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Catch the latest Financial News EventsPhil Woolas, former Labour MP and minister, dies of brain cancer aged 66
Former Oldham East and Saddleworth MP remained in Westminster for New Labour’s entire 13 years in powerFormer Labour MP and minister Phil Woolas has died of brain cancer, his family and close friends announced on Saturday morning.Woolas, 66, was elected to parliament...
Phil Woolas, former Labour minister, dies of brain cancer aged 66
Former Oldham East and Saddleworth MP remained in Westminster for New Labour’s entire 13 years in powerThe former Labour MP minister Phil Woolas has died of brain cancer, his family and close friends have announced.Woolas, 66, was elected to parliament to represent...
‘We are a completely different political party’: inside the Greens’ membership boom
With membership soaring, the Green party is grappling with logistics, culture shifts and a flood of new activistsIt is, as one Green activist put it, a never-ending series of “constantly good problems to have”. But how does a party adapt to the sudden trebling of its...
Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper: ‘Making decisions based on what the US do or say doesn’t feel like sensible foreign policy’
Firing Peter Mandelson, convening with Marco Rubio – then handling the fallout of conflict in the Middle East… it’s been a busy time for the secretary of state, and our writer has had a ringside seatBefore Yvette Cooper joins me in a plush side room at the Foreign...