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It’s tempting for Starmer to fall back on the Blair playbook – what are the risks?

The former Labour leader’s appeal was his personality, but with the country on the rocks voters may overlook Starmer’s lack of charisma, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Brits can now be fined for drinking at bus stops and memorials in new booze law crackdown

Rishi Sunak is keen to clamp down on anti-social behaviour after polls showed it was a major area of concern for voters ahead of the summer's local elections and next year's general election

Daily Mirror

Whitewash: The David Kelly saga that ended in tragedy and tarnished New Labour forever

It was set up to examine the weapons expert’s death, but the Hutton Inquiry is remembered for a ferocious battle between the government and the BBC, Andrew Grice reports

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The real lesson of the Iraq invasion? Beware spies and allies who would drag you to war

The errors, exaggerations and lies that led to the invasion offer essential lessons for our own time, in conflict and beyond, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

20 years on, memories of the Iraq war may have faded, but it shaped the diminished UK we know today

That politics is a dark art is a cliche, but the events of 2003 helped to destroy public trust in government, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Starmer and Sunak are both haunted by the spectres of election defeats past

Labour is spooked by its defeat in 1992, while the Tories fear a repeat of what happened to them in 1997

The Guardian - UK

Love It If We Beat Them review – New Labour’s first season kicks off

In 1996, campaigners in the north-east are watching their values being written out of Labour politics. But at least Kevin Keegan seems to be winning

The Guardian - UK

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Want to properly plug the UK’s north-south divide? Look to Germany

Boosting spending power, increasing public funding for science and tech skills, R&D and infrastructure could work

The Guardian - UK

Labour will need more radical ideas to fix our broken society

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Jonathan Freedland on the prospect of a Labour government

The Guardian - UK

A union renewed, two-party politics revived: is this the new Restoration? Sunak and Starmer hope so

In their own different ways, the two leaders dream of a return to ‘normality’ – but that’s what got us into this mess , says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer sets out five key pledges ‘to give Britain back hope and confidence’

Starmer apes Blair as he vows important role for private sector

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Tories should be truly terrified because New Labour is back

In Downing Street in the first decade of this century we used to tally how many times New Labour had been declared dead. Rarely did a week go by without an article suggesting that the once all-conquering New Labour had bitten the dust. For a long while, under Ed Miliband…

Evening Standard

Terrified of leavers and remainers, Labour offers a Brexit sticking plaster – and that won’t do

David Lammy promises to reconnect the EU to ‘tarnished’ Britain, but when will we fix the democratic flaws that led to the vote, asks Neal Lawson of Compass

The Guardian - UK

Britain, here’s a plan: stop applying old fixes to new problems. And stop obsessing about growth

Crises in productivity and wealth inequality won’t be solved with ideas from the 80s, says the author and historian David Edgerton

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MMP and my part in the downfall of First Past the Post

My interest in electoral reform began in New Zealand in 1987, taking me to London and Berlin to campaign and research. MMP won out but National and Labour still do not like changes that might threaten their dominance, writes Philip Temple

The Guardian - UK

Starmer may lack Blair’s charisma, but he may well change Britain more than New Labour ever did

Without the optimism that carried Labour to power in the 90s, the party now has to go big on reform, says the Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The National (Scotland)

New Labour's woolly jumper bans and ‘ghastly’ away days revealed in archives

THE latest release of files from the National Archives in Kew have revealed new insights into the important business of government.

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

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak news – live: David Miliband hints at Commons return demanding EU ‘cooperation’

Former Labour minister says UK has a ‘shredded reputation’

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman wants ‘safe country list to fast-track asylum seekers’ removal’

Home Office said to be planning to put Albania on ‘white list’ of safe countries

The Independent UK

Home Office looking at asylum ‘safe’ list to combat Channel crisis – report

The Times says the plans would emulate a New Labour policy from the early 2000s.

The Conversation

Labour sounds like the Tories on immigration – but its policy goes back to its trade union roots

Keir Starmer has given a glimpse of what immigration policy could look like under a Labour government. Speaking to the Confederation for British Industry, the party leader’s key message was about reducing the UK’s dependency on migrant labour.

The Independent UK

What are stealth taxes?

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers Autumn Statement to Parliament laying out package of tax rises worth £24bn and spending cuts of £30bn to plug massive public funding black hole

Al Jazeera

How the UK political crisis affects the opposition Labour party?

For the first time in years, Labour has a realistic chance of coming to power in the next general election.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer should be confident about entering No 10. It’s what he does next that will define him

The Labour leader has finally hitched himself to some bold policies. But can he be trusted to come good on them, asks Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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