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I have the ideal road plan for Britain. Take the 16 major highway schemes worth £15bn and bin them

New ministers now face a historic choice: more roads of dubious value or fresh thinking to secure growth – and fight climate breakdown, says transport commentator Christian Wolmar

The Guardian - UK

Power lines’ curves and accidental verse

Letters: Dr William Whewell | John Prescott | International Apostrophe Day | University vice-chancellors | Musk and Trump

The Guardian - UK

Peers removed from House of Lords for ‘non attendance’

A NUMBER of peers have ceased to be a member of the House of Lords due to non-attendance.

The National (Scotland)

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‘Bigoted woman’ and fridge-hiding: a history of election gaffes after Sunak’s D-day disaster

Prime minister is not the first party leader to make bad decisions during the heat of a general election campaign

The Guardian - UK

All shook up? UK’s Nigel Farage is the latest to bear the brunt of pelting as popular politics

Nigel Farage, a U.K. politician known for his populist anti-European Union rhetoric, endless media appearances and close friendship with Donald Trump’s MAGA Republicans, received an unwelcome treat while out on the U.K. election trail on June 4, 2024: a milkshake, directed at his face.

The Conversation

It’s fair that Angela Rayner is subject to scrutiny – but not if it’s based on snobbery

Labour’s deputy is of course accountable for any irregularity in her tax affairs. Yet this looks like class-based shaming, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Gorsuch urged to recuse himself from supreme court case over ties to oil baron

Philip Anschutz has hosted rightwing justice at resort and stands to benefit if court strips power from federal regulatory agencies

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Jilly Cooper: ‘The secret to a happy marriage is creaking bed springs – from laughter’

The novelist on her first book set in the world of football, having Rishi Sunak as a fan and the secret to writing good sex

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Could voters see Rayner as a Trojan horse for the Left?

Starmer’s deputy isn’t his Prescott — the self-described ‘socialist’ could yet be his Gordon Brown

Evening Standard

What does Keir do with Angela as reshuffle pressure grows?

Labour leader faces split over whether to change deputy’s role as reshuffle looms ahead of likely 2024 election

Evening Standard

The Observer view on why Michael Gove’s housing plans do little to help build a better Britain

The housing secretary is peddling the illusion that development can be kept away from the places where rural and suburban voters live

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner and Oliver Dowden clash over Conservatives’ economic record

Rising bills, soaring mortgages and plummeting real wages are ‘pushing more families to the brink’, Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner warned.

The Independent UK

MP who felt 'terror' over mortgage payments accuses Tories of 'lack of empathy'

The exchange came after Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner used PMQs to attack the government over the 'Tory mortgage bombshell'

Daily Mirror

Labour gave us national parks – how can Keir Starmer be so silent on nature’s survival now?

The party talks of a green and fair future, but that will be impossible without protecting Britain’s natural habitats, says Craig Bennett, chief executive of the Wildlife Trusts

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Manchester Evening News

IKEA to open new location in Greater Manchester

The announcement comes after then-Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott blocked plans for IKEA to open a store in Stockport in February 2007

The Guardian - UK

Maurice Glasman, architect of Blue Labour: ‘Labour needs to be itself again’

Ten years ago, political theorist Maurice Glasman was one of Labour’s brightest stars – until a fall from grace. Now, back with a new book, he talks about conservative socialism, backing Brexit – and why Keir Starmer must seize this moment

The Conversation

Liz Truss names Thérèse Coffey as her second-in-command – here's how deputies have performed this key role for past PMs

Liz Truss’s cabinet is taking shape, so far with few surprises as the new prime minister names allies to key posts. Much discussion has centred on the diversity of the top team, with Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor and Suella Braverman as home secretary.

The Guardian - UK

Sir Christopher Meyer obituary

British ambassador to the US in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq who later served as chair of the Press Complaints Commission

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The Independent UK

Prescott ‘did nothing wrong’ over Clapham flat fiasco, Blair told Tory MP

Files released by the National Archives in Kew reveal how the Prime Minister backed his deputy amid allegations of a conflict of interest.

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt to appoint Esther McVey as deputy PM if he becomes leader

Esther McVey said the pair “are not soulmates” but she will back Jeremy Hunt

The National (Scotland)

Tory leadership hopefuls rule out independence referendum 'for at least a decade'

TORY leadership contenders Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid have both ruled out a second independence referendum in the next 10 years.

Birmingham Post

Alastair Campbell pulls no punches over the PM as he is reunited with Lord Prescott and Alan Johnson

Queen's adaptability fares better in the opinion of avowed republican behind Blair and Brown's success

Liverpool Echo

Scrambler yob found with 2.5kg of MDMA said he was just 'holding it for Gary'

Ryan Blake told police he wasn't involved in dealing despite police finding drugs worth £100,000 in his home

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems welcome signs of resurgence on night of local election gains

Hull win – alongside other successes – suggests coalition taint is fading for voters seeking alternative to Tories and Labour

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