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Does Labour have a death wish or does it secretly enjoy the agony of self-sabotage?

Keir Starmer may be keen to move on from the budget megashambles, but chaos is hardwired into his party

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Congratulations, everyone! Starmer survives another week, and it’s only cost us £26bn

Labour can proudly say this was a budget for working people – that is, if your job happens to be prime minister, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Millions of UK workers to get pay rise as Reeves plans increased minimum wage

Chancellor says people must be ‘properly rewarded for their hard work’ with 16- to 21-year-olds also in line for raise

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‘I still get humiliated’: the perils of appearing on a celebrity gameshow

Agents claim it can increase their clients’ profile and show off their human side. Is that your final answer?

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Musical comfort at the end of your life

Brief letters: Choir for the dying | John Crace on Starmer | Storm in a teacup | Paine by name… | Dr Jabalot

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Extortionate tickets and matches moved at Trump’s whim: are you ready for the ‘greatest World Cup ever’?

You may have thought Qatar and Russia were tournament lows. You didn’t account for the US president and his Fifa soulmate, Gianni Infantino, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Who could be behind the phantom briefing and the tax rise that wasn’t? Inspector Starmer is on the case

Chaos and ineptitude dog our poor PM. Perhaps the explanation lies (very) close to home, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Keir clubs himself with the lead pipe in No 10 game of No Cluedo

The prime minister’s short-term memory is shot to pieces. Just who could be behind these dastardly briefings?

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At last, a great institution filled with trusted public figures. Shame the Traitors don’t run Britain

The Celebrity Traitors drew to a magnificent close this week – and proved that these lying double-crossers are of a far finer calibre than our MPs, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Why doesn’t Lammy just bring in a new policy of accidentally jailing people?

Justice secretary seemed to be the only person not being released, as he hid from questions about latest prison mishaps

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Reeves wants to talk about the budget, but she’s taken a vow of white noise

Exclusive: It must be tough overseeing Schrödinger’s economy, fixing the foundations while also failing to fix them

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Will no one think about poor Boris? Former PM smirks and sighs through Covid inquiry

Grilled over policies regarding children and young people, Johnson remains the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time

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China spy case gives MPs the opportunity to discuss their favourite topic: themselves

Seemingly what elevates this case to a matter of national security is that two Tory MPs were allegedly spied on

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‘Super Dom’ Cummings cunningly waits five years to reveal national security lapses

Only a genius like Boris Johnson’s former right-hand man would have had the wisdom to keep stumm until now

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China spy case row shows why most MPs prefer conspiracy theory over cock-up

The facts had changed so MPs simply amended their conspiracy theories to fit the new evidence

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Compare Donald Trump with Kissinger and you’ll be lost. But Taylor Swift? That’s more like it

As he conducts the symphony of applause for his peace deal, the key to understanding him is this: he’s not a politician, not even close – he’s a star, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards?

His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Badenoch enjoys her first, and probably last, Tory conference leader’s speech

The audience cheered and clapped to convince themselves the whole thing hadn’t been a waste of time

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Honest Bob gets the party started – the Reform party. Well it’s tough being a Tory

Robert Jenrick gives Conservative conference delegates permission to be the worst possible versions of themselves

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Kemi Badenoch says she is ‘doing politics differently’ – you can’t argue with that

Conservative leader has achieved the seemingly impossible: she has taken the Tories even further backwards

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UK politics: Jenrick’s ideas mostly ‘my thoughts repackaged’, says Badenoch – as it happened

Tory leader also claims the party was close to bankruptcy when she took over last year

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Send parents are not ‘gaming the system’

Letter: As the mother of an autistic child I was stopped in my tracks by John Crace’s suggestion, writes Suzanna Nolan

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When John Crace met his Waterloo

Brief letters: Paintings in parliament | Keighley’s finest | Taking the water | Spot the lawnmower

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The death of your dog is hard to bear

Letters: Readers respond to John Crace’s column about the loss of Herbert Hound and share their own experiences

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Digested week: Mum has died and my dog has cancer. I skipped World Happiness Day

Trump may have dumped Farage, and Musk has lost $100bn off Tesla’s share price but can’t I even enjoy the schadenfreude

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