Former prime minister proposes £3bn support package for more than 3 million of ‘blighted generation’Gordon Brown: ‘Millions of British children born since 2010 have only known poverty. My plan would give...
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 MoreReform UK confirms Lee Anderson, former Conservative MP and ex-deputy chair, has defected to join partyQ: What is your answer to Tory colleagues who say that you have let them down?“Country, constituency, then...
Read MoreFormer prime minister will tell thinktank the Treasury is in danger of retreating into ‘comfort zone’Britain needs to be put on an economic “war footing” if it is to break out of a vicious cycle of low...
Read MoreThe announcement ends weeks of speculation about the policyRishi Sunak has refused to apologise for the anti-trans jibe he made about Keir Starmer at PMQs yesterday, after being told Brianna Ghey’s mother would be...
Read MoreFormer PM criticises ministers for ‘moral outrage’ of ‘systematically shredding’ social security systemGordon Brown: Grinding child poverty calls for anger – and a plan Britain is in the throes of a...
Read MoreExclusive: Jeremy Hunt urged to act over report showing poorest families spend 63p in each £1 on food and energy billsGordon Brown has urged Jeremy Hunt to act on startling new research into Britain’s threadbare...
Read MoreGordon Brown leads those signing letter to Cop28 and G20 presidents calling for levy to help fill ‘loss and damage’ fundThe bumper revenues of oil-producing states should be subject to a $25bn levy to help pay for...
Read MoreThe PM instead praised the UK’s ‘fantastic multicultural democracy’, saying the nation has done an ‘incredible job of integrating people’The former SNP minister Fergus Ewing has claimed his party no...
Read MoreShadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson suggests private schools should cut costs rather than raise fees if they are made to pay VATThe former SNP minister Fergus Ewing has claimed his party no longer stands up for...
Read MoreManchester mayor said electoral reform would stop parties voted for by a minority from having complete power at WestminsterAndy Burnham has called for MPs to be elected by proportional representation as part of Labour’s...
Read MoreExclusive: First minister of Wales says bonds that tie UK together have come under ‘sustained assault’ from 40 years of neoliberalismThe UK could break apart unless it is rebuilt as a “solidarity union”...
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