29th March, 2010, 7:05 am Blair’s back – 8 in the morning, March 29th Alex Smith Share this article: By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Blair’s back, reports the Mirror — and the former PM will give a speech in Country Durham “to destroy David Cameron’s arrogant claim” that he is his heir. * Labour’s manifesto will include plans to offer football supporters first right to buy their clubs should they be put up for sale. * Alistair Darling, George Osborne an Vince Cable will go head-to-head tonight in a TV debate on the economy. * Labour has increased its lead over the SNP and Tories in Scotland since the budget, the Times reports. * Chris Bryant, Labour’s minister for Europe, and hist partner Jared Cranney became the first couple to go into a civil partnership at Parliament over the weekend. * Hundreds of hunt supporters are under orders to ride into action in key marginal seats, in the knowledge that David Cameron will allow a return to hunting with dogs if he gets to Downing Street. * Economic recovery is my priority, says Gordon Brown as David Cameron focuses on the message of “change”. * #PeoplePosters: Take part in Labour’s initiative to design the party’s next campaign poster. Alex Smith Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband. @alexsmith1982 View all articles by Alex Smith Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Comment ‘Like changes to winter fuel allowance, lifting the two-child cap may be easy in Parliament — and risky everywhere else’ There were two leading motivations behind the government’s decision to lift the two-child benefit cap. The first was… James Osborne 13th December, 2025, 9:35 am News ‘No racist is going to make me feel I don’t belong’: Shabana Mahmood on resilience, faith and public service Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has opened up about the importance of her faith in coming to politics –… Daniel Green 12th December, 2025, 2:30 pm News Delivering in Government: your weekly round up of good news Labour stories It was a busy week for the Labour government. While the prime minister was busy working alongside European… Sebastian Salek 12th December, 2025, 6:00 am
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