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The Latest Breaking News from Michael Howard

Military historian whose books, notably on the two world wars, helped to establish the subject as a serious field of academic endeavour

The Guardian - UK

Texas attorney burned Down Syndrome son’s body after shooting him dead when he mistook him for an intruder

Michael Howard told officials he ‘cremated’ his son because he believed it was what he ‘would have wanted’

The Independent UK

Michael Ancram obituary

Veteran Conservative politician who served as a Northern Ireland minister and chairman of the party

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on the Conservative party: whatever goes around comes around

Editorial: Since 1900, only four Tory leaders have not gone on to become prime minister. Rishi Sunak’s successor is likely to become the fifth

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak urged by top Tories to delay quitting as leader until successor chosen in autumn

The ex-PM has said he would stand down from the helm of the Conservative Party once plans to elect the next leader are in place

Evening Standard

Yvette Cooper to chair meeting of taskforce considering ‘alarming rise’ in candidate intimidation – as it happened

Home secretary to host meeting of government’s Defending Democracy taskforce after reported rise in harassment during election campaign

The Guardian - UK

Tories cling to hope that wipeout polls are wrong as gallows humour kicks in

Party hopes to limit damage by warning of ‘supermajority’ while thoughts also turn to aftermath of defeat

The Guardian - UK

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Starmer’s promise to voters: ‘I will relight the fire of optimism’ in Britain

Writing in the Observer, the Labour leader vows to restore the bond of trust with politics if his party wins Thursday’s general election

The Guardian - UK

‘We went from naive, hippyish protesters to hardcore anarchists’: the criminal justice bill protests, 30 years on

It’s three decades since the government’s attempt to ban raves radicalised an oddball coalition of dance fans, squatters and ‘new age’ travellers. What became of the protesters who tried to kill the bill?

The Guardian - UK

A defeated Rishi Sunak should go, but my advice is: not too quickly

What our politics and government need is a restoration of continuity and stability – not a premature resignation, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman will be forgotten after ‘tirade of abuse’, says Michael Howard

Former Tory leader denies ex-home secretary’s scathing letter to Sunak means party is ‘turning on itself again’

The Guardian - UK

Jess Phillips quits Labour frontbench as Keir Starmer suffers major rebellion over Gaza ceasefire – UK politics as it happened

SNP motion calling for ceasefire in Gaza defeated 294-125

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron timeline: from MP to PM to Foreign Secretary

The foreign secretary’s first big role came in 2001

Evening Standard

OPINION - The big takeaway from the ‘small boats week’ is one the Tories will hate to hear

“Have these idiots never heard of Gary Hart?” Such was the exasperated response of a veteran One Nation Conservative yesterday to the failure of “small boats week”.

Evening Standard

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Tory ministers under John Major wanted Scotland treated 'as a region of England'

SENIOR Tory cabinet members in the 1990s believed that Scotland should be treated as though it were a region of England, official archives have…

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view: Britain’s brutal and overcrowded prisons pose a risk to us all

Nothing will change until politicians of all parties acknowledge that too many people are in prison

The Independent UK

Sanctuary for Pablo Escobar’s family in UK was part of secret deal

World’s most infamous drug lord was planning to surrender on condition his wife and children were given asylum, with Britain named as a ‘preferred destination’

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British Parliament Delegation Visits Israel To Strengthen Relations

Largest-ever UK parliamentary delegation marks 75th anniversary of Israel, fostering dialogue and exploring cooperation.

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Water privatisation was right, says Michael Howard amid debt concerns

Tory peer says in light of Thames Water troubles that firms should not have been allowed to borrow so much

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage suggests more than 10 Tory MPs could be willing to join new party

The Leave campaigner said a ‘gap for another insurgency is actually bigger than it was 10 years ago’.

The National (Scotland)

Alan Cumming clashes with former Tory leader after Conservative 'success' claim

SCOTTISH actor Alan Cumming clashed with former Tory leader Michael Howard during his appearance on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg.

Liverpool Echo

Drug barons 'tricked Home Secretary into early release from prison'

Michael Howard got a royal pardon for notorious criminals John Haase and Paul Bennett

Daily Mirror

Drug barons 'duped former Tory Home Secretary with guns to get early release'

Michael Howard got a royal pardon for notorious criminals John Haase and Paul Bennett in return for key insider information on the illegal arms trade in 1996

The Guardian - UK

‘The wounds don’t ever heal’: 30 years after James Bulger’s murder, Bootle cannot forget

In 1993, the UK was held in horror by the murder of two-year-old James Bulger. From the scene of his abduction to the youth justice system, the distress still reverberates

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: The Bear; The Walk-In; Paxman: Putting Up With Parkinson’s; Jungle

Disney’s fiery Chicago restaurant dramedy is one to feast on; Stephen Graham excels as a neo-Nazi turned informant; and Jeremy Paxman refuses to blub

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