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Queen Elizabeth II privately opposed Brexit, new book claims

The claims are made in Power and the Palace, a forthcoming book by royal biographer Valentine Low

Evening Standard

OPINION - Landlord woes - how a nightmare tenant turned my lovely flat into a cannabis factory

The beginning of the end came early one Saturday morning. We were sitting in the departures zone at Stansted airport, waiting to board a red-eye flight for a family birthday reunion early last year. But something was wrong with our bank account. One of our tenants had just paid his…

Evening Standard

JD Vance in the Cotswolds Continues to Annoy Locals – 'Woke' Staff at Trendy Pub Allegedly Refuse to Serve Him

US Vice-President JD Vance's Cotswolds holiday was upended by a staff mutiny that forced a Cotswolds pub to cancel his dinner booking, part of a week marked by protests, intrusive security, and satirical mockery.

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Voices: George Osborne is right – Britain can’t afford to ignore the new cryptocurrencies

INSIDE BUSINESS: Former chancellor warns the UK against abandoning the global crypto race, says James Moore – and, when it comes to loosening consumer protection rules, he may have a point

The Independent UK

George Osborne says UK has been left behind in cryptocurrency boom

Ex-chancellor criticises hesitant approach to crypto and warns country in danger of missing next surge in market

The Guardian - UK

George Osborne's M&A advisory firm Robey Warshaw sold for £146m

The former Chancellor joined Robey Warshaw in 2021 after leaving the Evening Standard

Evening Standard

Acoba axed: how the post-ministerial jobs watchdog proved ‘next to useless’

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments could do little more to enforce rules than write letters

The Guardian - UK

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Voices: There’s more to the Bayeux Tapestry loan deal than meets the eye…

COMMENT: Arranging for the historic depiction of the Norman Conquest, the Battle of Hastings and the killing of King Harold to ‘come home’ for the first time in 900 years is nothing short of a diplomatic triumph – but could it also open the door to the British Museum handing…

The Independent UK

George Osborne was on No 10 list to be UK ambassador to US, Keir Starmer’s biographer says

Sources confirm claim likely to cast further doubt among Labour MPs about judgment of Downing Street aides

The Guardian - UK

Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, Bridget Phillipson admits

A change in the two-child benefit cap is now less likely

The Independent UK

In Pictures: Tearful politicians showing their sensitive side

Rachel Reeves became tearful during PMQs on Wednesday, but she’s far from the first politician to cry over the years.

Evening Standard

Liz Kendall ignores call from Labour MP for welfare bill to be withdrawn – as it happened

Andy McDonald says MPs are being asked to vote without vital evidence but work and pensions secretary says employment support programmes are being improved

The Guardian - UK

There hasn’t been a ‘big chancellor’ since Osborne: IFS chief gives final mark

As he steps down after 14 years, Paul Johnson says politicians and voters refuse to accept economic tradeoffs

The Guardian - UK

Voices: The spending review will reveal how far the government has been blown off course

COMMENT: In her last-man-standing battle with the Treasury, Yvette Cooper has shone a light on how Starmer’s administration is now quietly tacking to the left, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

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Wake-up call for Labour: Football fans aren’t the only ones using expletives about Starmer

NEWS ANALYSIS: Politicians becoming the subject of expletive-laden chants by fans of football – or any sport – is historically bad for political careers, explain David Maddox and Kate Devlin

The Conversation

Mel Stride promises the Tories won’t repeat the mistakes of Liz Truss – except they already have

It’s a mistake to think that, when it comes to the UK economy, the Conservatives have always been seen by British voters as a safer pair of hands than Labour. But, notwithstanding the damaging austerity imposed on the country by David Cameron’s chancellor, George Osborne, it was, by and large,…

The Guardian - UK

Truss should be banned from ever running as Tory candidate again to show ‘we get it’, says former minister – as it happened

Conservative party urged to ‘draw a line’ under the Liz Truss era and never again endorse her as candidate

The Independent UK

Voices: Calling David Cameron a ‘man baby’ for resigning over Brexit is childish

COMMENT: The personal barbs in a new, behind-the-scenes memoir offer a fittingly pathetic caricature of the Conservatives’ big beasts, says Sean O’Grady – they are also a reminder of how the party is the biggest Brexit loser of all

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OPINION - Rivalry, resentment, entitlement and a girl crush — the extracts from Sarah Vine’s memoir remind us what really matters in politics

Forget every other reading matter – put down your 250th anniversary copy of Pride and Prejudice and toss Bill Clinton’s thriller, First Gentleman, to one side – because the required reading right now is the extracts now being published from Sarah Vine’s memoir, How Not to be a Political Wife.

The Guardian - UK

Ready to ‘enjoy a few beers’ with Nigel Farage, leftwing hero? This is what Labour has left us with

Britain’s most talented opportunist now claims Reform is the ‘party of the workers’. He’s occupying terrain wilfully vacated by Keir Starmer, says author Samuel Earle

The Guardian - UK

Hubris, crisis and scandal: how the NatWest ‘soap opera’ unfolded

From Fred ‘the Shred’ Goodwin to Nigel Farage ousting the CEO, it’s been a bumpy ride for the now-privatised banking group, formerly RBS

The Guardian - UK

By delaying its child poverty plan, Labour has a chance to reverse 15 years of inequality

As a former chancellor, I know this challenge can only be met in a budget. But Starmer and Reeves must not waste their chance, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Independent UK

Why Canadians might want to beware what they have wished for with Mark Carney

NEWS ANALYSIS: Mark Carney has pulled off a stunning victory in Canada but his legacy in the UK from his time as governor of the Bank of England is mixed, David Maddox writes

The Guardian - UK

George Osborne and Ed Balls podcast censured for Viagogo promotion

Regulator rejects claim by presenters that most events on the resale site had tickets selling at below face value

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves must break her fiscal rules. Better now than later

There is already arguably too little flexibility in the chancellor’s budget plan. Trump’s tariffs chaos makes a rethink inevitable

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