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Cameron Mackintosh dedicates theatre performance to Haydn Gwynne

The actress, who has died aged 66, had to withdraw from the show last month due to ‘personal circumstances’

Evening Standard

Helen Mirren remembers ‘dedicated actress’ Haydn Gwynne as ‘funny and serious’

The star of stage and screen died on Friday.

The Independent UK

Tory grandees gather to pay tribute to Lord Lawson

The former chancellor’s daughter, TV cook Nigella Lawson, was joined by senior Conservatives at the service of thanksgiving for her father.

The Independent UK

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The Reckoning: the horrendous true story behind the Jimmy Savile case, now being dramatised by the BBC

The prolific paedophile and predator is played by Steve Coogan in the shocking TV series; this is the real story of the disgraced presenter’s life and crimes, and how they eventually came to light

Evening Standard

I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can’t Quite Remember: Hacker and Sir Humphrey’s last hurrah

Jonathan Lynn’s new play finds the political double act in their 80s, in a suitable final chapter to a magnificent comic project

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Floundering Britain needs a radical PM — can that be Keir Starmer?

Labour’s conference in Liverpool, almost certainly its last such annual gathering before the general election, has been anchored by Sir Keir Starmer’s promise today of a “decade of national renewal”. Inevitably, however, the domestic policy pledges made by the Labour leader and his colleagues have been overshadowed by the horrendous…

Evening Standard

What does nationalising energy mean?

Labour faces calls from party faithful to follow through on original plan for nationalisation

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OPINION - Tough talking Rachel Reeves is channelling Margaret Thatcher’s image

Ready, steady and go for the shadow chancellor: Rachel Reeves took to the stage in Liverpool in sombre navy trouser suit, a stern figure with glossy helmet of hair. Her message was that Labour, the old party of tax and spend, had been reborn as bearer of a “war on…

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves echoes Margaret Thatcher in Labour party conference speech

Rachel Reeves echoed Margaret Thatcher as she vowed to go after those who profited from the “carnival of waste” during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The National (Scotland)

Rachel Reeves echoes Thatcher as she vows to recover money lost to fraud during pandemic

She said a Labour government would appoint a ‘Covid corruption commissioner’ to ‘chase down those who have ripped off the taxpayer’.

The Independent UK

The Reckoning first look – this Jimmy Savile drama contains some of TV’s most shocking scenes

Steve Coogan’s take on the serial sex offender is astonishingly spooky. But questions remain as to whether it should have been made – and whether the BBC has given itself too easy a ride

The Guardian - UK

Peter Dutton is the exploding fire hydrant of politics, pushing his party to the angry fringes and electoral oblivion

Anger and aggression in rightwing politics is now a multinational enterprise, and the opposition leader heads the local charge

The Guardian - AU

Friday briefing: How England became one of the hardest places to find a decent home

In today’s newsletter: A shocking but unsurprising new report lays bare the impossible task for many in the UK to put a roof over their head – how did we get here?

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak compared to Margaret Thatcher for comments about trans people

RISHI Sunak is facing criticism for his comments about transgender people made during his speech to the Conservative Party conference.

The National (Scotland)

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rallies his Conservatives by saying he's ready to take tough decisions

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told his Conservative Party he's not afraid to make tough decisions for long-term change

The Guardian - UK

From Lady Gaga to Lady Penelope: who could play Liz Truss on screen?

A look at actors who could be in the frame amid reports rights sold for miniseries on former PM’s meteoric rise and rapid fall

The Conversation

Political leaders need a grand narrative – Rishi Sunak's is a story of decline

During a January 2023 speech on “building a better future” the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, insisted that “we can change our country’s character. We can reverse the creeping acceptance of a narrative of decline.”

The Independent UK

Watch live: Conservative Party conference 2023 gets underway in Manchester

Watch live as the Conservative Party conference 2023 gets underway in Manchester on Sunday 1 October.

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Evening Standard

Sunak claims cutting inflation ahead of tax cuts the Thatcherite and ‘deeply Conservative’ thing to do

The Prime Minister suggested his approach is in line with ‘great Conservative governments’ of the past

The Independent UK

Sunak defends focus on halving inflation amid Tory clamour for tax cuts

The Prime Minister suggested his approach is in line with ‘great Conservative governments’ of the past.

The Guardian - UK

Britain is still blighted by the class system

One thousand years after William the Conqueror introduced the feudal system, we still define ourselves in terms of social divisions

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

How British refuse collectors won their strikes and became a model for successful trade unionism

As mountains of rubbish built up in Tower Hamlets and elsewhere, authorities were forced to listen, says Polly Smythe, labour movement correspondent at Novara Media

The Guardian - UK

Conservative peer says party does not deserve to win next election

Lord Harris, who donated £5,000 to Labour’s Rachel Reeves, criticises Tories over lack of ‘clear vision’

Evening Standard

Men who confronted Fishmonger’s Hall terrorist with fire extinguisher and ceremonial pike to be honoured

John Crilly and Likasz Koczocik confronted terrorist Usman Khan

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