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Johnson: Blair’s exit opportunity for renewal

Tony Blair’s departure should be seen as an opportunity to “renew” the Labour party, its current education secretary – and would-be deputy leader – has said. In an interview with the New Statesman, Alan Johnson said: “We should use the leadership elections to renew the party and make sure it is in the best state… Read more »

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Benn is running for the deputy leadership
Public losing faith in politics, says Benn

The government is “partly to blame” for the public’s loss of faith in politics, international development secretary Hilary Benn has said. Speaking to the New Statesman, the candidate for Labour’s deputy leadership said: “The thing that worries me more than anything else is losing faith in the capacity of politics to change things. I don’t… Read more »