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Government launches sentencing review to tackle prison overcrowding

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is launching a review into sentencing that will explore tougher punishments outside of prisons

Evening Standard

Fewer women may go to jail in England and Wales in sentencing review

Review to examine scrapping short sentences and treating more offenders in the community, with prisons filling up again

The Guardian - UK

Starmer eyes ex-Tory minister David Gauke for sentencing review role

The former Conservative justice secretary is on a shortlist to lead a policy review that could herald radical reforms

The Guardian - UK

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‘It’s a pretty remorseless life’: Keir Starmer and the vexed debate over politicians’ holidays

No adviser would say Keir Starmer should have gone away during the riots but cancelling breaks can take a toll

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage ‘deeply irresponsible and dangerous’ during riots, says Tory leader contender – as it happened

Tom Tugendhat criticises Reform UK leader’s attempt to amplify ‘false information’ and for his failure to condemn the riots

The Guardian - UK

Lord Heseltine has Tory whip restored after backing Lib Dems over Brexit in 2019

He was suspended in May 2019 after saying he would vote for the Liberal Democrats at the European elections

The Independent UK

From humiliation to annihilation: could this election mean the end of the Tory party as we know it?

Even before the events of last week, the party’s prospects were grim. Now some believe it faces a wipeout that would reshape the UK political landscape

The Guardian - UK

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‘I want Labour to come into power so I’m voting Lib Dem’: tactical voting threatens blue wall Tories

Lib Dems and Labour try to persuade voters to lend support, as Grant Shapps is among ‘big beasts’ who look vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

‘I bonded with Billie Piper as a single mother,’ says Sam McAlister

The TV producer behind that Prince Andrew interview spoke to us at the premiere of Scoop, the film adaptation of the story behind it

Evening Standard

Tax and spending cuts will backfire, economists warn Jeremy Hunt

Former Treasury aides say the chancellor is courting danger on UK debt and that fiscal rules must go

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to Torbynism: how the Conservatives became their own fringe party

Looming defeat has left the Conservatives divided and chaotic, with potential leaders – or even Nigel Farage – ready to fill the void

Evening Standard

Digested week: Space for one more in Tories’ brave new world – after a fuss

Most of the action at the Conservative conference took place on the fringes, with dozens of prospective leadership bids

The Guardian - UK

Government to allow prisons to release some offenders 18 days early to ease overcrowding – as it happened

Justice secretary says move will not apply to anyone serving a life sentence and those released will be tagged

The Guardian - UK

Search for Liz Truss actor is on as ex-PM gathers new support

Will Gillian Anderson play Truss in a film?

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

The Tories are running scared, but we should all fear what they may become

The prospect of defeat has liberated the party to lurch further to the right, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

‘No one knows what we stand for’: Tory MPs in despair ahead of Sunak’s crucial conference

With the party riven by factions and differences on policy, the prime minister has a job on his hands trying to find a coherent way forward

The Guardian - UK

I’ve got news for Rishi Sunak: he no longer leads the conservative party

From Braverman’s UN threats to the net zero retreat, the Tories’ lurch to the populist right betrays their own supposed principles, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – blistering insider portrait of a nation in decline

The former Tory minister exposes the ‘shameful state’ of recent Conservative rule in this brilliantly frank account of dysfunctional government

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The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak forced to acknowledge control of inflation lies with Bank of England

Chancellor agrees ‘mortgage charter’ to help borrowers but Labour says intervention is ‘weak’

The Guardian - UK

The ‘blue wall’ home counties are falling out of love with the Tory party

The Liberal Democrats believe they can seize the affluent, pro-remain Conservative heartland at the next election

The Week

Covid inquiry: is the government attempting a cover-up?

The prime minister has been accused of attempting a “cover-up” as he tries to block the Covid inquiry’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks.

The Week

Johnson at 10 review: an ‘authoritative’ and ‘often jaw-dropping’ book

Many people realise that Boris Johnson is a dishonest chancer who lacks any real convictions, said David Gauke in The New Statesman. Less obvious – at least to those outside Whitehall – is “quite how extraordinarily inept he was at performing some of the basic functions of being prime minister”.…

The Guardian - UK

Senior civil servants vote to take a stand against bullying from politicians

FDA union votes to use ‘all means available’, including ‘targeted legal action’ in wake of Dominic Raab scandal

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss’ ‘deranged’ comeback - all the best comments and reaction to bonkers essay

Liz Truss' bonkers 4,000-word comeback essay has prompted quite a lot of reaction this sunny, Sunday morning. Here's some of the best comments and funniest responses to her comeback bid

Evening Standard

PMQs: Rishi Sunak told ‘failure to sack Nadhim Zahawi shows how weak he is’ after tax controversy

Rishi Sunak faced a barrage of questions over Nadhim Zahawi’s tax dispute from Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer during Prime Minister’s Questions. Despite the PM’s spokesperson saying last week that Mr Zahawi had already addressed the matter in full, Mr Sunak admitted earlier this week that there are “questions that need…

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