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UK smoking ban risks breaching post-Brexit deal, ex-Tory justice secretary warns

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer urged to ‘hit pause’ or end up in court over key agreement with the European Union, designed to deal with major issues caused by Britain’s decision to leave the bloc

The Independent UK

UK asylum plans shows post-Brexit Britain is ‘in very dark place’, Albanian PM warns

Edi Rama said things that would have been inconceivable a decade ago are now normal in the UK

The Independent UK

Tory peer Liam Booth-Smith takes job at AI firm he encountered at No 10

Rishi Sunak’s ex-chief of staff lands role at Anthropic, which has memorandum of understanding on working with government

The Guardian - UK

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Scottish taxpayers should not be treated as 'afterthought' of HS2 project, say SNP

SCOTTISH taxpayers will have contributed billions of pounds to HS2 so should not be treated as an “after thought”, the SNP have said.

The National (Scotland)

HS2: 16 years of high hopes, bruising reality and burgeoning costs

As the government announces a further delay, here are key moments in the troubled project’s history so far

The Guardian - UK

Reeves considers U-turn on non-dom crackdown to halt exodus of wealthy

Chancellor could look to stem the flow of wealthy taxpayers leaving UK after Britain experienced its most significant drop in billionaires ever last year

The Independent UK

HS2 opening to be delayed past planned 2033 date, minister to announce

Transport secretary will also accuse Conservatives of wasting billions on project with poor management

The Guardian - UK

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Fighter Jets, Refuelling Aircraft, Frigate: UK Assets In Mideast

Britain is deploying extra fighter jets and other assets to the Middle East amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said.

International Business Times

Former Tory MP to face trial on general election gambling charges

Craig Williams and 14 others appear in court over allegations of cheating by betting on 2024 election date

The Guardian - UK

Former Tory MP appears in court over general election betting scandal

Conservative Party insiders were among those charged after bets were placed on the timing of the general election

The Independent UK

Former MP accused of cheating at gambling on general election appears in court

Craig Williams, 39, of Llanfair Caereinion, served as the parliamentary private secretary to Rishi Sunak during his time as prime minister.

Evening Standard

Labour had the chance to finally kill off HS2. Instead, it’s throwing more money into the pit

Rachel Reeves didn’t utter a word about this disaster in her spending review. Yet there’s a colossal £25bn more earmarked for it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Tories accused in General Election betting scandal set to face trial over 'easy money' allegations

Craig Williams, who was the MP for Montgomeryshire, is among a group accused of cheating at gambling just before Rishi Sunak called the 2024 election

Evening Standard

Voices: Yes, ‘Renewal’ Reeves needs to raise taxes – but how will she pull it off?

COMMENT: The chancellor’s fiscal headroom is already compromised by her commitment to tackle child poverty, writes Sean O’Grady. So she needs luck – and to be more boring than ever – to raise the revenue she desperately needs

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Rayner warns MPs not to underestimate her over 1.5 million homes target

Speaking in the Commons, shadow housing minister Paul Holmes claimed ‘she won’t achieve it’.

The Guardian - UK

‘Smash the gangs’: is Labour’s migration policy just a slogan?

The UK government is desperate to show it is preventing small boat crossings, but its PR-heavy approach may cause more problems with voters than it solves

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 Conversation

UK looks to military gap years to boost recruitment in the face of growing geopolitical tension

The UK government recently endorsed proposals in its strategic defence review to consider the creation of military gap years for young people in the UK.

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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

The Independent UK

Voices: Robert Jenrick’s TfL stunt reminds us how simple politics can be

COMMENT: ‘Do you want to go back and pay like everybody else?’ Jenrick’s public transport vigilante video conveyed a brilliantly effective message – and was another example of how successful political stunts can be, writes John Rentoul

International Business Times UK

France To Ban Smoking Outdoors Near Children Effective July 1: 'They Have The Right To Clean Air'

France will ban smoking in public areas where children are present starting 1 July 2025, aiming to create a smoke-free generation and protect kids from second-hand smoke.

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves to announce billions in regional spending after Treasury rule changes

Extra investment lined up for schemes such as energy projects, roads and rails outside London and south-east

Evening Standard

Smart motorways have higher rate of recorded breakdowns

The AA described the National Highways figures as ‘a major concern’.

The Independent UK

Conservative decision to underfund Covid self-isolation support cost lives, inquiry hears

The UK spent much less than other countries, said the former NHS Test and Trace lead

Evening Standard

More self-isolation support during Covid would have saved lives – Harding

Baroness Dido Harding was head of the NHS Test and Trace programme during the crisis.

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