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OPINION - Who's to blame for London's housing crisis? Labour of course

London is at an historic low. Under Sadiq Khan, housebuilding in our capital has collapsed to its lowest level since 2009, a truly staggering failure.

Evening Standard

Reeves’s new homes levy slammed as a ‘tax on ordinary Londoners’ that will hit families hardest

A property expert who has campaigned against stamp duty says the new tax will make it harder for Londoners to start families

The Independent UK

Reeves considers replacing stamp duty with new property tax

Exclusive: Treasury examines options including tax on homes sold for more than £500,000 as well as overhaul of council tax

The Guardian - UK

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Angela Rayner warned thousands of new homes at risk of dangerous lead pollution

Exclusive: Thousands of people could be exposed to dangerous lead pollution if a planned housing development goes ahead, a lead refinery has claimed

The Independent UK

Rayner says Farage ‘failing young women’ with plan to scrap Online Safety Act

Deputy PM says move would cause rise in ‘revenge porn’, as Labour launches attack ads against Reform UK leader

The Guardian - UK

Rayner claims Farage’s Reform will ‘fail women’ in online safety act row

Nigel Farage has cited freedom of speech concerns and says the act is an example of overreach by the government

The Independent UK

Rayner claims Reform will ‘fail women’ as she weighs in on online safety row

The Deputy Prime Minister demanded Reform UK explain how it would keep young women safe after it vowed to repeal online safety rules.

Evening Standard

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Voices: Stop working in the heat? If only it were that simple, Angela Rayner...

COMMENT: Having previously worked in a crisp factory, I know all too well the perils of labour in extreme temperatures, says Sean O’Grady. But there’s a glaringly obvious problem with the deputy prime minister’s suggestion...

The Independent UK

Rayner demanded right for Britons to stop working during heatwaves

It comes as temperatures in parts of the UK surpassed 30C this week, during the fourth heatwave of the summer

The Independent UK

Voices: Is Keir Starmer just one crisis away from a Labour coup?

COMMENT: Party strategists are busy working out how to escape the chancellor’s doom loop of tax rises – and to crush damaging speculation about her boss’s ability to lead his party into the next general election. But the race to replace the PM may already have begun, says Andrew Grice

The Independent UK

Axing public notices will threaten local democracy, Cleverly tells Rayner

Sir James Cleverly has demanded the Government share its assessments of how the move would hit local newspapers.

Evening Standard

Voices: Recruitment is in a doom loop – there’s only one thing for it, chancellor…

COMMENT : As a KPMG study lays bare years of falling job openings, and with the unemployment figure refusing to shrink, Britain’s bosses are stuck in hiring limbo that only Rachel Reeves can get them out of, says James Moore

The Independent UK

Starmer’s team seen as ‘tired, same-again politicians’, says Labour peer

Charlie Falconer calls on party colleagues to rediscover energy and not risk losing credit for big achievements

The Guardian - UK

US has 'no plans' to recognise Palestinian statehood, JD Vance says on visit to UK

The meeting comes amid debates between Washington and London about the best way to end the wars between Russia and Ukraine, as well as Israel and Hamas.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - JD Vance is here: let's make him welcome

Holiday diplomacy is an exercise in soft power, so let’s make the most of this

The Guardian - UK

If mansion owners paid a fair council tax, local authorities wouldn’t be in such a mess

Angela Rayner’s proposed reforms are ill-conceived and fail to address the system’s inherent unfairness, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

London councils to lose millions in funding despite high poverty levels

Ministers face backlash after analysis of proposed shake-up finds more than 10% drop in finance for some areas

The Guardian - UK

Why are proposals for China’s super-embassy in London so contentious?

Angela Rayner has asked China to un-redact parts of the plans that had been ‘greyed out’ in the application

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Rayner’s wrong-headed rights Bill will wipe out jobs … and her own ambitions

Unlike many of my contemporaries on the opposite side of the political divide, I don’t underestimate Angela Rayner. Which other figure active in politics today could leave school at 16 — without any qualifications — and then rise to become one of the most powerful Cabinet ministers in the land?

The Guardian - UK

Shared prayers and tears: how Lammy wooed JD Vance and the White House

Analysts say foreign secretary’s empathy and pragmatism make relationship-forming easy despite political divides

The Independent UK

National Living Wage predicted to rise higher than expected

The highest estimate could see wages rise over £1,200 a year

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner calls on China to explain redacted images in super-embassy plans

Ms Rayner has given Beijing two weeks to explain why parts of its plans for the sprawling new embassy site are blacked out.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner demands China explain redacted blueprint for London 'mega-embassy' amid security fears

The Deputy Prime Minister has told Beijing to explain why it has redacted drawings of areas in the proposed building near the capital’s financial district

The Guardian - UK

Ministers ask China to explain redacted designs for London ‘super-embassy’

Angela Rayner gave the embassy two weeks to send additional details about its plans before approval decision

International Business Times UK

National Living Wage Increase 2025: 4.1% Rise On Minimum Pay Expected, Young Labourers Could Also Get Higher Salary

Young workers may see £12.71 too, but businesses warn of job cuts amid £5B rights bill costs.

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