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Right to buy is an abuse of public funds for political ends

Letters: The idea to sell off council houses was Tory bribery, writes Michael Meadowcroft, while Toby Wood laments the decline in state control over housing, and Dr Orest Mulka says Labour should offer private tenants the right to buy

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Councils now sell off more houses than they build. Thatcher’s legacy, right to buy, is a failure

The repercussions today are more homelessness, spiralling rents and bankrupt councils, says writer Phineas Harper

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For the birds? Far from it. At last Rachel Reeves has given Britain a plan for economic liftoff

Despite being called continuity Hunt, the shadow chancellor has set out a proposal for meaningful change

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UK Labour Party Turns To Thatcher In Courtship Of Right

Margaret Thatcher remains despised by many on the left of British politics, but the main Labour opposition seems comfortable citing her as it woos the right before this year's election.

International Business Times

V&A scraps Margaret Thatcher 'villain' label after public outcry

Former Tory leader was lampooned on Spitting Image

Evening Standard

David Boaz: Libertarianism Is the Intellectual Core of Liberalism

How Vietnam, Watergate, and stagflation supercharged the libertarian movement.

Reason

Keir Starmer says he would never criticise his wife's dishwasher stacking, unlike Rishi Sunak

The Labour leader’s portrait of domestic bliss is a far cry from the Sunak household

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Rishi Sunak’s government would ban the very boycotts that helped to end apartheid

A bill now in the Lords is intended to protect Israel from any criticism. It goes further than Thatcher ever did when she tried to stop us protesting to free Nelson Mandela, says former government minister Peter Hain

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The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis

Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Jeremy Hunt hints at October election – as it happened

Chancellor says date would allow a spending review to be carried out in time for next April

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V&A museum criticised for listing Margaret Thatcher as 'contemporary villain' alongside Osama bin Laden and Hitler

The south Kensington museum says it will review the exhibit text after backlash

Evening Standard

'Sleep debt' and other sleep myths that need busting

Jess Commons speaks to the experts to find out what's worth listening to and what's not

Evening Standard

OPINION - Comment: 'it's no longer appropriate to let untrustworthy Metropolitan Police have a say in London's design'

The Metropolitan Police has been rocked by scandals and their planning advice is toxic to community building. So why do they still get a say in designing our streets?

Evening Standard

The Many Chilling Myths Of Prague's 'Lunatic Graveyard'

It was the setting of the chilling graveyard scene in "Amadeus", may have held the bones of Gavrilo Princip -- the man who started World War I -- and Margaret Thatcher paid a mysterious visit there when she was British prime minister.

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‘It was hard – but there was lots of laughter’: women’s stories of the miners’ strike told on tour

Forty years on from the battle to save Britain’s pits, a revival of Boff Whalley’s drama We’re Not Going Back honours women’s contribution

Al Jazeera

On 40th anniversary of UK miners’ strike, can Labour win back the north?

What caused the miners’ strike 40 years ago and why did ‘Red Wall’ communities turn against Labour in the last election?

The Guardian - UK

For years, I suspected MI5 interfered in the miners’ strike. The truth was even more shocking than I thought

A document buried in the National Archives reveals how the security service abused its power to help the government win, says journalist and author Mark Hollingsworth

Evening Standard

Why did the miners strike in 1984? 40th anniversary of historic industrial action

It’s been 40 years since miners around the UK went on strike in what has become known as a momentous part of British history

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32 activities the Royals do as a family when they get together - from relatable pastimes to special traditions

When the Royal Family get together, what exactly do they get up to? Well, it varies from everyday activities to distinctly upper class hobbies...

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Why are Tories making an issue of Angela Rayner selling her council house?

Lord Ashcroft has raised questions, which Labour dismisses as ‘smears’, about whether Labour’s deputy leader was liable for capital gains tax

The Guardian - UK

Devolved leaders reject shortlist for climate watchdog chair over Tory links

Refusal by Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish leaders to approve candidates means whole recruitment process may have to be rerun

The Guardian - UK

Forty years on from the miners’ strike, unions are flexing their muscles

While numbers may not have fully recovered the climate is now in very much in trade unions’ favour

The Guardian - UK

‘They didn’t understand us at all’: why the miners’ strike still captivates Britain, 40 years on

Artists, writers and film-makers have long been inspired by the stories – and myths – of the 1984-5 strike. But how do those most affected by its legacy feel about the portrayals?

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Exploring The Top 10 Political Feuds

Explore 10 notable political feuds, from Kennedy vs. Khrushchev to Modi vs. Gandhi, showcasing personal clashes with global consequences.

Evening Standard

Calcutta Cup stakes higher than ever as Scotland and England renew rugby's oldest rivalry

There have been warm words in the build-up to Murrayfield Six Nations showdown, but this is a rivalry that knows no bounds

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