On the front: Rwanda’s state-owned airline turned down role in Sunak’s asylum plan due to fears for its brand

William Wragg wrote an op-ed in Feb claiming Lindsay Hoyle's position as speaker of the house was unsustainable.

In it, he very eloquently set out the rationale for why his own position is no longer tenable today.

Earlier this year, the former head of the judiciary in England and Wales met with ministers to discuss an alternative approach to mass exoneration in the Horizon scandal.

Lord Ian Burnett speaks publicly for the first time on his proposals. on.ft.com/3VMp15j

NEW: Culture secretary Lucy Frazer is lobbying the government to change the British tax system in a bid to spur philanthropy among wealthy donors, as the charity sector comes under increasing financial strain.
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Gentleman’s club famous for ‘nieces’ night’ considers admitting Odey ft.com/content/c41501… via @ft me with Antonia Cundy

A group of 3,000 private equity dealmakers shared an annual carried interest windfall of about £5bn in the 2022 tax year, highlighting the large sums at stake in Labour's drive to increase taxes on these payouts. Story with William Louch

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Angela Rayner has pushed back against Lord Peter Mandelson after the Labour peer criticised her package of employment reforms, likening his complaints to the “squealing” by business over the introduction of the minimum wage in 1997

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This week Anna Gross had a fascinating interview with Wes Streeting on Labour's NHS plans. She talks about it here in detail too ... really worth a read or a listen ... open.spotify.com/episode/3DOAPF…

Revealing interview with ⁦Wes Streeting MP⁩ by ⁦Anna Gross⁩ and ⁦Sarah Neville⁩ on.ft.com/3vtWYgj

Great to join the FT team on the Political Fix podcast this week, discussing the government's Rwanda policy, whether the public really feels the economy has turned a corner, and Labour's plan for the NHS

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On Financial Times's politics pod this week Miranda Green, @pickardje & @annasophiegross discuss:

🎙️ Will the economy save Rishi Sunak? 🗳️

🎙️ What kind of Chancellor wd Rachel Reeves be? 💷

🎙️ Does Labour's offer on health stack up? 🏥

Here's a vintage example of FOI vandalism I've been dealing with.

The department: David Cameron’s Foreign Office.
The subject: David Cameron’s lobbying career.

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This, from Rachel Reeves' Mais lecture, is absolutely spot on. Meanwhile the architect of this economically illiterate batshit swans round earning millions from podcasts, directorships

There isn’t a single country in the world that spends more on public services than the UK without taxing the average worker more heavily: