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Phil Woolas, former Labour MP and minister, dies of brain cancer aged 66

Former Oldham East and Saddleworth MP remained in Westminster for New Labour’s entire 13 years in power Former Labour MP and minister Phil Woolas has died of brain cancer, his family and close friends announced on Saturday morning. Woolas, 66, was elected to parliament to represent Oldham East and Saddleworth as part of Labour’s landslide victory in the 1997 general election, and remained in Westminster for New Labour’s entire 13-year stretch in power. Continue reading...

Former Labour minister dies after cancer battle

The ex-Oldham MP Phil Woolas battled brain cancer for more than a year, his family says.

Ex-Labour minister who was confronted by Joanna Lumley in TV showdown has died

A former Labour minister who was famously confronted by Joanna Lumley in a live TV showdown has died from brain cancer aged 66.

Tributes pour in after former government minister dies aged 66

Before becoming an MP, he worked as TV producer.

‘We are a completely different political party’: inside the Greens’ membership boom

With membership soaring, the Green party is grappling with logistics, culture shifts and a flood of new activists It is, as one Green activist put it, a never-ending series of “constantly good problems to have”. But how does a party adapt to the sudden trebling of its membership? And when a majority of people in an organisation are new, is it even the same thing anymore? The basic facts alone are startling. Before Zack Polanski took over as leader last September, the Greens in England and Wales

Drivers could get licence points for fly-tipping

Councils will also be encouraged to seize and crush the vehicles of people caught fly-tipping.

Outrage as Rachel Reeves claims Brexit 'has not been good' and plots EU stitch up

The Chancellor has been accused of a 'disgraceful betrayal of democracy'.

New HMS Dragon bombshell heaps further humiliation on Keir Starmer

It is almost certain the £1 billion ship will not arrive in waters around Cyprus until more than two weeks after a drone hit a British base on the island.

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Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper: ‘Making decisions based on what the US do or say doesn’t feel like sensible foreign policy’

Firing Peter Mandelson, convening with Marco Rubio – then handling the fallout of conflict in the Middle East… it’s been a busy time for the secretary of state, and our writer has had a ringside seat Before Yvette Cooper joins me in a plush side room at the Foreign Office, an aide comes in and draws the heavy curtains. Outside is Horse Guards Parade. I can see a strip of Downing Street, a patch of the No 10 garden, daffodils in bloom. I say that it’s a shame to block the light on such a beautifu