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UK arts sector is getting a £270 million funding boost – but there are winners and losers

“In any civilised community the arts … serious or comic, light or demanding, must occupy a central place. Their enjoyment should not be regarded as something remote from everyday life.” This was a central statement in the white paper (a statement of policy intent) issued 60 years ago by Jennie…

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Joe Haines obituary

Press secretary to Harold Wilson in the late 60s and 70s who went on to work for the Daily Mirror

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Joe Haines, former press secretary to Harold Wilson, dies aged 97

Haines worked closely with Labour PM for two spells in 1960s and 70s and was also a respected political journalist

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Harold Wilson’s former press secretary Joe Haines dies aged 97

‘Lifelong Labour supporter’ Mr Haines died at his home in Tunbridge Wells on Wednesday, the party confirmed.

Evening Standard

Trump has left a void that the EU and Britain must fill together

America is in retreat from its underappreciated good works around the world. Europe needs to act – and Brexit only hinders this essential response

The Guardian - UK

How should Keir Starmer handle Donald Trump – and how’s it going so far?

The pairing of British prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Donald Trump connotes many imponderables. The only certainty happens to be the most significant: they will be in office together for four years.

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Why have changes been made to planning policy and what are they?

The Government said it will intervene if councils do not co-operate fully in a push to deliver 1.7 million new homes.

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Alec Douglas-Home v Harold Wilson: the 1964 general election

Successful candidates were advised to curb weird enthusiasms, not kiss babies and ask their wives to tone down their hats

The Guardian - UK

“The sound wasn’t very good in there. And the electric risers didn’t work. You could see Jeff Lynne clambering out of a hole to get onstage”: Bev Bevan on the reality of life aboard ELO’s spaceship

The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired

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Paul Stephenson obituary

Civil rights activist who organised the Bristol bus boycott, paving the way for the Race Relations Act of 1965

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Lord Prescott obituary

Veteran Labour politician and trade unionist who served as deputy prime minister under Tony Blair for 10 years

The Guardian - UK

What next for the special relationship? What Keir Starmer needs to navigate in a second Trump term

Keir Starmer may well have gone to bed on Tuesday night hoping to wake up on Wednesday morning to find himself teamed professionally with Kamala Harris – a fellow state prosecutor of the centre-left who happens also to be the leader of both the free world and his country’s closest…

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Why do the clocks go back and was the measure really introduced to help farmers?

Here is everything you need to know about when and why the clocks ‘fall’ back.

Evening Standard

Polling expert: Is this the fastest a Prime Minister has become so unpopular?

THERE'S now a growing consensus that Keir Starmer has made a mess of his first three months in power, partly due to a dogmatic insistence on…

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Sports quiz of the week: historic wins, shock defeats and main characters

Test your knowledge of football, boxing, NFL, tennis and more from the past seven days

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'It was written to continue the conversation with my dad' David Peace, author of the Damned United explains the inspiration behind his new book 'Munichs'

The acclaimed, prize-winning author's latest novel focuses on Manchester United and the 1958 Munich air disaster

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What Keir Starmer’s rose garden speech tells us about his politics

Letters: Jeremy Cushing and Gideon Ben-Tovim respond to the prime minister’s rhetoric on the recent riots and immigration. Plus a letter from Alan Bancroft

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Strengthening workplace protections in UK could bring benefits for both sides

The age of the union baron and statism is back? Hardly. Mainstream business is fairly relaxed about Labour’s approach

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Historians of the Labour party put Britain’s new government into context

The coming of a new Labour government is a moment to take stock. Are there things that the new administration can learn from previous Labour governments? Is it true, as David Cameron claimed in 2009, that Labour governments always run out of money?

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Sad last days of Harold Wilson revealed by Cabinet Office archives

Former politicians pay tribute after files show ‘Labour’s most successful leader’ was forced to consider selling legacy to pay for his dementia care

The Guardian - UK

Former PM Harold Wilson sold private papers to help fund his care

Ex-Labour leader initially planned to sell personal and political documents to Canadian university for £212,500

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Gareth Southgate has proved that quiet competence can lift a nation – it’s a lesson that goes far beyond sport

The England football manager once derided as ‘woke’ and ‘soft’ has succeeded where his predecessors failed, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Rachel Reeves says the UK’s public finances are in a dire state – but here’s why I’m cautiously optimistic

The markets haven’t imploded, sterling is solid, and there is no flight of investors – and given the circumstances, the only way is up, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

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Keir Starmer ruled out rejoining the EU. Now he must think again

Labour’s new prime minister is in a position of strength in relation to Brexit. He must be bold for Britain’s sake

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Uncool Britannia? How Britain might feel with the court of Sir Keir

Past big Labour wins have caused seismic cultural shifts but the unflashy stance of our new leader is described as ‘less Camelot – more Center Parcs’

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