM is opening the capital’s first facility based on Fife model, supplying basic necessities against backdrop of concerns for child wellbeing over the summer holidays

The Guardian - UK

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Gordon Brown calls on ministers not to scrap T-level qualification

Conservatives had announced end of vocational qualification introduced in 2020, while Labour plans to review it

The Guardian - UK

Labour will rightly be judged by how it fixes our problems. But never forget who left the UK in such a rotten state

Although Cameron and Osborne have been rebranded as Tory moderates, look back to 2010 and you’ll see how much devastation they truly caused, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

The chancellor has tied her own hands with her fiscal rules – here’s why she should change them

The new government has made boosting economic growth its central goal. Chancellor Rachel Reeves wasted no time in announcing changes to the planning system designed to encourage more housebuilding and infrastructure investment.

The Conversation

When US presidents and UK prime ministers met for the first time – from hand-holding to ‘political soulmates’

Sir Keir Starmer and Joe Biden’s working relationship may be different to that of forerunners, such as Theresa May and Donald Trump, and Gordon Brown and Barack Obama

The Independent UK

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Rage as Putin bombs a children’s hospital in Kyiv, but know there is a way to try him for his crimes

I support the Council of Europe plan to hold the Kremlin to account, says Gordon Brown, UN global ambassador for education

The Guardian - UK

Tony Blair’s new dawn of 1997 offers landslide lessons for Keir Starmer

The Guardian’s political editor in 1997 recalls the optimism then and what went wrong in the transition from opposition to power

The Guardian - UK

Who are the key people inside Labour’s leadership team?

The chiefs of staff, special advisers and policy strategists guiding Keir Starmer’s new government

The Guardian - UK

Former Tony Blair Scottish secretary appointed minister by Keir Starmer

FORMER Scottish secretary Douglas Alexander has joined Keir Starmer’s Cabinet as business minister ...

The National (Scotland)

Starmer installs non-political ministers in ‘government of all the talents’

Covid adviser Patrick Vallance and businessman James Timpson among appointments from outside Westminster

The Guardian - UK

My generation can barely recall the last time Labour was in power. We need to believe things really can get better

Young people are desperate to see how activism on climate, Palestine and the economy translates into policy, says writer Isabel Brooks

The Guardian - UK

New PM Starmer names ministerial team after landslide UK election win

Rachel Reeves becomes the UK’s first female finance minister while David Lammy is appointed as foreign secretary.

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The Guardian - UK

Who is in the new Labour cabinet?

With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times

International Business Times

David Lammy: Friend Of Obama Now UK Foreign Minister

Britain's new foreign minister David Lammy, appointed Friday, is a trailblazing black lawmaker descended from slaves who calls former US president Barack Obama a friend.

Evening Standard

How the wheels fell off listed UK plc and what can be done to fix it

City Voices: Gordon Brown has much to answer for when it comes to our stock market

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner, Rachel Reeves, Morgan McSweeney: the Labour power list as Sue Gray resigns

As Sue Gray exits, read our ultimate guide to the most influential figures in the Labour government

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The Guardian - UK

Running the country while choosing the curtains: how new PMs move in to No 10

Compared with other countries, the speed at which Downing Street changes hands is unusual – and can be brutal

The Guardian - UK

Use this election to reject the Farage version of Britain. Let’s get our country back

It is fairness, tolerance and the rule of law that make our country great. By pandering to Reform, the Tories place these values under threat, says Gordon Brown, UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010

The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: Letters from the future, five Ed Stones, and a massive McDonald’s

In today’s newsletter: With the polls almost upon us, it’s time for every party leader to make their final plea to voters – here’s what each one is saying

The National (Scotland)

Gordon Brown sparks anger from SNP with General Election intervention

GORDON Brown has been slammed after an intervention in the Scottish General Election campaign ...

The Guardian - UK

She could soon be the UK’s first female chancellor – but who is Rachel Reeves?

The 45-year-old has the perfect CV for the role, with experience at the Bank of England and in private finance – but how has her background shaped her tough stance on public finances?

The Independent UK

UK's landmark postwar elections: When Blair won the first of his 3 elections in 1997

Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years

Al Jazeera

UK general election 2024 explained in maps and charts

Britons will head to the polls on July 4. Here’s what you need to know about the parties, leaders, and key issues.

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