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The Bank of England predicts a lengthy recession at the end of the year

Soaring natural gas prices are likely to drive consumer price inflation to 13.3% in October, the bank said. That will push Britain into recession later this year, bank forecasts show.

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Maisie review: Tender documentary captures Britain’s oldest drag artist in all her sequined glory

Director Lee Cooper paints a heart-warming portrait of LGBT+ trailblazer David Raven and his fabulous alter ego Maisie Trollette

The Independent UK

UK braces for long recession after biggest interest rate hike in 27 years, ASX rises to two-month high

Australian shares rise to their highest level in two months, after oil prices sink to their lowest level since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Bank of England announces its biggest interest rate hike in 27 years and warns of a long recession for Britain.

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Liz Truss to set out economic plans to finance sector in bid to lead Britain

Liz Truss, front-runner to be Britain's next prime minister, will set out her economic plans to finance sector officials on Friday, including scrapping legacy EU laws by the end of 2023.Foreign Minister Truss is up against former finance minister Rishi Sunak to win the votes of 200,000 members of the…

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'Hopeless Tories go on holiday as Britain faces nightmare of recession and inflation'

Real leaders would protect low and middle-income homes with Covid-style £20 a-week Universal Credit awards, inflation-matching pay rises and radical measures to cool fuel bills

Daily Mirror

Sunak and Truss clash over recession warning in debate

British foreign minister Liz Truss clashed over the future of the economy with former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday as the two contenders to be Britain's next prime minister debated the Bank of England's warnings of a long recession.

Reuters

Friday essay: a slave state - how blackbirding in colonial Australia created a legacy of racism

In July 2021, Jack Dempsey, the mayor of Bundaberg, delivered an official apology for Northern Queensland’s past reliance on the indentured labour of Pacific Islanders, many of whom were kidnapped (or “blackbirded”) and forced to work on the state’s cane plantations. “To say sorry,” explained Dempsey, “is a start in…

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Jake Wightman fulfils dream as dad announces him as world champion at Commonwealth Games

Jake Wightman is riding high following his 1500m triumph at the World Championships in Oregon, and he has now eased into the Commonwealth Games final in the same athletics event

Daily Mirror

Only two out of five staff at 'Britain's FBI' think they have tools to do job

Labour analysed a poll of civil servants to find out how many were satisfied they had tools necessary to perform their roles effectively

Daily Mirror

Bury swimmer James Guy on why he's willing to put team and country before himself at Birmingham 2022

Guy is the kingpin of Britain and England’s relay hopes but remains a force in individual finals having won European bronze last year and the 200m freestyle world title back in 2015

Manchester Evening News

Mortgage lenders urged to scrap exit fees as interest rates rise again

As many as 4million families in Britain are thought to be on fixed rate deals

Wales Online

Sajid Javid turns his back on Rishi Sunak — ‘backstabbing chameleon’ or independent thinker?

As former candidate The Saj backs Liz Truss in the leadership race, Katie Strick looks back at his working relationship with Rishi Sunak and why the move is such a major blow to the former Chancellor’s campaign

Evening Standard

Energy companies are bleeding British families dry. Here’s how to fix it

Taking back governmental control would be a long-term solution to a broken system, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Grill your greens! Great ways to barbecue veg, from smoky sweetcorn ribs to moreish mushroom burgers

Meat doesn’t have to be the main event. Britain’s most inventive chefs offer their tips on how to char up a storm with courgettes, cabbage, aubergines and more

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Britain's 'ravaged' social care sector urgently needs funding before 2023, MPs warn

Commnons Committee chairman and Labour MP Clive Betts said the Government 'deserves credit' for attempting reform but that the Government has only 'come close' to rescuing social care, with a long way to go.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak, Truss and the Bank of England are lying to you – the UK economy is weak and rigged

Westminster is perpetrating the same scam as the rate-setters – bluffing that they can get the old economic machinery working like before, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Wales Online

UK Weather: Britain braced for more searing heat within days

Weekend and next week expected to sizzle

Liverpool Echo

Warning to children playing out this summer over 'Britain's most dangerous plant'

Giant hogweed can cause severe discomfort and blistering to the skin

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Swim hero Adam Peaty blasts Tory cuts as he demands 'end betrayal of our kids'

Britain's most successful swimmer Adam Peaty said Tories should stop closing pools and leisure centres and fund them properly to boost the nation’s health and produce our future sport stars

The Independent UK

Javid accuses Sunak of sleepwalking into a high-tax economy as he endorses Truss

Former chancellor warns “tax cuts now are essential”

Daily Mirror

Sajid Javid backs Liz Truss while making 'sleepwalking' jibe about Rishi Sunak

Mr Javid, who had kept his cards close to his chest, warned that Rishi Sunak's policies would lead Britain “sleepwalking into a high-tax, low-growth” economy

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak's extremism plans 'risk criminalising independence supporters'

RISHI Sunak’s plans to treat those who “vilify” Britain as extremists could criminalise supporters of Scottish and Welsh independence, a…

Daily Mirror

Allergies in children have risen seven-fold in past 15 years, study shows

Britain has some of the highest rates anywhere in the world for food allergies and the related conditions of eczema, asthma and hay fever. Now four in every ten children are allergic to something

The Guardian - UK

In Taiwan, as in Ukraine, the west is flirting with disaster

It’s one thing to declare yourself ‘rather dead than red’, quite another to inflict that decision on the rest of us, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Roy Hackett was a civil rights hero – everyone in Britain should know his name

The activist who led the groundbreaking 1960s Bristol bus boycott embodied the spirit of radical resilience and hope, says Olivette Otele of Soas University of London

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