Ministers hail peer as a heavyweight, but others question the selection of a previously outspoke critic of party policy• UK politics liv – lastest updatesPeter Mandelson has been formally unveiled as the UK’s...
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Read MoreThis live blog is closedBritish prime minister Keir Starmer says he is “deeply saddened” to hear that Prescott has died, and called him a “true giant of Labour”.In a statement on X, he said, “I am...
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A rise in the number of remarriages and a
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