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OPINION - It’s too expensive to send a letter — we should renationalise Royal Mail, not sell it abroad

The other day I got the shock of my life at the post office where I was sending a letter to Ireland to find the nice man on the counter was asking me for £2.50 for a stamp. Two. Pounds. Fifty. “What,” I said weakly. “Yep,” he said, plainly used…

Evening Standard

Royal Mail owner agrees to £3.57bn takeover by Czech billionaire

Cash offer from Daniel Křetínský’s EP Group still needs approval from shareholders and government

The Guardian - UK

The Govester goes rogue and veers from history lecture to full-on rant

Giving a keynote speech about antisemitism, the minister let himself show his real self – his nasty self

The Guardian - UK

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Badenoch tells firms to quit political activism and focus on the business

Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch said firms should concentrate on their products and services.

Evening Standard

British companies should ditch political activism, says Kemi Badenoch

Up to 50 per cent of people thought businesses were too concerned with political activism, a survey found

The Independent UK

Brexit Britain may export lots of services, but selling things it makes is harder

Trade data is a long neglected subject, but it’s never been more important

The Guardian - UK

Single-sex toilets to be required in non-residential buildings in England

Ministers say move will combat growing concerns about ‘privacy and dignity’ in gender-neutral facilities

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So empire and the slave trade contributed little to Britain’s wealth? Pull the other one, Kemi Badenoch

The business and trade secretary played into the ideological tosh that the wonders of the Industrial Revolution were funded by beer brewers and sheep farmers

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan Slammed For Letting London Become 'Knife Crime' Capital

Rising knife crime rates in London spark political debate; families demand urgent action, while parties clash over policy delays.

International Business Times UK

Badenoch claims girls developed UTIs due to lack of single-sex toilets at school

Equalities minister claims female pupils didn’t want to use gender-neutral toilets and calls for people to report institutions

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch says Rwanda is safe for a gap year as first migrant heads there from UK

The unidentified man took part in a voluntary removal scheme which is separate to the Government’s plan for forced deportations

Evening Standard

Scotland’s SNP government wins no confidence vote called by Labour – as it happened

Scottish government wins vote by 70 votes to 58, with no abstentions after debate where Humza Yousaf defended government’s record

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Camelot boss Nigel Railton named as new Post Office chair

Interim role will include overseeing compensation payments as result of Horizon IT scandal

The Guardian - UK

UK and US manufacturing sectors shrink as new orders fall and prices rise – as it happened

The UK’s manufacturing sector suffered a fresh downturn last month as disruption to shipments in the Red Sea hit firms

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I came to Britain from India, fulfilled a dream, and I say this: we’re a great country, but a work in progress

There is still a misrepresentation of the colonial past. Without the truth of what we have been, how can we move forward, asks author and broadcaster Mihir Bose

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak struggling to smother frenzy of election rumours

Speculation PM could call election to forestall possible leadership challenge has its own momentum despite No 10 dismissals

The Guardian - UK

With her comments on slavery, Kemi Badenoch shows a poor grasp of history

Letters: Readers respond to the business secretary’s claim that the UK’s wealth is not connected to its colonial history or the slave trade

The Guardian - UK

Isn’t it daft to let a 50-year-old smoke but not someone aged 44?

Letters: Torran Turner points to the dangers of the current proposal; plus letters from Dave Pollard and Richard Thorley

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The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch: ‘UK’s wealth isn’t from white privilege and colonialism’

Minister told London conference that Glorious Revolution of 1688 paved way for economic certainty

Al Jazeera

UK set to ban tobacco sales for a ‘smoke-free’ generation. Will it work?

The UK’s smoking ban aims to phase out sales of tobacco, which is one of the main causes of cancer deaths in Britain.

Evening Standard

PMQs sketch: Liz Truss is gone from No10 but still haunts Rishi Sunak

PM hits back at Labour attacks over Truss book by telling Keir Starmer to read Angela Rayner’s tax advice instead

Evening Standard

Surge in young Londoners using shisha cafes raised in Parliament as MPs vote on tobacco sales ban

Cities of London and Westminster Tory MP Nickie Aiken sounded the alarm over the growing trend

The Guardian - UK

Who were the prominent Tory MPs to oppose Sunak’s smoking ban?

Ministers and ex-ministers – some seen as having leadership ambitions – who voted against the bill include Badenoch and Braverman

The Guardian - UK

Tory rebellion against Sunak smoking ban rekindles leadership talk

Prospective contenders Badenoch, Braverman, Jenrick and Mordaunt abstained or voted against the ban

The Guardian - UK

MPs vote for smoking ban despite Tories’ division over policy

Rishi Sunak suffers blow to his authority as 57 of his own MPs vote against his plan and over 100 abstain

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