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Scotland should have elected mayors who meet FM on regular basis, says think tank

COUNCILS across Scotland should be headed by directly elected mayors – who should meet the First Minister on a regular basis, a think tank has…

The National (Scotland)

DWP Universal Credit claimants hit with huge monthly pay cuts

Thousands of people in Merseyside alone are having their benefit payments slashed

Liverpool Echo

Millions of families on Universal Credit have £62 taken from payments - find your area

Figures show in most areas of the country thousands of people are having money deducted from their benefits payments by the government as ministers ignore pleas from campaigners

Daily Mirror

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UN envoy calls for pressure on Taliban over women university ban

Gordon Brown urges more leaders in Islamic countries to denounce a move barring Afghan women from higher education.

Al Jazeera

Speaker Lindsay Hoyle condemns Labour plan to replace Lords

‘Do not have a second elected house – we don’t need the competition,’ says Commons Speaker

The Independent UK

Ex-minister Douglas Alexander plans return as Labour MP

Former minister under Blair and Brown has applied to be candidate for East Lothian, sources confirm

The Guardian - UK

Labour's Douglas Alexander plots return to Westminster with bid for Lothian seat

LABOUR grandee Douglas Alexander – who served in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s Cabinets – has put his name forward to run in the…

The National (Scotland)

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Gordon Brown demands ‘cruel’ DWP stops raid on 2 million benefit claimants

Government acting as ‘ruthless debt collector’ at time of hardship, says former Labour PM

The Independent UK

How Labour can benefit from a principled stand in favour of electoral reform

Letters: Readers reflect on a Guardian editorial urging Labour to back proportional representation, and Gordon Brown’s commission

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown's heartbreaking plea for DWP to stop benefits raid on 2million Brits

Writing in the Mirror, ex-PM Gordon Brown warns that toothpaste, nappies and toilet rolls are becoming 'luxury goods' for many families because they are being pushed into destitution by the Tory Government

Daily Mirror

The DWP has become Britain’s biggest debt collector. Surely during an energy crisis it should press pause

Deductions to universal credit loans and bills will cause destitution as families struggle to keep up with fuel payments, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

Ed Balls warns Sir Keir Starmer not to make Neil Kinnock’s 1992 mistakes of early big election promises

Former Cabinet minister says that the next general election is ‘Labour’s to lose’

Evening Standard

‘You remember Wendy – she slept with your father’: what I learned writing Mum’s Christmas cards

There I was, filling them out for her, when the revelations started flying

The Guardian - UK

NHS backlog is a crisis for Conservatives, but a chance for Labour

Only the Blair/Brown government managed to reduce waiting times, but that strategy won’t work for Rishi Sunak

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Birmingham Post

Gordon Brown's report on UK constitutional reform treats Wales as an afterthought

In one of the rare references to Wales, the report alludes to “the Welsh Assembly Government” – a title that was discarded more than a decade ago

The National (Scotland)

The SNP's 20 questions for Gordon Brown on 'fundamentally flawed' reform plans

A DOSSIER of 20 questions demanding answers to the “fundamental flaws and rampant hypocrisies” in Labour’s paper on constitutional reform…

The Guardian - UK

Abolition of the Lords, that house of cronies, toadies and donors, can’t come too soon

Sir Keir Starmer should ignore those who say constitutional change is too difficult. Radical reinvigoration of our democracy must be a Labour priority

The National (Scotland)

Academic explains why Gordon Brown's UK reform plans may not work

AN expert in constitutional law has cast doubt over whether Labour can achieve their vision of a reformed UK that works for Scotland.

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The Guardian - UK

Power to the people is a lovely idea, Gordon Brown, but you forgot about women

Labour’s vision of a new Britain ignores the issue of structural sex discrimination

The Guardian - UK

The fading Tories are stealing ideas from Labour – a transition has already begun

Blurred lines between one government and the next happen quite often, but that doesn’t mean Starmer’s fight is over, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Manchester Evening News

Doomed Manchester 'gambling palace' super casino would have rivalled those in Las Vegas

With proposals for thousands of gambling machines and unlimited pay outs the plans were always going to be controversial

The Guardian - UK

Socioeconomic rights deserve legal protection

Letter: Academics and lawyers on the new protected social rights proposed by Gordon Brown’s Commission on the UK’s Future

The National (Scotland)

Labour MSP can't say what in Gordon Brown's reform plans will convince Scots

A SCOTTISH Labour MSP was unable to say what in Gordon Brown's report about reforming the UK could persuade people against supporting Scottish…

The Conversation

Is Labour’s vision of a New Britain any different to the Tories' levelling up?

Former prime minister Gordon Brown’s review of the UK constitution could be a hugely significant moment for the UK. A radical agenda for political change is being offered by the party tipped to win the next election.

The Conversation

Labour's plan to 'abolish' the House of Lords: what exactly has been proposed – and the chances Keir Starmer will adopt it

A commission led by former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for a future Labour government to replace the controversial House of Lords with an elected upper chamber, in a landmark report on reforming the UK’s messy constitution.

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