Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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Labour’s manifesto is worth getting excited about
Labour candidate for Ceredigion DINAH MULHOLLAND talks to the Star about her proud record of local campaigning, and how Labour’s policies offer real hope – particularly for the young, the elderly and those in rural communities
Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
WHAT kind of parliamentary hopeful would look forward positively to the general election if her party’s candidate had come fifth just two years ago?
Dinah Mulholland, who is carrying the flag for Labour in Ceredigion, is the answer.
A newcomer to the party — she joined the day after the Tories won in May 2015 — she said to herself then: “I’ve just got to do it. If people like me don’t do it, we can say goodbye to the Labour Party.”
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