News about David Miliband

Keir Starmer, along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is attending the Global Progress Action Summit over the weekend. It comes as Sir Keir begins to project a statesmanlike image, despite it being only a year away from the crucial general election. Yesterday, he flew to The Hague to outline a scheme for tackling the Channel Boat Crisis, and next week he will speak with Emmanuel Macron in Paris. At the summit in Montreal, Tony Blair, who appears to be increasingly influential in Sir Keir's circle, and former foreign secretary David Miliband are among the speakers, as well as former Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin and New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband (inset) is embroiled in a controversy with his neighbors over a proposal to chop down a "beautiful tree" (left) in his London mansion's garden (right). At his five-story house in Primrose Hill, North London, the 58-year-old wishes to fell a large Acer tree. However, neighbors who backed out of his house protested the tree planting, with one of them arguing that keeping the large tree helping combat climate change was vital.

Ukraine, runaway inflation, rising energy prices, rising interest rates, crypto crash, and financial market turmoil, not least in the United Kingdom, where two monarchs, three prime ministers, and four chancellors all took their toll. In our City quiz, put your expertise on the events of the last 12 months.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: What was I saying last week about going to sleep and waking up in 1973? In 1997, I awakened. Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and the other Miliband brothers were among the headlines. They're bringing the New Labour party together. Not so much early Jake and Elwood as the return of the Living Dead from Blues Brothers 2000. In Keir Starmer's ear, Ali Campbell is the go-to guy on every BBC Talking Ballots episode, and Gordon has been put in charge of restoring the House of Lords. Blair's apparently been giving absolutely nothing to the government, and David Miliband is being lined up for a safe seat and a return to the Foreign Office after the next Labour landlide. Trish Hewitt, one of the original Kinnock Kittens, has been recruited by Jeremy Hunt to sort out the NHS. You couldn't make it up.

According to Labour reports, Blairites are planning the return of David Miliband to frontline British politics and a crucial part in a new Keir Starmer cabinet. According to them, the former foreign minister and one-time party leadership candidate could re-elect in a by-election before the next general election. Even rumors that Mr Miliband will take over as the 'leader-in-waiting' if Sir Keir runs into problems. However, last night, supporters of Labour chief Ed Miliband, who was controversially beaten to the party's leadership by his brother Ed in 2010, said that returning Mr Miliband, the "last thing" Sir Keir will want. One said: 'Why would he want to resurrect the Miliband brothers' pyscho-drama? In addition, Keir prefers not to have faces from the past appear on Labour's frontbench.' Since Ed led the party to the general election defeat in 2015, Labour Right leader Jeremy Corbyn was partly blamed for the party's demise, which was partially blamed on arch Left-winger Jeremy Corbyn's replacement as leader.

David Miliband said in a speech to Chatham House, that it made sense for Britain to integrate itself more closely with the EU and become a "rule-taker" from Brussels once more. It's his dismissive attitude to the British people's democratic will that makes him so vulnerable, and it's also troubling that he will no longer stand out for Parliament at the next General Election.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Cracking down on the vile content that has spread around social media pages in a way that does not jeopardize expression is always going to be a tense challenge. The Online Safety Bill hadn't been able to strike the right balance until now, with free expression campaigners advising that it could lead to censorship and the outlaw of legitimate debate. The bill was first introduced by the Senate not only to prohibit illicit content but to screen out that which was deemed 'legal but harmful.' This led to fears that they would delete any offensive or complaint-related material rather than risk being fined. The Bill may have fallen completely as a result of this disquiet.

David Miliband, who left the United Kingdom to head an aid agency in New York after struggling to become the leader in 2010 has consistently refused to rule out voting to become an MP at the next election. Mr Miliband said he was 'enthusiastic' about Keir Starmer's course, adding that concerns regarding his Parliamentary choices had 'not been decided yet.' In an interview with LBC, he gave a glimpse of his aspirations if he resuming political duties, saying that it is "essential" for the UK to follow EU laws.

According to a Mail on Sunday, the directors of a dozen failed energy companies, including Hayden Wood and Amit Gudka of Bulb, have walked away with millions of new jobs. Since 2021, nearly 30 firms have collapsed, throwing millions of consumers into chaos and requiring the government to step in. Bulb, who was forced to bail out a year ago cost the taxpayer £6.5 billion, making it the biggest state rescue since RBS' implosion in 2008.

DAN HODGES: There have been some promising news for the Labour Party, now. They have a boss who is slicing through. Now for the bad news. His name isn't Keir Starmer. Gordon Brown took to the Guardian to suggest his answer to the burgeoning energy crisis yesterday. The energy cap price has risen for the second time in a row. The energy companies need a significant windfall levy. And, if that didn't manage to reduce their hunger, there was some sort of temporary renationalization of the kind that was introduced at the time of the financial crisis. The Brown Plan was brash. It was brave. And with a 66% population of British households facing a winter blizzard of fuel poverty, it has snatched control of the political agenda. Correctly. The energy companies had a chance to flourish. The fat-cat utility bosses have seen an opportunity to fill their distended bellies as the country recovers from the wreckage of Covid's devastation and Moscow's attempt to use electricity blackmail to aid in the subpoena of Ukraine.

According to police, the killers, who used fake British passports, attempted to'induce the consequences of a heart attack' before smothering Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh with a pillow in his room. The lamp was reportedly stripped away and the wires connected to a unit that pulsed electricity into his body, according to reports.

Israeli troops were on the ground today fighting Hamas after dramatically raising the stakes by moving tanks into the Gaza strip in an attempt to avoid the group's rocket attacks. At 6 p.m. British time, soldiers first poured over the fence, backed by assault helicopters and artillery fire, and encountered significant resistance at 6 p.m.

As Israel increased its bombardment of the Gaza strip, it promised the war to the bitter end. There will be no excuses until the Islamist group had been dealt a "severe blow," according to defense minister Ehud Barak. As the Israeli navy joined the pounding and tanks massed in a newly declared buffer zone, he warned that the assault would be "widened and deepened" until it succeeded.