At Frank’s core was the conviction that poverty was never to be accepted and could be ended. Clever, persistent and caring, he held that argument high across decades RIP

A youthful run-in with Attlee, & a wonderful piece drawing on long memories and independent judgements sceptically reassessing his role newstatesman.com/culture/2016/0…

Underlines what we’ve lost with David Marquand

With thanks to Richard Johnson for promoting me to look it up

Fair comment.

🚨Tomorrow's The Northern Echo. An Chris Lloyd EXCLUSIVE🚨
🧐Extraordinary development in the Tees Valley mayor race as Boro's Steve Gibson launches a scathing attack on Ben Houchen over Teesworks deal and endorses his rival Labour's Chris McEwan #TomorrowsPapersToday

For anyone following electoral race or policy on #Teesside this is huge development

Steve previously was involved in STDC in its initial phase, negotiated to get steelworks back from the Thai banks & so his view on the sitting Mayor is not from a long-standing critic or sceptic

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has been accused of “giving away our children’s future” by Boro Chairman Steve Gibson.

Extraordinary development in the Tees Valley mayoral election race tonight

Boro chairman Steve Gibson has come out and endorsed Labour's Chris McEwan and launched a scathing attack on Ben Houchen and Teesworks

✍️ Exclusive Chris Lloyd

thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24274083.…

As Keir Starmer recently set out, Labour wants to see a fully funded plan to reach 2.5 per cent, but the Tories have shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted on defence and we will examine the detail of their announcement closely. (1/4)

Five things that would cost you less than what Rishi Sunak is spending to send one person to Rwanda 👇

On behalf of the Labour Party, I wish everyone a happy St George’s Day.

Let us be proud of our national identity, confident on the world stage, and sure of our country’s future.

Happy St George’s Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I wish today could simply be about celebrating my home nation. Perhaps one day April 23rd will inspire community and belonging for all who call England home. Until then, we'll need to have difficult conversations…like this one, with my dad. #BothNotHalf

Wishing you a happy #StGeorgesDay ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Taxi for shouty Illegal Migration Minister Michael Tomlinson after a BBC Radio 4 Today car crash interview on the Rwanda scam.

He is utterly clueless.

Dozens of asylum seekers and economic migrants head to UK in 'small boat' despite Parliament backing Rwanda Bill standard.co.uk/news/politics/…

Labour's Lord Coaker, 'Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggests the divide is between those who want to stop the boats and those who do not.. We all want to stop the boats, the dispute is the right way to go about it'

'The bill as it stands is inconsistent with the principles and

BREAKING: Rishi Sunak suffers fresh Rwanda defeat in House of Lords as peers refuse to back down
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Carlile: 'This is something which is ill-judged, badly-drafted, inappropriate, illegal in current UK and international law and the House of Lords is absolutely right to say we want to maintain our legal standards in this country.'

WHOOPS! Wad of 'sensitive' Rwanda documents left behind at Rishi Sunak's press conference ... under a senior minister's chair

In Playbook PM now:
politico.eu/newsletter/lon…

👀 Moments after Rishi Sunak said 'we will not be giving away sensitive operational details' about the Rwanda scheme, here's a Steph Spyro story from a briefing document with ... er ... some operational details

express.co.uk/news/politics/…

Ahead of today's speech on the rule of law, I talked to Jim Pickard 🐋 about its importance for our standing in the world.

A Labour government will always respect the separation of powers and champion Britain's legal services.

Full piece here ⬇️
ft.com/content/9a4711…