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‘I perpetually think we’ll win. We always lose’: Labour’s Jon Cruddas on elections, class and life as an MP
The member for Dagenham and Rainham says he can’t wait to leave parliament. So why did he spend the past 23 years there? And what does he think he achieved?. ‘Labour, to me, has always been a bit of a life sentence,” Jon Cruddas says. “I don’t get ...The Guardian - World -
Tory peer faces ban over drunken outburst
An investigation finds Lord Ranger called a group of women "useless" while drunk in a Commons bar.BBC News - Top stories -
MP writing to Netflix over Baby Reindeer evidence
John Nicolson wants Netflix to substantiate what it told a committee about Baby Reindeer portrayal.BBC News - Top stories - Netflix -
Water firm's response to outbreak contemptible - MP
South West Water says some 16,000 homes and firms are affected but it is clearing the contamination.BBC News - Top stories -
MP calls for water parasite outbreak compensation
Totnes MP Anthony Mangnall says he wants South West Water to pay firms in Devon what they "deserve".BBC News - Top stories -
The story of Labour power, told in pledge cards
Keir Starmer’s 1997-style pitch for votes grasps the party’s strengths and weaknessesFinancial Times - Business -
The Papers: Hunt's Labour warning and new Royal images
A range of stories on Friday's papers including warnings from Jeremy Hunt about Labour's policies.BBC News - Top stories -
How large might Labour’s ‘dullness dividend’ be?
The academic evidence suggests that the gains from greater certainty are not to be sniffed atFinancial Times - World -
The NHS was created by men for men, says health secretary
Maternity care has historically not been a priority in hospitals, says health secretaryBBC News - Top stories -
Reckonings for Assange, Trump — and the darkest chapter in NHS history
Also, ex-Post Office head Paula Vennells set to give evidence in the Horizon IT scandal inquiryFinancial Times - World - Donald Trump -
Victims say 'now the world knows' about infected blood cover-up
An inquiry accuses the government and NHS of trying to cover up the scandal that led to thousands being infected.BBC News - Top stories -
Hunt to claim only Tories will cut UK tax burden after the election
Chancellor to attack Labour in keynote speech after canvassing tech bosses’ views on growth measuresFinancial Times - Business - United Kingdom -
Fundamentals win the day, but none look likely to save Tories from defeat
How both main parties are positioning themselves in this long election campaignFinancial Times - World -
Hunt signals pre-election tax cut as Tories move on to campaign footing
UK chancellor accuses Labour of ‘a lie’ and funding ‘black hole’ in political speechFinancial Times - Business -
World's smallest pacemaker gives new hope to babies with heart defects
For the tiniest infants born with heart defects, a pacemaker the size of a pill now provides hope to families who are dealing with the problem. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor reports.NBC News - Top stories -
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Germany probes far-right MP accused of taking Russian bribes
Petr Bystron’s properties and offices raided as Bundestag lifts his immunity from prosecutionFinancial Times - World - Russia -
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Chris Mason: What the razzmatazz and promises tell you about Labour
Sir Keir Starmer has carefully crafted an image similar to previous Labour leader Sir Tony Blair.BBC News - Top stories -
Reroute funding to boost local NHS services, says opinion poll
Public priorities at odds with government spending programme for community healthcare, data showFinancial Times - World -
Is Hunt right that Labour’s spending plans would leave a £38bn black hole?
Labour criticises a dossier released by the Conservatives that adds up how much their spending commitments would cost.BBC News - Top stories -
Why thousands of NHS patients were given infected blood
Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.BBC News - Top stories -
'I fluffed it': Labour's Streeting caught out on party pledges
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg finds out if her Conservative and Labour guests know their parties' policies.BBC News - Top stories -
NHS and government covered up infected blood scandal, inquiry rules
Those in charge knew the risks meaning patients caught HIV and hepatitis from blood treatments, report finds.BBC News - Top stories -
Poland puts judge who defected to Belarus on wanted list, opening way to international warrant
Poland's prosecutors say they have put a controversial judge who fled to autocratic Belarus on a wanted list, a step toward entering him on an international arrest warrant on espionege allegationsABC News - World -
Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says
An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge says his death was caused by eating a large quantity of chile pepper extractABC News - Health -
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Tories scout for post-election jobs as UK parties dial up campaign mode
With a poll date still unknown, concerns grow over Labour readiness for officeFinancial Times - Business - United Kingdom -
In the shadow of the college protests is a generation’s collective identity crisis
The West is struggling with a collective identity crisis.The Hill - Politics -
The crisis of confidence in higher education will not end with the student protests
Even as student protesters take down their encampments and go home for the summer, colleges and universities are left with much work to do if they are to regain the public’s trust in higher education.The Hill - Politics -
Usyk and Fury separated at Riyadh weigh-in
Watch as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are separated by security at the weigh-in for Saturday’s undisputed heavyweight title fight in Saudi Arabia.BBC News - Top stories -
Rematch or retire? Fury on his future
Tyson Fury discusses his future after losing the world heavyweight unification bout with Oleksandr Usyk.BBC News - Top stories -
British MPs are attacking abortion rights. We can’t follow the same path as the US | Hilary Freeman
My own traumatic experience shows why we must push back against those who try to chip away at our freedom of choice. As the criminal justice bill stumbles through parliament this week – beset by delays and controversies, and picking up amendments ...The Guardian - World - Abortion -
The UK's opposition Labour Party unveils its pledges to voters in hopes of winning the next election
Britain’s still-undeclared election campaign has stepped up a gearABC News - World -
Starmer stands by pledges made when running for Labour leader – UK politics live
Starmer tells Sky TV that of the commitments he made ‘the vast majority are in place, but I accept some have been adjusted’. Ed Miliband, the shadow energy secretary, is up now. He highlights the energy pledge.. 4) Set up Great British Energy a ...The Guardian - World - United Kingdom -
How a Personal Crisis Changed Zola's Shan-Lyn Ma as a Leader
The founder reframed her leadership goals after surviving a serious car accident.Inc. - Business -
As crisis escalates in Tunisia, lawyers strike over arrested colleague they say was tortured
Lawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday to protest a string of recent arrests that have convulsed the country over the past week and provoked international outcryABC News - World -
An Unfinished Film review – moving and mysterious movie about China’s Covid crisis
Cannes film festivalLou Ye’s docu-realist film starts as sophisticated comedy, morphs from looking like a zombie apocalypse to intimate drama, and evolves into a tribute to how a nation handled trauma. Out of agony and chaos, Chinese film-maker ...The Guardian - World - Covid -
Haiti's crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican Republic
As soaring violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countriesABC News - World -