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Surprise protests and pink champagne: inside the British Museum Ball

It was an eventful night at the museum for the international glitterati

Evening Standard

With her stamp duty pledge, Kemi Badenoch has rediscovered the Tories’ political mojo

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In the Manchester conference hall, the Conservative leader showed herself at her combative best – but one good speech with a headline-grabbing policy won’t be enough on its own to close the gap with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves set to lift two-child benefit cap in Budget

Labour chancellor under pressure to scrap policy, brought in as part of the Tory government’s ‘austerity’ plans

The Independent UK

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Overbaked prices? What a Greggs sausage roll and Pret meal deal say about how much Britons will pay

Food inflation pushes consumers to the limits of what they are willing to spend, costing retailers sales

The Guardian - UK

The monarchy’s slow retreat from political influence

Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace is a study of how sovereigns and politicians have circled one another for two centuries. It is well-researched; flashes of brilliance sit alongside passages that feel well worn. Among the revelations in the book’s serialisation was the late Queen’s aside to George Osborne to…

Evening Standard

Who is in the running to replace Peter Mandelson as Britain’s US ambassador?

Keir Starmer may need to move quickly to appoint new envoy given Donald Trump’s imminent state visit

The Guardian - UK

A banya with a billionaire, an undeclared loan and ‘pure poison’: the many scandals of Peter Mandelson

Despite his value to Starmer, the New Labour veteran has been forced into an extraordinary third resignation

The Guardian - UK

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George Osborne ‘to miss out on big windfall’ from sale of investment bank

Former chancellor is now partner at Robey Warshaw but is expected to move to part-time role, report says

The Guardian - UK

Queen Elizabeth II privately opposed Brexit, new book claims

The claims are made in Power and the Palace, a forthcoming book by royal biographer Valentine Low

Evening Standard

OPINION - Landlord woes - how a nightmare tenant turned my lovely flat into a cannabis factory

The beginning of the end came early one Saturday morning. We were sitting in the departures zone at Stansted airport, waiting to board a red-eye flight for a family birthday reunion early last year. But something was wrong with our bank account. One of our tenants had just paid his…

Evening Standard

JD Vance in the Cotswolds Continues to Annoy Locals – 'Woke' Staff at Trendy Pub Allegedly Refuse to Serve Him

US Vice-President JD Vance's Cotswolds holiday was upended by a staff mutiny that forced a Cotswolds pub to cancel his dinner booking, part of a week marked by protests, intrusive security, and satirical mockery.

International Business Times UK

Voices: George Osborne is right – Britain can’t afford to ignore the new cryptocurrencies

INSIDE BUSINESS: Former chancellor warns the UK against abandoning the global crypto race, says James Moore – and, when it comes to loosening consumer protection rules, he may have a point

The Independent UK

George Osborne says UK has been left behind in cryptocurrency boom

Ex-chancellor criticises hesitant approach to crypto and warns country in danger of missing next surge in market

The Guardian - UK

George Osborne's M&A advisory firm Robey Warshaw sold for £146m

The former Chancellor joined Robey Warshaw in 2021 after leaving the Evening Standard

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Acoba axed: how the post-ministerial jobs watchdog proved ‘next to useless’

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments could do little more to enforce rules than write letters

The Independent UK

Voices: There’s more to the Bayeux Tapestry loan deal than meets the eye…

COMMENT: Arranging for the historic depiction of the Norman Conquest, the Battle of Hastings and the killing of King Harold to ‘come home’ for the first time in 900 years is nothing short of a diplomatic triumph – but could it also open the door to the British Museum handing…

The Guardian - UK

George Osborne was on No 10 list to be UK ambassador to US, Keir Starmer’s biographer says

Sources confirm claim likely to cast further doubt among Labour MPs about judgment of Downing Street aides

The Independent UK

Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, Bridget Phillipson admits

A change in the two-child benefit cap is now less likely

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Evening Standard

In Pictures: Tearful politicians showing their sensitive side

Rachel Reeves became tearful during PMQs on Wednesday, but she’s far from the first politician to cry over the years.

The Guardian - UK

Liz Kendall ignores call from Labour MP for welfare bill to be withdrawn – as it happened

Andy McDonald says MPs are being asked to vote without vital evidence but work and pensions secretary says employment support programmes are being improved

The Guardian - UK

There hasn’t been a ‘big chancellor’ since Osborne: IFS chief gives final mark

As he steps down after 14 years, Paul Johnson says politicians and voters refuse to accept economic tradeoffs

The Independent UK

Voices: The spending review will reveal how far the government has been blown off course

COMMENT: In her last-man-standing battle with the Treasury, Yvette Cooper has shone a light on how Starmer’s administration is now quietly tacking to the left, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

Wake-up call for Labour: Football fans aren’t the only ones using expletives about Starmer

NEWS ANALYSIS: Politicians becoming the subject of expletive-laden chants by fans of football – or any sport – is historically bad for political careers, explain David Maddox and Kate Devlin

The Conversation

Mel Stride promises the Tories won’t repeat the mistakes of Liz Truss – except they already have

It’s a mistake to think that, when it comes to the UK economy, the Conservatives have always been seen by British voters as a safer pair of hands than Labour. But, notwithstanding the damaging austerity imposed on the country by David Cameron’s chancellor, George Osborne, it was, by and large,…

The Guardian - UK

Truss should be banned from ever running as Tory candidate again to show ‘we get it’, says former minister – as it happened

Conservative party urged to ‘draw a line’ under the Liz Truss era and never again endorse her as candidate

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