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Why don't all parents advise their children to become royal commentators. Total job security in an uncertain world

EXC: Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe says he is ‘open’ to joining the Conservative Party Last Thursday he met Robert Jenrick for lunch at a Mayfair private members club where the pair discussed his political future politicshome.com/news/article/e…

NEW: Tory shadow minister for AI takes second job with AI firm. Comes amid ongoing scrutiny over peers' outside interests. Baroness Jenny Jones said the crossover between the Tory peer's parliament brief and new advisory gig is "particularly egregious". politico.eu/article/tories…

EXCL Wales’ railways will get billions of investment at the spending review as Reeves splashes the cash before next year’s Senedd election (which looks difficult for Labour). It’s part of a £100bn pot being allocated at spending review More in Playbook politico.eu/newsletter/lon…

Gas is still the lifeblood of Britain But we have dwindling domestic supplies + are dependent on imports. So the vital arteries — undersea pipelines — are outside our borders, very hard to protect It's a profound strategic vulnerability — and 🇷🇺 knows it politico.eu/article/britai…

People inside government have expressed frustration with Rachel Reeves’ inability to construct a political narrative to sell tens of billions of cuts this year. I write today that she needs to find a purpose for her prudence. Via POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/rachel…

“The whip in the House of Lords is a whip so gentle it doesn’t even count as BDSM.” @MichaelGove defends his roles as editor of the Spectator and a Tory peer. @AFNeil | #TimesRadio

NEW: Keir Starmer is planning to travel to New Delhi this summer to finalise the UK-India trade deal, two people close to the planning told Graham Lanktree Esther Webber politico.eu/article/keir-s…

Interesting answer to Aggie Chambre Rachel Reeves repeats her assertion there won’t be tax rise on the scale of the last budget. So despite all the pressures, we know there won’t be anything like £40bn of tax rises Reeves said she has no intention of taxes on that scale again

A nice moment in the Commons this morning as Commons leader Lucy Powell pays tribute to Richard Wheeler on his final day as Parliamentary Editor, after 12 years in the gallery for the Press Association. He'll be hugely missed.

Evergreen as always.

big Sally Bercow energy on the tl

the issue with the drake/kendrick tweets is it implies one of them is kendrick when they are both drake

READ: Reform UK is making inroads with Gen Z women — a demographic the right-wing party long failed to reach 🚨 I spoke with Sarah Pochin MP, and Greater Lincolnshire mayor Dame Andrea Jenkyns 🇬🇧 to understand why. politico.eu/article/nigel-…

NEW POD! 🎤🎙️Inside the UK’s DOGE wars. I visit Reform-held Durham county council to examine their Musk-inspired DOGE project. IV w/ council deputy Darren Grimes and former Lib Dem council leader Amanda Hopgood + deep dive into some new SW1 DOGE outfits open.spotify.com/episode/0X7aI3…

“We’re just bringing jell-o to the nursing home” — what Chip Roy said when I asked him why he was on the Senate side of the Capitol