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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 16 - Caught on Camera

Grayson Perry channels his inner Bob Dylan with music video

The artist laments middle-class guilt in a musical remake

Evening Standard

Is Britain’s infrastructure failing?

“We need to talk about the dire state of British transport infrastructure.” So wrote John Burn-Murdoch, chief data reporter for the Financial Times (FT), on Twitter.

The Week

New defence secretary’s YouTube account was hacked because password was as easy as ‘1234’

Uneasy Tory MPs have taken to WhatsApp to re-share the story of how Grant Shapps explained the hack

The Independent UK

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Friday briefing: Grant Shapps is the UK’s new defence secretary – but is he up to the job?

In today’s newsletter: The former energy secretary starts his fifth cabinet post in the past year, but questions remain about his military nous

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Swedish lawmakers to boycott Nobel ceremony following Russia invitation – as it happened

The Nobel Foundation said invitations for the 2023 events were extended to all countries with diplomatic missions in Sweden and Norway

The Guardian - AU

MPs and military chiefs question ‘yes man’ Shapps as new defence secretary - UK politics live

Sir Richard Dannatt, the former head of the Armed Forces, says Shapps knows ‘very little’ about defence

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 555 of the invasion

Russia-installed authorities hold elections in occupied parts of Ukraine; Kuleba hits out at critics of counteroffensive

The Guardian - AU

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Ukrainian MP urges new Defence Secretary Shapps to ‘personally visit Ukraine’

Inna Sovsun, deputy leader of the Holos Party, hopes Grant Shapps will gain a ‘better understanding’ of the situation in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: critics of counteroffensive are ‘spitting in the faces of soldiers’, says Kyiv – as it happened

Ukraine’s foreign minister also says critics of the offensive’s slow progress should ‘shut up’

The Guardian - AU

The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s new cabinet: disloyalty and disunity exposed by shake-up

Editorial: Divided parties lose elections, but this reshuffle shows that the prime minister lacks the means to unite the Conservative tribe

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Defence Secretary Wallace’s successor & Ukraine ‘super drones’: The Leader podcast

Grant Shapps parachuted into MoD & secrets of Kyiv’s long-range UAVs

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak excels in his summer job of making Tories look unelectable

PM’s autumn agenda will be one of desperate hope after months of one bad headline after another

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps: great political survivor and reliable Tory attack dog

New defence secretary is a trusted performer who PMs have learned is safer inside the tent than out

The Guardian - UK

Top issues in Grant Shapps’ in-tray as new UK defence secretary

Ben Wallace’s successor faces major issues on several fronts including Ukraine and a British military seeking more investment

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Grant Shapps: The Rishi Sunak ally with a penchant for TikTok

(But who one Tory wouldn’t buy a used car from)

The Independent UK

Hopes on Claire Coutinho to speed up net zero drive

Campaigners and industry experts see a fresh start in the new energy secretary’s appointment.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle: Who’s in and who’s out, from Ben Wallace to Grant Shapps

Rishi Sunak has kicked off another Cabinet reshuffle, despite suggestions from opposition members that ‘the ship is going down’

The Independent UK

Boys with toys: A history of UK’s defence secretaries and their photo opportunities

Gavin Williamson, John Reid, Geoff Hoon and Liam Fox were all unalbe to resist the lure of a military photo op

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Evening Standard

Why has Ben Wallace resigned as Defence Secretary?

Ben Wallace has stepped down after serving as Defence Secretary for four years — but who will replace him?

The Independent UK

Shapps in fifth Cabinet role in a year as Sunak appoints him Defence Secretary

The Prime Minister promoted his ally after the formal resignation of Ben Wallace.

The Week

Sunak reshuffle: Grant Shapps to replace Ben Wallace as defence secretary

Rishi Sunak has reshuffled his top team by appointing Grant Shapps as the new defence secretary to replace the outgoing Ben Wallace.

The Independent UK

Claire Coutinho – the rising Tory star who is Sunak’s mirror image gets top government job

38-year-old energy secretary is key ally of PM and worked with him at Treasury as aide

The National (Scotland)

Who is Claire Coutinho? Meet the Tories' new Net Zero Secretary

CLAIRE Coutinho has been appointed as Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary in Rishi Sunak’s mini-reshuffle prompted by Ben Wallace’s formal…

The Independent UK

Who is Grant Shapps, the man taking over as Defence Secretary?

Mr Shapps is moving to the role from a stint as energy secretary.

The Independent UK

What is top of the in-tray for new Defence Secretary Grant Shapps?

Mr Shapps takes over as Defence Secretary at a key moment in debates about the future of the UK armed forces.

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