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UK economy in ‘horrible’ bind with no room for tax cuts as recession looms – IFS

Britain is heading towards a recession next year as borrowing costs stay elevated, the IFS warned in its latest Green Budget.

The Independent UK

To all the doubters who still think Labour too tame: read its policies – and finally believe

From clean energy to affordable housing, Rachel Reeves says she has a plan to pay for it all, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s Commons majority in peril as 60 Tories join Liz Truss group

Growth Group now same size as government’s majority, as it urges PM to cut taxes and resume fracking

The Guardian - UK

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Cabinet split over Sunak’s HS2 ‘gross act of vandalism’

Exclusive: Levelling up secretary Michael Gove and transport secretary Mark Harper ‘very unhappy’ over plan to axe northern leg – first revealed by this newspaper – as George Osborne attacks ‘economic self-harm’

The Independent UK

Sunak pledges to keep to pension triple lock despite signs of extra £10bn cost

PM says he is comfortable with full uplift on state pensions, which cost the taxpayer £124bn this year

The Guardian - UK

Letters from George Harrison’s mum reveal her horror at Beatles fans

Louise Harrison wrote of her disgust at screaming fans in letters to be sold at annual Liverpool Beatles Auction

The Guardian - UK

Inflation shock as Jeremy Hunt expects prices to go back up again

Treasury braced for uptick again in August, after several months of progress

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Tax cuts would put ‘scary’ UK finances in greater danger, warns top economist

Paul Johnson, of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, issues plea for honesty from Labour and the Conservatives about tax and spending choices ahead of election

The Guardian - UK

No 10 reportedly in talks about making end of inheritance tax a manifesto pledge

Downing Street said to be discussing measure to win votes in ‘blue wall’ seats in next general election

The Guardian - UK

Sunak could have made peace with public servants a year ago – he just didn’t want to

For over seven months, Tory ideologues put Britain through the wringer. We pay a high price for cheap politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Teenager accused of murdering girlfriend walks out of dock during trial

Liam Cain left his seat as pathologist began to detail Courtney Boorne's injuries to the jury

Liverpool Echo

Barber cuts drivers' speed by standing in high vis pointing hairdryer at traffic

Paul Johnson employed the tactic after becoming concerned by the number of people speeding

Wales Online

Truss joins calls by senior Tories to scrap inheritance tax

The proposal has been met with scepticism from senior economists and tax experts

Evening Standard

Economists dismiss Tory push to scrap inheritance tax

Senior economist Paul Johnson said the ‘genuinely unfair’ tax, which is ‘absurdly easy to avoid’ for the super rich, should be reformed.

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Daily Mirror

'I left my husband after 24 years for a man 18 years my junior - all I left was a note'

A woman decided to leave her husband of 24 years whilst he was working, leaving nothing but a note - and her devastated children decided not to attend her wedding to her new man

Glasgow Live

Glasgow man loses legs after being electrocuted and set on fire on train track

Paul Johnson had to crawl onto the train track, while his legs were on fire, to call an ambulance after he fell onto the track and was electrocuted in a horrific accident.

Daily Record

Scots amputee electrocuted on train tracks hails charity for turning life around

Paul Johnson, 29, was forced to crawl with his legs on fire to reach a phone after the freak accident near his home in Pollokshields.

Liverpool Echo

Plans for 150-room hotel at Cavern Walks to go ahead

Two other major city centre developments were also signed off

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Newcastle Herald

Jury retires in trial of former NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos

Milton Orkopoulos, 65, pleaded not guilty to 28 charges including sexual offences against four underage boys he allegedly supplied drugs to over a decade, ending in 2003.

AAP

Jury retires in trial of former NSW minister

Former NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos is waiting for a jury's verdict after he pleaded not guilty to 28 charges, including sexual offences against boys.

Newcastle Herald

'Improbable' Orkopoulos would party with skating teens, jury told

"Do you really seriously see the member for Swansea having ... a whole bunch of skateboarding teenagers coming down to the office for a party?"

AAP

'Improbable' ex-MP would party with skating teens

Milton Orkopoulos' lawyers have said it was unlikely the ex-MP would hang with skateboarding teens as they urge jurors to find him not guilty of sexual abuse.

Newcastle Herald

Milton Orkopoulos paid young men to protect his reputation, lawyer says

The then-MP for Swansea had a reputation to protect and would have good reason for not wanting it revealed he was bisexual or took drugs, Paul Johnson told jurors on Friday.

AAP

Ex-NSW minister paid to protect reputation, lawyer says

A barrister defending former NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos against sexual assault allegations involving teenaged boys says the complainants are unreliable.

The New Daily

Minister ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ with young boys

Milton Orkopoulos used his position as a councillor and government minister to gain the trust of young boys before giving them drugs and sexually abusing

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