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Role preparing for election will see McFadden shape party’s direction, but it is likely to be done quietly

Labour’s shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said that a Labour government would not raises taxes on wealth, capital gains or higher incomes. She does not, she says, see “the way to prosperity as being through taxation.”

The shadow chancellor got a rowdy reception from the FT crowd

Welly boots were a must during stays with the queen, but King Charles may take a new approach

General Election day is a weird one for political correspondents. You can’t report much and there’s a long night ahead, so you basically need to rest. But I remember 1997 well as the day I bought my first whole case of wine.

From before their election in 1997, New Labour politicians spun an image of Britain that held the promise of prosperity for all. Then we entered a new millennium. For the black community – especially its boys and men – it became clear the promise was as empty as Tony Blair’s…

Media Watch: Murdoch’s support was crucial for Blair in 1997 but the media mogul may not yet be convinced over Labour at the next election

He was a secretary of the parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 to 2004, then a member of the House of Lords.

Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has quit as an MP and launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Here is the full resignation…