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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

Former PMs say they use subsidy only for public duties after Boris Johnson revelations

Gordon Brown calls for change to rules as he and other ex-leaders say they do not use allowance for commercial work

The Guardian - UK

What are the Boris Files and what do they reveal about former PM’s conduct?

Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Is Shabana Mahmood the ‘Maggie Thatcher of the left’?

COMMENT: If the new home secretary can succeed in closing migrant hotels and stopping the boats, she will single-handedly revive Labour’s fortunes – and she might also cement herself as Keir Starmer’s successor, says Simon Walters

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Between the Waves by Tom McTague review – the long view on Brexit

An ambitious history of Britain’s volatile relationship with Europe, culminating in the 2016 referendum

The Guardian - UK

As home secretary, Shabana Mahmood will face enormous challenges

With Reform exploiting tensions in society, Mahmood must address frustration about immigration

The Guardian - UK

The Brexit origin story goes back further than you think

Tom McTague is one of the best contemporary writers on the intersection of domestic politics with wider events and the role of character and quirk in shaping what follows. In Between the Waves: The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution 1945-2016, the writer turned New Statesman editor undertakes a…

Evening Standard

Authoritative to authoritarian: rightwing radicalisation is blurring the Conservatives’ political red lines

Listen to the inflammatory language around immigration, multiculturalism, press freedom – that old notion of British ‘moderation’ has gone for ever, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

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Sir Graham Day obituary

Businessman who did what he could to revitalise British shipbuilding and motor manufacturing in the 1980s before returning to his native Canada

The Guardian - UK

Windfall tax on banks could raise £8bn a year, Rachel Reeves told as she seeks to plug Budget black hole

This money is then partly being funnelled to bank shareholders due to a ‘flawed’ policy design, a new report says

The Independent UK

Windfall tax on banks could recoup QE losses and raise £8bn a year, IPPR says

Hiking a levy on the profits of major firms could raise up to £8 billion a year for public services, the IPPR said.

The Independent UK

Treasury should tax big banks on quantitative easing windfalls, argues thinktank

IPPR says Rachel Reeves should also urge Bank to halt bond sales to reduce government losses of £22bn a year

The Guardian - UK

Anarchy in the UK – courtesy of Thatcher

Brief letters: Money for punks | Dinner with Ed Davey | Hooray for Taytay | Publicity overkill | Palatine party

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Is Rachel Reeves about to overhaul the dreaded council tax?

In today’s newsletter: The local tax remains based on property values from 1991. Now, with services stretched, ministers face the near-impossible task of rewriting the rules

The Guardian - UK

Why have we let side-hustle private landlords seize control of our housing – and our politics?

Failed Thatcherite policy monetised complex housing needs. No wonder those who benefit are loth to change it, says Peter Apps, a contributing editor at Inside Housing

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Thatcher’s right to buy policy is celebrated but here’s the cost: losses to us all of £194bn and a fractured society

A new report details the damage. This was an ideological ploy from which we have yet to recover, says LSE’s David Madden

The Guardian - UK

Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’

Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’

The Independent UK

Politicians attend funeral of ‘inspiring leader’ Norman Tebbit

Conservative grandee Lord Tebbit, who was one of Margaret Thatcher’s closest political allies, died on July 7 aged 94.

Evening Standard

Funeral to be held for ‘icon in British politics’ Norman Tebbit

His life will be remembered during a service at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer shows no guts or compassion on Gaza

Letters: Readers respond to articles on the starvation of the Palestinian people by Israel

The Guardian - UK

Dale Vince calls for Battle of the Beanfield to be included in Orgreave policing inquiry

Ecotricity founder was part of new-age convoy heading to Stonehenge in 1985 when more than 500 people were arrested

The Conversation

Fear of crime is a useful political tool, even if the data doesn’t back it up

“We’re actually facing, in many parts of our country, nothing short of societal collapse.” This was the dire warning from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, in setting out his party’s goal of halving crime.

The Guardian - UK

Police behaviour at protests not changed since Orgreave, say activists

Supporters of newly announced inquiry into 1984-85 miners’ strike warn of more injustices by ‘agents of the state’

The Independent UK

What happened at the Battle of Orgreave – and why is there an inquiry 40 years laster?

‘The scars can still be felt across the coalfields,’ home secretary Yvette Cooper said

The Fashion Central

UK Fears Immigration More Than Inflation or Healthcare

The Guardian - UK

Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike

Move follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plant

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