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We have all felt powerless as poverty mounts in Tory Britain. Here is a practical way to hold back the tide

Help with bills via a social tariff would hark back to the success of the Covid universal credit uplift, writes Polly Toynbee

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Deputy PM Oliver Dowden’s message to rail unions: ‘Don’t take us for fools’

EXCLUSIVE: Deputy PM Oliver Dowden takes aim at the striking unions, the bigger Ulez and backs Susan Hall as ‘excellent’ choice for Mayor

Evening Standard

Return of Friday lunchtime drinkers gets City pubs buzzing

Boss of Britain’s oldest Brewer hails the return of office workers and dismisses surge pricing in his pubs

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This year’s polite Turner Prize show is so nice that it’s hard to hate it

Britain’s biggest art prize has got Eastbourne excited. The way the annual show has been embraced by the community is more powerful than the work itself, writes Mark Hudson

The Independent UK

Is Suella Braverman right to say multiculturalism has failed?

Aftershocks continue to be felt from Suella Braverman’s incendiary speech on immigration. In one of her most controversial remarks, she spoke of ‘an existential challenge for the political and cultural institutions of the West’ and declared that the ‘misguided dogma of multiculturalism’ has allowed people to come to Britain with…

The Independent UK

Liz Truss to host ‘growth rally’ on fringe of Tory party conference

Former PM will push for plan to ‘make Britain grow again’, in attempt to put pressure on Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Actor Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in 6 ‘Harry Potter’ movies, dies at 82

Although the Potter role raised Gambon’s international profile and introduced him to a new generation of fans, he had long been recognized as one of Britain’s leading actors.

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OPINION - Press freedom does not exist while my husband Julian Assange is in jail

We must defend the right to offend. The most important aspect of the right to offend is the one that confronts those in power with the truths that they most eagerly wish to conceal. Without this right, the powerful become untouchable.

Evening Standard

OPINION - From HS2 to raw sewage and Nadine Dorries: how do we stop the narrative of decline?

I don’t know about you, but I’m suffering from chronic metaphor fatigue. There is nothing that goes horribly wrong, falls apart, arrives late, costs too much, delays millions and undermines our sanity that cannot be co-opted as a metaphor for Britain’s dysfunction in 2023. Everyone wants to control the narrative…

Evening Standard

‘National retrofit mission’ urged to better insulate Britain’s leaky homes

Net zero tsar Chris Skidmore said the country is lagging behind Europe on energy efficiency.

The Independent UK

Ken Loach on retirement and Keir Starmer: ‘It’s good for Labour to be seen to attack me’

The celebrated filmmaker behind ‘Kes’ and ‘I, Daniel Blake’ speaks to James Mottram about the culmination of his unofficial trilogy of films about modern Britain, his expulsion from the Labour Party, and who he’ll vote for come election time

The Independent UK

New Defence Secretary Grant Shapps in Kyiv for talks with Volodymyr Zelensky

The meeting came as Vladimir Putin’s military unleashed a large wave of air strikes on three regions of Ukraine

Evening Standard

National Grid says blackouts less likely this winter

Higher gas storage levels in Europe help leave Great Britain in stronger position, says operator

The Guardian - UK

National Grid report says risk of lights going out this winter has fallen

The risks are almost as low as they were before the energy crisis, the National Grid’s Electricity System Operator said.

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Britain approves controversial Rosebank oil field

Britain has given the go-ahead to the development of Rosebank in the North Sea. Located 130 kilometres northwest of the Shetland Islands, it's the largest untapped oil field in the UK and is estimated to contain up to 300 million barrels of crude. The government argues Rosebank will help bolster…

The Guardian - UK

Have I found Britain’s very worst traffic lights for pedestrians?

The wait for the green man at these lights is unbearably slow – and then you only have 10 seconds to race across the road. But I did get a nice reply from the council when I complained, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Storm Agnes brings 70mph gusts and heavy rain to Britain and Ireland

Danger-to-life warning issued as first named storm of autumn damages buildings and disrupts travel

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Rishi Sunak considers cutting the U.K.’s ‘most unfair tax’

An overhaul to the existing inheritance tax regime might worsen wealth-based inequalities in the U.K, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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Britain’s ‘oldest working shop’, which opened in 1453, is up for sale

The shop first opened its doors during the reign of Henry VI, 570 years ago

Evening Standard

London pubs help Shepherd Neame break records with tourists and commuters pouring back

Friday takings “not the disaster they were” as City workers and West End revellers return, says Britain’s oldest brewer

The Independent UK

Britain approves new North Sea oil drilling in welcome news for the industry but not activists

British regulators have approved new oil and gas drilling at a site in the North Sea

Evening Standard

Sir Elton John and David Furnish join wave of criticism over Suella Braverman’s speech on refugees

Singer says Home Secretary ‘risks further legitimising hate and violence’ against gay people

The Guardian - UK

Morrisons boss to step down; UK approval of Rosebank oilfield condemned as ‘environmental vandalism’ – as it happened

Supermarket names Rami Baitiéh as CEO; go-ahead for Equinor to develop largest oilfield in UK waters outrages campaigners

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown advocates for rejoining EU while backing Starmer’s Brexit approach

The former PM commended the efforts of the Labour leader to build bridges and make the public aware of the complexities involved in rejoining.

The Independent UK

The UK's hardline immigration chief says international rules make it too easy to seek asylum

Britain’s immigration minister has argued Tuesday that international refugee rules must be rewritten to reduce the number of people entitled to protection

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