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Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act

Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it

The Guardian - UK

Was this Starmer’s best speech? Yes. But he’ll need a new battle plan to convince a doubting Britain

The era when a barnstorming address would turn political fortunes is gone. The PM is out of step with modern digital politics and needs to catch up, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Why Trump is backing Argentina’s Thatcherite economics

While Javier Milei’s shock therapy to tame inflation has won support from Washington and the IMF, ordinary Argentinians seem less impressed

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How the Iron Lady was forged

To appreciate the greatness of Margaret Thatcher — as this excellent biography makes possible — you must go back to Grantham where she lived over her parents’ grocery shop. There was no hereditary money, so she had to work hard, occasionally serving at the counter. She experienced frugality and, after…

Evening Standard

“It was all getting a bit nasty”: The struggle to make the Tears for Fears masterpiece that closed out the '80s on a creative high

Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal would acrimoniously split shortly after the release of their most musically inventive record

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Jeffrey Archer: ‘Nigel Farage is the best mob orator I’ve heard in my lifetime – I could never vote for him’

INTERVIEW: As he publishes his 30th novel, the former deputy chair of the Conservative Party is showing no signs of slowing down. In his riverside penthouse in London, he talks to Chris Harvey about the rise of Reform, Peter Mandelson’s sacking over his friendship with Epstein, and his big life…

The Independent UK

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

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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

The Independent UK

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

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

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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

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 Guardian - 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

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Anarchy in the UK – courtesy of Thatcher

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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

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