Baroness Valerie Amos brands Suella Braverman wrong over claim 'diversity has failed'

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'People dead, entire towns evacuated - maybe Rishi Sunak should make an appearance here'

POLL: Are Labour on course for a 1997-style landslide victory?

Most chilling miscarriages of justice - murdered mum, postmasters and showbiz death

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'Labour Conference needs reform – right now it's a week for party windbags'

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'This may be the moment Keir Starmer won the battle to be the party of change'

POLL: Should ASBOs be brought back to tackle shoplifting?

Bring back ASBOs to tackle attacks on shop workers says ex-policing minister

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'Safety-first Keir Starmer is under pressure to unveil a bold vision for Britain'

Labour pledge to 'put country before party' in new membership card promise

Football's winning message for Keir Starmer - don't be haunted by past nightmares

Labour must back people's priorities and ditch 'baggage' to win, says Keir Starmer

Tony Blair leads tributes as former Labour MP Ann Clwyd dies aged 86

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'Keir Starmer needs to be bolder for Labour to seal winning deal'

Labour legends honour Margaret McDonagh who was 'essential' force behind 1997 landslide

Keir Starmer insists Labour must be 'ruthless' as MPs 'seething' over benefits row

Waits of a year for NHS treatment soar by 15% - despite PM's vow to slash delays

Tony Blair says NHS 'not serving its purpose' and needs more private sector help

Labour's classroom revolution to smash 'class ceiling' holding state schoolchildren back

Pupils to study arts or sport to 16 and speaking skills in Labour school shake-up

Keir Starmer pledges to get NHS 'off life support' on service's 75th anniversary

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Tributes paid to Margaret McDonagh who was 'unstoppable force' behind Labour's victories

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'Now evict Boris Johnson from the Privy Council - it's not right, he's not honourable, and it's not OK'

Keir Starmer won't do resignation honours - and would block Rishi Sunak's cronies

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The former leader of the Labour Party and MP for Sedgefield was Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007. Blair was a strong supporter of US president George W Bush and joined the War on Terror, sending British troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. He was succeeded as Labour leader by Gordon Brown.