WFP means-testing saves an estimated £1.4bn/yr. The idea that this, in isolation, has macroeconomic implications for the UK is absurd. The broader point of the efficiency of state spending is more valid - & universal transfer payments is an inefficient way to address fuel poverty

This is the problem Badenoch would face as Conservative leader. She wants to unite party behind government doing less - and a fair number of her MPs want to regulate the pricing model of an entirely discretionary consumer purchase.

Worst Headline you'll read today and there's like 10 wars happening

'We've got a problem in this country with how long it takes for inquiries to take place.' '...the COVID Inquiry, costing insane, vast sums.' After the Grenfell findings, ex-Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC lists other cases which have taken 'too long'. Nick Ferrari

How do you feel about happy hour?

A proposal from an FDP figure that won't survive contact with the SPD and Greens in what is a coalition government. Or the Constitutional Court for that matter. Irresponsibly stupid journalism mixed with a media culture that doesn't care about crucial details.

Your honour, there is absolutely zero way my client knew that the hundreds of thousands of dollars he received to push russian talking points came from russia

Tony Blair: “I remember a conversation in the Brexit debate He said to me ‘you're this typical elite, trying to say you know more about it than I do’ But do you know what I said to them? I DO know more because I've been prime minister for 10yrs”

OnlyFans paid $148m in UK corporation tax last year, according to its new accounts, enough to cover the cost of educating 15,000 British schoolchildren. One of the UK's biggest online media success stories but, er, it won't be getting a ministerial visit anytime soon.

Must say I'm quite impressed by the AI on the new Google Pixel 9. It even throws you trick questions if you ask it to quiz you on a certain topic.

The British press is once again drawing the electorate’s attention to the most important matters of state

Cheap energy is the closest thing that we have to an 'economic growth' button. There are no low energy rich countries - and almost no countries with cheap energy have stayed poor. Britain needs a new fleet of nuclear power stations - and short-term North Sea gas licenses 🇬🇧

Surely there are lighter programmes that can spend 3 precious minutes grilling the PM to address the matter of pets

2 years ago Dwayne Johnson put out this banger

I’m not the type to spend money on clothes but… £1,090 for a hoodie?! Who’s spending a new iPhone’s worth of income on a jumper?

“I don’t think you'd necessarily, even on aesthetic grounds, want to have it.” Adam Boulton says he’s “basically with Starmer” on the decision to take down Margaret Thatcher’s portrait from his office in Downing Street. 📻 thetimes.com/radio @JPonPolitics | Kate McCann

#RIP dad 💔

He's one with the force now. What an incredibly sad headline.

TV news overtaken by digital rivals for first time in UK on.ft.com/3XAGazj