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Rishi Sunak’s risky rhetoric has alienated my party – and left the door open to Keir Starmer

A significant number of Tory members and MPs do not want this version of conservatism, says former Conservative MP Justine Greening

The Guardian - UK

Conservative Party conference explained: John Rentoul answers your questions

Our chief political correspondent John Rentoul answers your questions on HS2, the smoking ban and what’s next for the Conservatives following Rishi Sunak’s first keynote speech as party leader

The Independent UK

Postcard from the UK: so many shades of the same country

Home swaps working like a charm.

Newcastle Herald

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From Sánchez to Sancho: Manchester United’s Lost Boys in decade of waste

We select 10 players who signed or broke through amid fanfare only to get lost in the black hole of post-Ferguson Old Trafford

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Lucy Frazer: This London Film Festival will be like no other

I started this week at Conservative Party Conference where I made a speech celebrating the fantastic achievement of our Creative Industries over the last decade. I described how we were in a Golden Age for British Culture and this had been supported by Government action, from tax reliefs to the…

Evening Standard

I wondered how I could top my wife’s surprise conference speech, jokes Sunak

Akshata Murty made a surprise speaking appearance on stage at the event in Manchester.

The Independent UK

Sunak’s ‘spiteful’ sale of land intended for HS2 dashes hopes of revival

Prime minister’s move criticised as ‘salting the earth’ so Birmingham-Crewe line cannot be built

The Guardian - UK

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Ten problems with Rishi Sunak’s Network North announcement

Prospectus repeats old promises, ditches others and demonstrates an elastic definition of ‘the north’

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer says he cannot commit to building HS2’s northern leg

Rishi Sunak savaged by two ex-PMs for cancelling high-speed rail link to Manchester

The Independent UK

Did the North even want HS2 in the first place?

City Voices: The ‘King of the North’ was singing a different tune only eight months ago

Evening Standard

Advanced British Standard: Sunak's proposed replacement for A-levels and T-levels could make education less divisive

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to scrap A-levels and the recently introduced T-levels. He unveiled proposals for young people to instead study the new Advanced British Standard (ABS) at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.

The Conversation

How a disgruntled scientist looking to prove his food wasn't fresh discovered radioactive tracers and won a Nobel Prize 80 years ago

Each October, the Nobel Prizes celebrate a handful of groundbreaking scientific achievements. And while many of the awarded discoveries revolutionize the field of science, some originate in unconventional places. For George de Hevesy, the 1943 Nobel Laureate in chemistry who discovered radioactive tracers, that place was a boarding house cafeteria…

The Conversation

Minister defends No 10 claim that HS2 decision had not yet been taken despite prerecorded announcement - as it happened

Video of Rishi Sunak announcing the axing of the HS2 Manchester leg was filmed in No 10 before he travelled to conference

The Guardian - UK

Liverpool mayor ‘bucking the trend’ as new train station opens

Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby, Merseyside, will be the first to be served by Merseyrail’s publicly-owned, battery-powered trains.

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Train strikes: Everything you need to know about October rail industrial action

‘This is a political dispute caused by the government,’ claims train drivers’ union

Evening Standard

Manchester United vs Brentford: Prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds today

Manchester United face Brentford at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak faces backlash from former PMs over decision to axe HS2 northern leg

The Prime Minister also found himself reported to police in Scotland over comments made about Nicola Sturgeon in his conference speech.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak sparks Tory civil war with scrapping of HS2 Manchester leg

Tory leader’s attempt to portray himself as change candidate at party conference overshadowed by fierce criticism of U-turn

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The Guardian - UK

HS2: Rishi Sunak’s £36bn in transport funding – is it new or just repackaged?

Labour says ‘almost all’ rail and road projects have been announced already and are not new investments

The Independent UK

West Midlands mayor ‘close’ to resigning after talks with PM about HS2

Andy Street said plans to axe the HS2 line from Birmingham to Manchester came ‘out of the blue’.

The Guardian - UK

Industry backlash at Sunak’s ‘damaging’ U-turn on northern leg of HS2

Businesses unimpressed by announcement of alternative ‘Network North’

The Conversation

What Rishi Sunak scrapping HS2 – and promising a new 'Network North'– means for the north of England

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed he is cancelling phase two of the long-standing high-speed rail network project, High Speed 2 (HS2). This comes two years after the government scrapped the eastern Leeds branch of the project.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s speech showed what’s next for the Tories – and it isn’t him

At a chaotic conference, Suella Braverman wasn’t just preparing for a general election, but a leadership battle, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Evening Standard

The Ivy’s success shows Richard Caring has the golden touch

City Comment: Caring’s genius is persuading us that by entering an Ivy in Manchester or Marlow you’re still getting to inhale the same air as A-listers in West Street

The Guardian - UK

International investors are laughing at the HS2 shambles

Verdict from overseas will probably range from hilarity to derision as second northern leg is scrapped

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