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The Latest Breaking News from Tony Blair

BBC should ‘stand up for itself more,’ Blair says amid Huw Edwards furore

The former prime minister expressed his support for the ‘important British institution’ in an interview with Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer: ‘We can’t win power by spending. We need to reform and create wealth’

Exclusive: Labour leader urges left to ‘care more about growth’ and rules out spending ‘vast sums of money’

The Guardian - UK

If Labour wins power, will Starmer’s safety strategy become a huge risk?

Given the mess he will inherit and potential future crises, ‘sticking-plaster politics’ may not sustain public support, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

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Committee report is rightfully scathing on UK’s China strategy

The ISC’s warnings are unlikely to act as much of a brake on Britain’s approach to China

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s £32 Toby jug mocked for looking nothing like prime minister

Social media users were stunned by the jug, which some said looks more like Gordon Brown

The Independent UK

Economic gloom looks likely to sink the Tories. But Labour is taking no chances

Come the general election, the worst of Britain’s pain may be over, so Starmer’s slow and steady approach is the right one, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

“It was a feeling of betrayal – they buy your record then come to a concert and whistle and hoot and screech… it all felt quite vulgar”: The time Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson nearly quit music

The band's rise to fame wasn't without its downsides

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‘If you want cartwheels, I’m not your person’: Rachel Reeves on charisma, U-turns and rescuing the economy

Labour’s shadow chancellor is proud of her background, sure of her ability – and miserable about the choices she might face after a general election

The Guardian - UK

Sunday Brunch chaos as Tim Lovejoy forced to apologise over Alastair Campbell swear

Alastair Campbell, who worked as Tony Blair’s spokesperson and the Labour Party’s communications director, now hosts the hugely successful podcast The Rest is Politics with former Tory MP Rory Stewart

Daily Mirror

Scottish junior doctors call off strike after getting 12.4% pay rise offer – as it happened

Scottish government says deal amounts to £61.3m investment in junior doctors’ pay, the best offer for this group in UK

The Guardian - UK

Words matter when we talk about Jenin

Letters: Israel-Palestine | Tony Blair on the NHS | The Bristol accent | Funeral comings and goings

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer says he is as ‘laser-focused on poverty’ as Tony Blair was in 1997

Labour leader’s comments come as he sets out party’s plans to improve education and opportunity

The Guardian - UK

‘Vanishingly small’ chance Sunak can cut NHS waiting lists by election, warn experts

PM on course to break his promise after his other big pledges thrown into doubt

The Independent UK

Patients could be fined for missing GP appointments, health minister warns

Maria Caulfield says ministers ‘not ruling out’ fines for patients who miss GP and hospital appointments

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The Guardian - UK

NHS waiting list will ‘probably go up’ in England, says minister

Maria Caulfield claims NHS will be ‘thriving’ in 25 years’ time, and says wait times are shorter despite record 7.4m figure

The Independent UK

Tony Blair says NHS is finished unless private sector used more

Sir Tony said there is no future for the NHS without fully embracing the tech revolution

The Guardian - UK

Tony Blair urges expanded role for private sector as NHS turns 75

Former PM says service needs radical reform, including pointing patients to private healthcare offers

The Guardian - UK

‘We have to flip the AI debate towards hope’: Labour’s techno-optimist, Darren Jones

The chair of the Commons business select committee is a firm believer that technology is a force for good and should be central to his party’s plans to transform the UK

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The Guardian - UK

‘Locked in a death spiral’: the state of the NHS at 75

Doctors and senior hospital figures – as well as the official statistics – paint a bleak picture. But is there cause for hope?

The Guardian - UK

Labour under pressure to axe two-child benefit limit

Left shifts tactics to ‘go with the grain’ of Keir Starmer’s project

The Independent UK

Labour divided over tactical voting to block Tories at by-elections

Exclusive: Starmer and Davey urged to strike informal deal – as new figures show success of tactical voting campaign

The Week

The most controversial British scandals of the 21st century

Prince William has paid tribute to the Windrush generation on the 75th anniversary of their arrival in Britain – and five years after their treatment by the Home Office was the subject of a scandal whose repercussions are still being felt.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Farewell Margaret McDonagh, who helped women (and Blair) get to power

Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh of Mitcham and Morden, died this week, far too young at 61, from a ferocious brain tumour. You may not be familiar with this Labour grande dame, despite the many obituaries published about her. But if you delighted in Tony Blair winning the election in 1997…

The Independent UK

Blair warns leaders to ‘get to grips’ with AI as ‘it will change everything’

The former Prime Minister said the new technology would affect everything from business to how public sector services were run.

The Independent UK

Starmer: I haven’t held talks about creating hundreds of new peers in the Lords

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he had not offered peerages to people ahead of a potential general election next year.

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