So there you have it folks: one of Britain's biggest telecomms firms says they don't have a single telephone. Does anyone believe them? Another example of modern contemptuous capitalism, where firms do all they can to avoid talking to customers.

Today I leave Ham&High & Brent & Kilburn Times after 13 incredible years. Local news is the most privileged of all jobs where with talented peers I helped people, defended them, shone lights on injustice and was supported by great communities (1)

BREAKING: We have issued legal letters to four of the UK's largest freeholders: E&J Estates, Long Harbour, Consensus Business Group and Ground Rents Income Fund plc. The ultimate beneficiaries of some of these companies are amongst the wealthiest people in the UK. Read the

Sir James Eadie KC, govt counsel, rebutting freeholder “expropriation” claims in the JR unfolding in the High Court now. Says leasehold is an “injustice” and this is not a low compensation situation. Freeholders will still receive significant compo. No Mugabe-style land grab!

NEW UK switches on Isambard-AI at the University of Bristol, one of the worlds most powerful supercomputers, UKs most powerful, and I get hold of one of the 5300 Nvidia GH200 chips - the building blocks of the global AI revolution…

It was a pleasure to have the Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook at my Leasehold Action Group. Leasehold is in severe need of reform, and the Government is moving at pace to tackle it.

The government mustn’t be bullied by this lawfare. Leaseholders desperately need to be freed. And the people have voted for the rip-off leasehold system to be abolished. Keir Starmer

Great personal news- I completed on my sale today and am free. What a relief. I may not be as active going forward but plan to continue to fight until we are all free!!

Legal hour, consumer hour, now leaseholder hour, Matthew’s right you may as well have your own slot at the rate of this drag. Thanks LBC crew for keeping us in the (never ending) loop.

The battle has moved from Parliament to the courts. Leaseholders are under attack—not by democracy, but by Big Freeholders weaponising the legal system. Labour must defend the will of the people. #EndLeasehold Harry Scoffin LBC

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Ed Davey missed the Post Office Scandal but knows about the Building Safety Scandal... Post Office (Horizon): ~10,000 Infected Blood: ~30,000 Windrush: ~57,000 Building Safety +760,000 What do you think Liberal Democrats Charlie Clinton 🔶 Vikki Slade MP 🔶💙 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈? Time to speak up?

I fought this from my prison cell with pen and paper only. They wanted to ban me to protect the financial markets even though I was in a high security prison at the time!I managed to get it stayed and now it’s discontinued. Finally!

Dominic Ahern Ed Davey Liberal Democrats Vikki Slade MP 🔶💙 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Will be able to share more soon, but there is going to be movement on this on our side - myself and others will be speaking up at our National Conference.

How do you decide which home owners deserve control and which ones don’t? Matthew Pennycook MP Alex Norris MP Angela Rayner

In complex and costly litigation, individuals often face barriers to justice. In his latest blog, Liam Spender, the lawyer behind the Leaseholder Action claim, reflects on why - in cases like Adriatic Land 5 Limited v Long Leaseholders of Hippersley Point - collective action is

Jonathan Livingstone ALiS A28 Rouen / Alençon Christophe Boutin Bonjour, nous sommes navrés de lire que vous avez vécu ce désagrément. Cette section de l'autoroute A28 ne fait pas partie du réseau VINCI Autoroutes. Nous vous invitons à contacter les gestionnaires ALiS A28 Rouen / Alençon.

Brilliant piece in the Britain section this week by Archie Hall, which engages with one of the most important questions in the UK right now - why are electricity prices so ruinously high?

Staying at my in-laws for a few weeks which is bitter sweet having had more bad news re my flat. I just want my son to have the childhood I've worked so hard to give him. #trapped #buildingsafetycrisis #endourcladdingscandal

New job alert: Very pleased to say I’m now the Guardian’s Policy Editor. Still working from Westminster as part of our great politics team. Am here for any politics and policy stories you feel we should be covering.