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Tories still haven't delivered on zero hours contract promise made five years ago

Labour's Angela Rayner said the Tories' record on workers’ rights is 'one of broken promises and abject failure' as she attacked the government for not delivering on its pledge to tackle zero hours contract

Daily Mirror

Mane of terror: the sorry return of long-haired men

Long hair has had a solid run in the menswear space going back, well, a couple million years. But what is it about long hair on certain men that just looks all wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Blair’s failures over the Omagh bombing have become outright hostility to the truth under the Conservatives

A new inquiry into the 1998 massacre may help the bereaved. But Rishi Sunak’s government wants to be rid of the legal mechanism that allowed it , says Irish Times journalist Fintan O’Toole

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Examining America's War in Iraq After 20 Years

It was a blunder. Worse than that, it was a crime.

Reason

Experts give damning verdict on Rishi Sunak's 'sleazy' government

RISHI Sunak will find it “hard to shift” the Tory association with sleaze and scandal which has echoes of the downfall of the party in the…

The National (Scotland)

The BBC has a long history of failed attempts to rid it of political influence

Most people probably don’t know who the BBC’s chairman is, or even that the BBC has a chairman. Yet this normally obscure figure has recently hit the headlines. Richard Sharp, BBC chairman since February 2021, is a former banker and a major donor to the Conservative party.

The Conversation

UAE oil company employees given roles in office hosting Cop28

Exclusive: at least 12 officials at body hosting Cop28 appear to have come straight from fossil fuel industry

The Guardian - UK

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Royal commissions transformed Britain in the 1960s – we desperately need them now

These independent inquiries would rise above the party-political deadlock over reform for the NHS and housing, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Metropolitan Police accused of 'protecting' King Charles in honours probe

THE Metropolitan Police has been accused of “protecting” King Charles during an investigation into the illegal selling of honours by some of the…

The National (Scotland)

And Then What? by Catherine Ashton review – frank admissions from the former EU chief diplomat

A candid memoir of a fraught time in office provides a useful record of high level negotiation in Iran and Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

The Tories now face a choice: lose office with honour or burn everything in sight

Opposition is a state of mind – and Rishi Sunak’s party is already a long way down the road, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

UK documents: Bush ordered CIA to find replacement for Arafat

US President George W Bush considered Palestinian leader ‘useless’ but no suitable successor found, documents say.

Al Jazeera

Wes Streeting plan to use private beds for NHS patients gets backing of Alan Milburn

The shadow Health boss wants to buy excess capacity in the private sector to carry out 233,000 procedures a year to cut NHS waiting lists if Keir Starmer becomes PM

Daily Mirror

Ardern squandered her chance at transformational change at every turn

How Labour's economic handling of the Covid crisis created an explosion in inequality. By Elliot Crossan

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The Crown's teen Prince Harry actor revealed as cast film Queen Mother's funeral scenes

Imelda Staunton is returning to The Crown, playing the late Queen Elizabeth for her second season on the show, while Bertie Carvel is also returning to play the role of Tony Blair

The National (Scotland)

Former Labour minister backs UK Government use of Section 35 order over gender reform

David Blunkett, who served as Home Secretary under Tony Blair, has waded into the gender reform row and backed the UK Government

Belfast Live

Tony Blair says Brexit NI Protocol dispute can be resolved by setting aside 'ideology'

The former PM also said the Good Friday Agreement has "mostly" worked "but it's not working as it should at the moment"

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lahoud Angered France by ‘Backtracking’ on Pledge to Deploy Army in S. Lebanon

A series of recently declassified British documents reveal details of meetings held by late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri with British officials in 1997 and 1999, as well as letters exchanged between then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Lebanese presidency.

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Rafik Hariri to Blair: 11 Meetings with Israel… It Requested Hezbollah’s Dissolution

Asharq Al-Awsat Publishes Details of the Late Premier’s Meetings in London A series of recently declassified British documents reveal details of meetings held by the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri with British officials in 1997 and 1999. According to the documents, Hariri informed his British counterpart Tony Blair that…

Evening Standard

Jacinda Ardern — a trailblazing PM who knew when it was time to quit

From becoming the second world leader in history to give birth in office to her response to New Zealand’s worst terrorist attack, Jacinda Ardern has become one of the most memorable leaders in modern political history. As she announces her resignation, Emma Loffhagen reports on her historic premiership

The Independent UK

Jacinda Ardern’s legacy of effective crisis management and kindness

From Covid to Christchurch, Jacinda Ardern will be remembered for her crisis management

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer to invoke Blair as he tells Davos the UK is ‘open for business’

Labour leader to meet bosses of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and BlackRock

Evening Standard

Jean-Claude Van Starmer is outfoxing the Tories’ favourite black-ops plan

I don’t believe anyone has ever compared Sir Keir Starmer to Jean-Claude Van Damme, so I’m going to be the first here. Because in one vital way, the mild-mannered Labour leader is very like the muscle-bound Belgian star of numerous Nineties kick-em-up action flicks: he’s a very Hard Target.

Manchester Evening News

The day radio wind-up merchant Steve Penk prank-called Tony Blair and made headlines around the world

'When you do this for a living, you try your best to entertain people. And if you're lucky you get a moment like that'

The Guardian - UK

Davos’s elite will need to do some soul-searching in a world falling apart

The first proper World Economic Forum for three years will take place against a humbling backdrop of crisis and conflict

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