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Crafting a new chapter in parliamentary conduct

Given the state of conduct in India’s Parliament, a solution to change things lies in returning for inspiration to the source — the Houses of Westminster

The Hindu

Poverty in Britain is firmly linked to the country’s mountain of private wealth – Labour must address this growing inequality

Labour’s shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said that a Labour government would not raises taxes on wealth, capital gains or higher incomes. She does not, she says, see “the way to prosperity as being through taxation.”

The Conversation

Theresa May says she regrets using term ‘hostile environment’

Memoir blames Windrush scandal on Home Office staff and previous governments including Clement Attlee’s

The Guardian - UK

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The new towns influenced by old settlements

HAVING dealt with palaces and royal residences in this series on Scotland’s built heritage, I am now turning my attention to something completely…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - Why Sir Keir Starmer may end up being the left-wing Thatcher

Britain is overdue a transformational prime minister. Jack Kessler suggests why, unexpectedly, it may be the Labour leader

Evening Standard

Green belts once served a vital purpose, but now they are squeezing the life out of cities

Keir Starmer has drawn flak for his revolutionary housebuilding plans, but history shows it can be achieved while still protecting the environment

The Guardian - UK

‘Offensive’ oath to the King nearly happened at Queen Elizabeth’s coronation

In 1953, former prime minister Clement Attlee made a strikingly similar proposal

Evening Standard

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Who owns and profits from the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall? – timeline

Key dates in the centuries-old question of whether the duchies, and their profits, belong to the royals or the people

The Guardian - UK

'Which manager would make the best politician? Arsene Wenger': Keir Starmer on five-a-side, Gary Neville – and whether he'd rather be PM or Arsenal win the league

Labour leader Keir Starmer tells FourFourTwo about getting starstruck with Arsenal legends, and why Thierry Henry was like a hovercraft

FourFourTwo

Boring can be good. How modest Clement Attlee’s unflashy ideas changed Britain

Attlee was a gifted manager, who showed it possible for modest politicians to be successful if they have decent ideas

The Guardian - UK

Michael Rose obituary

Other lives: History professor at Manchester University who published on the English Poor Law and the history of Manchester

The Guardian - UK

All In by Lisa Nandy review – why Labour must give power to the people

The shadow levelling up secretary argues that communities should have more control in her persuasive manifesto for a better Britain

The Guardian - UK

Labour defence chief visits NATO HQ as party ramps up links with alliance

John Healey travels to Brussels for negotiations with coalition leaders and ambassadors from member countries

Daily Mirror

Commentary: Britain’s appointment of its first Asian prime minister is a milestone for all minorities

It was early spring 1946. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, seeing the untenable status quo, sent a simple message to the British colonial officer in India: “In any case, get Britain out.” The following year, King George VI signed legislation passed by Parliament, finally ending Britain’s violent colonial rule on…

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To win an outright Commons majority, Labour will have to gamble

Surging poll numbers mean the party can dare to dream of No 10, but it’s been here before, and the path is riskier than ever

The Guardian - UK

Can you be both keen on tradition and open to change? Well, that sounds like Britain to me

That the country has modernised so quickly is due in part to the continuity provided by the monarchy

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: A victory that fell short of a coronation

In today’s newsletter: As Truss travels to Balmoral to accept the prime ministership, a look at some of the must-read pieces about her policies, her opposition and her future at No 10

The Guardian - UK

Anti-empire, anti-fascist, pro-suffragist: the stunning secret life of Proms staple Jerusalem

Why is Jerusalem lumped in with the jingoism of Last Night of the Proms? William Blake wrote a heretical, anti-establishment anthem that was later gifted to the suffragists and used to rouse fighters in the Spanish civil war

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Evening Standard

One weird trick NHS dentists don’t want you to know

Your inability to find an NHS dentist has a lot to do with the Korean War. The year was 1951, and Clement Attlee’s Labour Government was running out of political capital and hard cash.

The Guardian - UK

Beryl Skelly obituary

Other lives: Labour party stalwart who was secretary to Clement Attlee, Hugh Gaitskell and Hugh Cudlipp

The Guardian - UK

‘There is anger’: Durham miners’ gala returns amid cost of living crisis

Celebration of working-class culture will send ‘loud and clear message’ to government over fair deal for key workers

The Conversation

Could post-war drive for a more equal society help with today's cost of living crisis?

In response to the cost of living crisis, the UK government has announced a number of measures – including a non-repayable rebate on energy bills for some households – to relieve the pressure from rising prices. While these are to be welcomed, they do nothing to tackle a much deeper…

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson under pressure to reverse defence cuts ahead of NATO summit

The Prime Minister is due to land in the Spanish capital tomorrow night for key talks with allies following Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Larry the cat shares thoughts on arrival of parliament cat Attlee

Number 10 resident welcomes new recruit to his team

The Guardian - UK

Lindsay Hoyle introduces new Westminster cat named after Clement Attlee

Attlee follows in the steps of other parliamentary moggies such as Palmerston, Gladstone and Larry

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