Israeli president expected to visit UK next week Isaac Herzog’s trip could prove controversial while a dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025
Planning system isn’t to blame for dearth of new homes Letters: Cllr Dr Tony Vickers, David Kaiserman and Dr Edward Thomas Roberts respond to the government’s plan to sanction councils that block new housing The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2025
Pressure mounts on Rayner as Starmer refuses to back her staying in post as tax dodge crisis deepens Starmer has repeatedly declined to say whether he would sack Rayner, his deputy, if his independent ethics watchdog rules against her The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
'Stop Starving Gaza': Beauty Giant Lush Closes all UK Shops and Website in Solidarity with Palestine British beauty giant Lush has closed all UK shops, its website, and factories in solidarity with Gaza. The company says it's time to 'stop starving' Palestinians and calls for urgent humanitarian aid. International Business Times UK · Sep 4, 2025
Voices: Is this the real reason the cost of your winter sun break is sky high…? COMMENT : As Ryanair and Jet2 both announce cuts to their winter flight schedules, James Moore says package holiday customers are too hard-pressed by economic uncertainty to risk getting away from it all The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
Starmer says ‘of course’ he will act on standards probe into Rayner tax row Angela Rayner has been under mounting pressure in recent weeks after reports emerged she had saved £40,000 in stamp duty. Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025
Death penalty for ‘sabotage’ of defence sites by activists ruled out by minister Parliament heard arson at a naval dockyard was a capital offence until 1971, amid questions over the adequacy of the current law. Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025
Martha’s rule must be rolled out to maternity care, urges mother of teenager who died of sepsis Merope Mills says new rapid review service should be available to maternity services ‘to give women a greater voice’ The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
Voices: ‘The judge in this case will be HMRC’: Readers react as Angela Rayner admits tax mistake YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over the deputy prime minister’s tax error. While some have insisted she knew what she was doing and should resign, others have defended her for relying on professional advice and correcting the mistake The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
Keir Starmer dodges Scottish press on trip to Glasgow KEIR Starmer has been panned for dodging the press on a trip to Scotland. The National (Scotland) · Sep 4, 2025
Starmer urges Ukraine allies to ‘go even further’ in pressure on Russia The Prime Minister joined a virtual call of the coalition of the willing with around 25 world leaders on Thursday morning. Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025
Universities cannot return to what they looked like in the 2010s, says Kyle Speaking at the Universities UK conference, the technology secretary said too many universities are competing for the same pool of students. Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025
The Labour ministers ousted in scandals as Angela Rayner resigns over tax affairs If Angela Rayner resigns over her stamp duty scandal, she will become the fifth Labour minister to lose their job over allegations of wrongdoing in just over a year Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025
Video: Rayner’s home vandalised with ‘tax evader’ graffiti Angela Rayner’s seaside flat in Hove has been vandalised with “tax evader” graffiti, after the deputy prime minister revealed that she had failed to pay enough stamp duty on the property. The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2025 Rayner’s future in balance as firm used to buy flat in stamp duty row says it did not offer tax advice Report from prime minister’s standards adviser, Laurie Magnus, is due today
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025 Angela Rayner: Key events in stamp duty row Here the PA news agency looks at the timeline of how Ms Rayner’s tax affairs came to light.
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 The key events in stamp duty saga that led to Angela Rayner’s resignation The deputy PM is leaving government over unpaid tax. Here’s how we got here
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025 PM and Cabinet rally round Rayner amid property tax row The Prime Minister and Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the Deputy Prime Minister their ‘full confidence’.
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 Vandalism at Angela Rayner’s flat slammed as ‘unjustifiable’ IN FULL
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 Rayner tax issues explained after HMRC clears leadership contender of wrongdoing The former deputy prime minister is understood to have paid back £40,000 in underpaid tax
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 Voices: Have Labour’s big guns started to turn on Angela Rayner? COMMENT: By offering only lukewarm and limited support to the deputy prime minister, cabinet colleagues could be accused of giving her a little nudge along the gangplank towards the drop, says John Rentoul
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025 Prime Minister condemns graffiti outside Angela Rayner’s flat Ms Rayner’s spokesperson has called the vandalism ‘totally unjustifiable and beyond the pale’ and said it is a matter for the police.
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025 UK firms axe jobs at fastest pace for almost four years, survey finds Companies are also increasingly pessimistic about future employment amid concerns over the wider economic outlook.
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 ‘Tax evader’: Vandals target Angela Rayner’s Hove flat in wake of stamp duty scandal A spokesperson for Angela Rayner decried the graffiti, which include the word ‘b***h’, as ‘unjustifiable and beyond the pale’
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 Badenoch needs ‘full blown resuscitation’ to rescue her leadership, Powell says Commons Leader Lucy Powell claimed Conservative MPs spent much of their summer checking whether Mrs Badenoch ‘had a pulse or not’.