Cabinet was split over east European countries joining in 2004, with some ‘extremely concerned’ by its implicationsSenior figures in Tony Blair’s government, including John Prescott and Jack Straw, urged the...
Read MoreLabour peer, who is blind, calls for TfL action on “death trap” platforms to fill the widest gaps and ensure staff presence Lord Blunkett is calling for action on “death trap” tube platforms after he was...
Read MoreStephen Doughty, foreign office minister, says if UK had not negotiated a deal with Mauritius, ‘a legally binding decision against UK seemed inevitable’Wes Streeting has now delivered his speech to the NHS Providers...
Read MoreStephen Doughty, foreign office minister, says if UK had not negotiated a deal with Mauritius, ‘a legally binding decision against UK seemed inevitable’Wes Streeting has now delivered his speech to the NHS Providers...
Read MoreHealth secretary escalates opposition to mooted reform, saying it would have ‘resource implications’ for other servicesIn a column for the i, Kitty Donaldson suggests the assisted dying bill looks increasingly...
Read MoreThe former Conservative justice secretary is on a shortlist to lead a policy review that could herald radical reforms Keir Starmer is considering appointing former Tory justice secretary David Gauke to head a review into...
Read MoreLabour former home secretary says imprisonment for public protection sentences have resulted in ‘deeply damaging outcomes’David Blunkett, the former Labour home secretary, has said devising legislation that has left...
Read MoreDavid Blunkett and Alan Johnson join Iain Duncan Smith in dismay at DWP’s treatment of benefit recipients’ minor mistakesThey’re heartless’: how one woman fell victim to the carer’s allowance...
Read MoreGordon Brown and three former education ministers say New Labour’s acclaimed early-years programme benefited millionsVeterans of the last Labour government have called on Keir Starmer to put a new Sure Start-style...
Read MoreCoalition fears DfE may break pledges that only small percentage of qualifications will be replaced by T-levelsA coalition of former education ministers has attacked the government’s “disastrous” plan to scrap...
Read MoreArchives reveal David Blunkett voiced concerns about overturning ban on ‘promotion’ of homosexualityTony Blair was warned about his government’s commitment to overturning a ban on the “promotion” of...
Read MoreJustine Greening appears to dismiss the proposals, while Labour’s David Blunkett accuses the government of playing identity politicsThe former Conservative education secretary Justine Greening has poured cold water on...
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