The i paper Jane Merrick Richard Vaughan Plus ICYMI over the weekend, our long read on Starmer's earlier struggle with restless (albeit far from mutinous) Labour MPs: inews.co.uk/news/politics/… Includes news that the spending review currently under way will cover the *entire* parliament...

This is damning. Surely raises questions for James Cleverly, Suella Braverman, Priti Patel, Rudd, Javid, May etc…? National Crime Agency is ‘on its knees’, Keir Starmer is warned thetimes.com/article/32f6b2…

Parties' attitude to this always so bizarre. Is the line sincerely that the decision on whether or not the people of Hayes & Harlington (and so on) should be allowed to have a Labour MP, as they voted for, is solely in the hands of some fella called Alan Campbell??

This seems sensible. greaterlondon.co/p/how-to-build…

If my country had a rule that all women have to be swathed in a black veil to even go outside, I probably wouldn’t have gone with this visual.

Oh no! All the super rich Farageist scumbag corporate fuckheads are going to leave Britain and go and live in Dubai because they don’t want to bay a bit more tax. How very terrible. Whatever will we do without them? thetimes.com/article/a8a240…

Tory MPs Greg Smith and Alec Shelbrooke - both former Priti Patel supporters - come out in support of James Cleverly. Second round voting today from 2-3.30. Results at 5.

Report from Lee Harpin: Majid Novsarka, who was at the centre of one of the recently elected pro-Palestine MP’s election campaigns, has been jailed for attempts to spark “immediate unlawful violence.”

These exit interviews with jubilant early-release prisoners from Charlie Parker are truly some of the best news quotes you'll ever read. I could never have made up anything so funny. thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

Makes a change from the Labour voter winter fuel backlash, I suppose.

UK with France and Germany (aka the E3) announce a raft of sanctions against Iran in wake of the US's own sanctions. Comes after Iran found to be supplying Russia with ballisitc missiles for use against Ukraine. Iran Air will be restricted into UK and Europe.

THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS

When not preempting the Budget sets hares racing. Although, Rachel Reeves appears to have told Christopher Hope📝 that she wont be scrapping them. Confusing. x.com/christopherhop…

Thought Anand Menon had made a very dramatic switch in career for a minute there #PolarisDawn

Tories spent £100m on Boris Johnson’s failed green buses scheme, Labour claim 🔴 Richard Vaughan reports trib.al/kDOsjT7

Tories knew that Boris Johnson's £100m green buses scheme was failing to deliver emissions cuts...but kept funding it for 2 years Story here: inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Yet another example of the Conservatives’ cavalier approach to taxpayers’ money. Despite evidence that this technology was not delivering as expected, it took Tory ministers two years to take action and pause funding. That meant £100m down the drain👇 inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Doesn't get a lot better than this, does it? mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

What the article (accurately) says: "The average migrant worker pays more in tax than they received in public services compared to the average British-born worker". What the headline says: telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and his West Mids colleague Richard Parker unveil plans for a new rail link between B’ham and Manchester today. They believe it’s a big opportunity to fuel growth. But will Starmer and Reeves go for it? inews.co.uk/news/politics/…