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Sir Keir Starmer makes Gordon Brown an envoy as he seeks reset after Labour election losses

Paula Barker, the Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, told BBC Radio 4’s PM programme: “I have enormous respect for both Gordon and Harriet, but I would have had even more respect for them if they had declined the offer of, quite frankly, non-jobs and told the prime minister that it’s time for a change and he should set out his timetable.”
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