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Chief whip’s diaries reveal rescue of Tory MP from ‘KGB agent’ in London brothel

From rescuing an MP from a suspected ‘KGB agent’ to MPs’ demands for peerages, stories from former chief whip Simon Hart’s diaries have drawn attention

The Guardian - UK

Orgies, fights and ‘KGB agents’ in brothels: Most explosive claims from Tory chief whip’s new book

Simon Hart’s new book makes several eye-opening claims about the final days of Tory rule

The Independent UK

Scrap automatic right of bishops to sit in Lords, says Harriet Harman

Former Labour MP puts forward amendment to reform bill aiming to end privilege for 26 C of E bishops

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Pressure grows on government as MPs demand answers on Prince Andrew ‘Chinese spy’

Home secretary warns UK will take ‘very strong approach’ to national security but admits Britain still needs economic cooperation with Chinese state

The Independent UK

From Jess Phillips to Keir Starmer: What politicians have said about Gregg Wallace

Labour peer Harriet Harman said Mr Wallace’s remarks were ‘offensive and downright rude’

The Independent UK

Phillipson likely to vote against assisted dying bill as Starmer warns ministers

PM confirms he will vote on bill but stresses importance of government neutrality before free vote

The Guardian - UK

Cancel study into the cost to NHS of assisted dying, Harman tells Streeting

Health secretary risks tainting the debate by turning it into an issue of pounds and pence, Labour grandee says

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Health Secretary accused of crossing a line on airing assisted dying views

A Labour peer said Wes Streeting’s comments are a breach of Government neutrality on the divisive issue.

Evening Standard

Engineer, hacker and Ron DeSantis fan: five things about Kemi Badenoch

While new Tory leader managed to style herself as more moderate candidate, she is known for picking curious fights and pugilistic approach

The Guardian - UK

The culture warrior and the populist: Badenoch and Jenrick in profile

The background, policies and controversies of the two candidates hoping to lead the Conservative party

The Guardian - UK

Tory switchers warm to ‘no-nonsense’ Badenoch over Jenrick’s ‘more of the same’

A focus group showed signs the leadership race is cutting through, and one candidate seems to have a rare quality

The Guardian - UK

Starmer under pressure as Labour big beasts warn he has ‘lost grip’ after Sue Gray row

Labour grandees say rows that led to resignation of PM’s top aide ‘uncomfortable’

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer and top Labour colleagues to stop taking clothes gifts from donors

Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner will not accept donations for work outfits after row over Waheed Alli gifts

The Guardian - UK

The real Kemi Badenoch: key revelations from a new tell-all book

“Blue Ambition: The Unauthorised Biography of Kemi Badenoch” by Lord Ashcroft is out now

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Tory jibes about Keir Starmer and family time show how out of touch party is

MPs and others have stressed how important time away from work is for those in top jobs

The Guardian - UK

The women who came before: Rachel Reeves’s three Labour leading lights

Reeves, who could be Britain’s first female chancellor, has named three women on whose shoulders she would stand

The Guardian - UK

Harriet Harman: ‘Sunak thinks the economy is going to get worse. Otherwise he would wait’

The Labour veteran entered the commons as one of only 21 women, then spent years fighting for a seat at the table. She discusses sexism, backlash and power as she prepares to leave parliament

The Guardian - UK

‘I perpetually think we’ll win. We always lose’: Labour’s Jon Cruddas on elections, class and life as an MP

The member for Dagenham and Rainham says he can’t wait to leave parliament. So why did he spend the past 23 years there? And what does he think he achieved?

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Lord Field of Birkenhead obituary

MP for Birkenhead for 40 years and former Labour minister who was asked to ‘think the unthinkable’ about welfare reform

The Guardian - UK

Judges didn’t see what the fuss over Garrick Club was about – they do now

Twelve years after former supreme court president Brenda Hale criticised membership, judges seem to finally grasp what she meant

The Guardian - UK

Senior Labour figures seeking to water down plans to decriminalise abortion

MPs due to have free vote on proposal but some in party have privately expressed concerns it goes too far

The Guardian - UK

James Corden to return to London stage in political drama The Constituent

Joe Penhall’s new play marks the talkshow host’s first theatre role since One Man, Two Guvnors and will see him star opposite Anna Maxwell Martin at the Old Vic

The Guardian - UK

Garrick Club’s men-only members list reveals roll-call of British establishment

Exclusive: Details made public for first time prompt anger over how many influential figures belong to club that bars women

The Guardian - UK

‘This place is utterly dysfunctional’: MPs on why they’re leaving parliament

Almost 100 MPs will stand down at the next election – and for many it won’t come a moment too soon. Here, Harriet Harman, Charles Walker, Caroline Lucas and others talk about what life inside Westminster is really like

The Guardian - UK

Exodus of long-serving MPs leaves Commons facing wave of change

Exhaustion and a desire to avoid a spell in opposition are factors in why a large group will stand down at next election

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