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'No cabinet split' over Gaza but government 'deeply concerned' about some of Israel's actions - minister

The UK is under pressure to suspended arms sales and publish legal advice about whether the offensive in Gaza has broken international humanitarian laws

Evening Standard

Post Office minister: people responsible for the Horizon scandal ‘should go to jail’ – as it happened

Kevin Hollinrake has said in his view ‘people should be prosecuted’

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP caught in 'Westminster honeytrap' guilty of 'exceptionally inappropriate' behaviour - minister

Tories face calls to suspend whip from William Wragg MP

Evening Standard

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Monday briefing: The truth about claims people ‘use’ their mental health to avoid work

In today’s newsletter: Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride claims 94% of those going to the doctors feeling ‘bluesy’ will be signed off work. What’s the evidence for this claim?

The Guardian - UK

If the Tories really cared about mental health, they’d stop trying to score cheap points

Mel Stride’s crass comments about chasing ill people into work can’t conceal his motive – to save money on benefits, says columnist Micha Frazer-Carroll

The Guardian - UK

Department for Work and Pensions announces cost of living package: Who is eligible?

An extra £500 million was announced on the back of the budget

Evening Standard

UK politics: government likely to have to ‘pay some Waspi compensation in election year’ – as it happened

Liberal Democrat Steve Webb says he thinks affected women will have to be offered some ‘form of rough justice’

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From ‘move on’ to ‘racist and wrong’: how the Tory line on Frank Hester shifted

An incoherent response to the donor’s remarks has raised questions about Rishi Sunak’s political nous

The Guardian - UK

Comedian Rosie Holt dupes followers with GMB Post Office sketch

Playing a Conservative politician on ‘Good Morning Britain’, Holt suggested that the Post Office Horizon was the fault of ITV and star Toby Jones for taking ‘so long’ to make ‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’

The Independent UK

Ministers in crunch talks with judges to overturn Horizon convictions

Rishi Sunak government’s considering legislation to exonerate staff and moves to strip Post Office of prosecution role

The Independent UK

Post Office Horizon scandal: Fujitsu will be hauled before MPs to answer whether it put 'profit before people'

Hearing next week amid pressure for Japanese IT giant to pay compensation to wronged postmasters

Evening Standard

Reports PM privately thinks Rwanda plan won’t work are why costs must be published, Yvette Cooper says – as it happened

Yvette Cooper opens debate that, if passed, would force government to publish confidential documents about costs of Rwanda scheme

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal could lead to rules change on private prosecutions

Companies could be stopped from taking such action, and firms involved in Horizon case may have to pay compensation

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal: Ministers in crunch talks with judges on how to fast-track clearing Horizon victims

A Bill to quash subpostmasters’ convictions is one of the options being considered

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The Guardian - UK

People on long-term sick leave in England to be offered therapeutic recreation

Jobcentres, doctors, employers and social workers will be encouraged to suggest therapy and life coaching

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer says good case for ending ban on assisted dying

Labour leader says there are ‘grounds for changing the law’, after Esther Rantzen’s plea for new Commons vote

Evening Standard

Santa gets all-clear to enter UK airspace for Christmas

Cabinet minister tells children: 'Absolutely, there will be no barriers to Santa Claus delivering this year'

The Independent UK

Former Tory MP Andrew Bridgen quits Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party

MP says he still supports ‘policies and values’ of former actor’s radical fringe outfit

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The Independent UK

Cabinet minister Mel Stride wants MPs to look again at legalising assisted dying

Support for fresh look follows Esther Rantzen’s call for new vote, as he reveals joining Dignitas

Evening Standard

Junior doctor strikes have come ‘at the worst possible time’ – NHS chiefs

Medics begin walkout during one of busiest periods of the year

Evening Standard

Cabinet minister hails 'better times' ahead for Britain next year after inflation falls to 3.9%

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride claimed the 'economy is turning the corner'

Evening Standard

Beleaguered Tories to fight for every Wellingborough by-election vote after Peter Bone unseated, says minister

Labour's commanding lead in the polls is 'wide but thin', according to Mel Stride

The Guardian - UK

Old-fashioned capitalism can’t help Britain’s lost workers get back in a job

The drive to make ill and disabled people productive again needs joined-up thinking, not a punitive regime of sanctions

The National (Scotland)

Concern as UK Government quietly axes 'minister for disabled people' role

CONCERNS have been raised after the UK Government appeared to tacitly scrap the role of minister for disabled people ...

International Business Times UK

UK Pension System Faces Scrutiny as Government Data Powers Raise Concerns Over Errors and Fraud

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) shed light on computer errors within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that resulted in 165,000 individuals missing out on £1.2 billion in the preceding year.

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