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Labour hit with fresh cronyism row as donor steps down from top civil service job

A LABOUR donor handed a top civil service job has quit the role amid allegations of cronyism.

The National (Scotland)

Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘very strongly’ considering standing for election again

Former minister said Conservatives had ‘deserved’ to lose power and that he had not been shocked to lose his seat

The Guardian - UK

Not in the minister’s back yard: is Starmer’s cabinet onboard with housebuilding plans?

The manifesto promises 1.5m homes – but some on the PM’s frontbench have had their own nimby moments

The Guardian - UK

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Britons urged to leave Lebanon amid fears of wider Middle East conflict

Warning against travel to Lebanon comes after Hezbollah rocket attack in Golan Heights

Evening Standard

UK politics: Winter fuel payments to be restricted as Reeves says there is £22bn spending shortfall – as it happened

Chancellor suggests budget, on 30 October, will involve tax rises and cuts to spending and benefits

The Guardian - UK

Millions of public sector workers to get inflation-busting pay rises, confirms Rachel Reeves

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden left open the prospect of a string of tax rises apart from on VAT, income tax and National Insurance

Evening Standard

McDonald’s sales fall for first time since 2020, as higher prices deter consumers – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as McDonald’s faces pressure to cut prices and lure back customers

The Guardian - UK

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HS2 high speed rail link may end in London suburb rather than Euston, signals Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden says HS2 route will be re-examined

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves to unveil ‘broke Britain’ dossier as Jeremy Hunt hits back with tax ‘scam’ claim

Rachel Reeves is expected to tell parliament that Rishi Sunak’s party left a £20bn black hole in the public finances, including making ‘significant funding commitments’ this year with no idea how they would be paid for

The Independent UK

Post Office Horizon IT scandal: Lib Dem leader Ed Davey apologises to Alan Bates for ‘terse’ refusal to meet

Ex-postal affairs minister admits to inquiry that response was ‘poorly judged’ and says sorry to people who had lives ruined

The Independent UK

Ed Davey says Post Office lied to him and apologises to Alan Bates

Ex-minister and current Lib Dem leader tells inquiry he rejected campaigner when he first asked for meeting

The Guardian - UK

Experts dismiss Labour's claim that two-child cap harms are 'open to debate'

EXPERTS have dismissed a Labour Cabinet Secretary’s claim that it is “open to debate” whether the two-child cap on benefits causes harm ...

The National (Scotland)

'Open to debate' whether two-child cap harms children, Labour Cabinet minister says

WHETHER the two-child cap on benefits causes harm is “open to debate”, a Cabinet Secretary has said ...

The National (Scotland)

Housing plans likely to meet opposition from Labour MPs, says government

Officials say consultation to take place in weeks and new mandatory targets expected to be in place by autumn

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Ed Davey and former Lib Dem leaders face grilling at Horizon inquiry

Davey, Jo Swinson and Vince Cable all held coalition posts at the time of the Post Office scandal, but Tory ex-ministers will be subject to hardest questions

The National (Scotland)

Top Labour frontbencher made chief of think tank dismissed by Anas Sarwar

A KEY Labour frontbencher who was unseated at the General Election in a shock win for a pro-Palestine independent has been named the head of a top…

The Guardian - UK

Who are the key people inside Labour’s leadership team?

The chiefs of staff, special advisers and policy strategists guiding Keir Starmer’s new government

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer to chair first Cabinet meeting on first full day in Downing Street

KEIR Starmer will chair the first meeting of his new Cabinet and face questions from the media after promising to start work “immediately” on…

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The Guardian - UK

Who is in the new Labour cabinet?

With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times

The Guardian - UK

How Labour did it: inside the campaign that led to ‘Starmergeddon’

Each decision made in ‘the cell’ was framed by three key messages and pushed along by a well disciplined operation

The Guardian - UK

Tories say Labour set for win as Starmer warns of attempt to suppress turnout

Tories accused of deploying tactic to limit losses after Mel Stride says Labour heading for ‘largest majority ever’

Evening Standard

Labour government would work with France's Far-Right on 'small boats' crisis if both win power - Starmer ally

Pat McFadden, Labour’s National Campaign Co-ordinator, said if his party wins on July 4 it will deal with whoever is in charge in France to address joint challenges

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer refuses to appear on flagship BBC show just days before General Election

KEIR Starmer refused to appear on the BBC’s flagship politics show with just days to go before the General Election ...

The Guardian - UK

‘History shows that all Labour victories are hard earned’: campaign chief’s iron formula

From his London HQ, Pat McFadden talks about his party’s nothing-left-to-chance preparations, Nigel Farage showing his true colours, and ‘fending off Tory nonsense’

The Independent UK

There was one burst of excitement in the BBC debate’s spin room, when we realised it was all almost over

There was one big moment of behind-the-scenes excitement, when the lights went on and journalists realised it was all almost over

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