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Chancellor under pressure to recruit new experts as John Van Reenen and Anna Valero return to academia

The 46-year-old, who served four prime ministers, will sit as an independent crossbencher.

Prevention beats cure in our view. Targeting issues like housing, personal debt and mental health will get people into work and cut the benefits bill, says Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham

Ministers have been urged to produce a 10-year outlook revealing their intentions for equipment procurement.

Since 1963, when he photographed a fellow student being arrested, David Hoffman has turned his camera on rebels and rioters. His archive tells an alternative story of Britain, from Greenham Common to students marching on Whitehall

INSIDE WESTMINSTER: Keir Starmer complains that the government machine is slow to crank into life when he demands action. To prevent his ‘mission-driven’ domestic agenda from being doomed to failure, the prime minister should first get rid of the Cabinet Office, says Andrew Grice

At the end there was high tension on both sides of a debate that for some was deeply personal

May figure second highest for month on record amid fears chancellor is struggling to keep within spending rules

Labour now says the botched high-speed rail project will be further delayed. Why not just scrap it, as the Reform leader suggests? asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins