The Latest Breaking News from Tony Blair

People will blame Brexit, Boris and austerity, but this country’s demise goes back decades – and shows no signs of stopping, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Rishi Sunak has said sorry. This recantation didn't quite match the magnitude of Keith Joseph's 1974 apology for the Conservatives Party's role in the post-war consensus or Tony Blair's expression of regret over Britain's role during the Irish potato famine. But it is parliamentary recess and the pickings are slim.

The pair’s study of the neglect of northern regions carries persuasive ideas for their renewal and a reminder that history favours the brave

Letters: Andrew Copson of Humanists UK, Zaki Cooper, David Tutssel and David Cragg-James respond to an editorial about the party and faith communities

‘Bereft’ family pay tribute to Doug Hoyle, who chaired Labour parliamentary party in 1990s

Veteran backbench MP admired as a skilful tactician who served as the chair of the parliamentary Labour party in the 1990s

Two mega-polls suggest that the Tories are heading for a defeat more catastrophic than they experienced in 1997. What if they’re right?

During an extraordinary career he revealed the inside track of the Thatcher era and the unfolding of the Iraq War

Despite the polls, the leader wants them on side for an endorsement. Yet why bother if it would make little difference to voter numbers?, asks First Edition editor Archie Bland

Five years after the Tories won over the ‘red wall’ with a pledge to restore deprived areas, voters in the north-east say they’ve given up waiting for change

Public satisfaction with the health service is at an all-time low, so now might be time to reconsider what we expect from it