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Surge in young Londoners using shisha cafes raised in Parliament as MPs vote on tobacco sales ban

Cities of London and Westminster Tory MP Nickie Aiken sounded the alarm over the growing trend

Evening Standard

‘Pompey’ Penny Mordaunt is at risk, but there’s little love for Labour either on Portsmouth North seat

Opinion polls have the Commons leader being toppled in the general election, but voters in her constituency tell a different story

The Guardian - UK

It’s not unpatriotic to tell the whole truth about Britain and the end of slavery

The mooted memorial to the navy’s West Africa Squadron seems to be an attempt to rewrite history in a more favourable light, says writer Ella Sinclair

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Penny Mordaunt: I'm on even more manoeuvres than you think

Her allies maintain that she isn’t plotting against the PM

Evening Standard

Changing Tory leader could result in even larger Labour landslide, new poll shows

Labour lead would soar to 24 points if Kemi Badenoch or Suella Braverman became leader according to Opinium poll

The Guardian - UK

'I want the £45,000 stolen from me,' says woman hit by state pension age change

Millions of women born in the 1950s are furious about not being told in a timely way about the rising state pension age

Evening Standard

OPINION - Who will be the next Tory leader? It's best to start with the F word...

“Stop messing around” was Kemi Badenoch’s forthright advice to desperate Tory backbenchers, flirting with a Hail Mary leader switch before the election. The ex-defence secretary, Ben Wallace, who speaks as if addressing a slightly dim Army platoon, put the same thought just more pessimistically, as he urged colleagues to set…

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Penny Mordaunt’s Tory leadership rivals blamed for coup plot rumours

Allies of Commons leader say other future candidates for top job are trying to make her look disloyal

The Guardian - UK

Loyalty was once the glue that held the Tories together. But now they’ve come unstuck

Claims of a leadership bid are ‘bonkers’, say Penny Mordaunt’s allies. But so too is staying silent while the PM stumbles towards an election, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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OPINION - Rishi Sunak is safe – so long as Tory plotters cannot agree on a unity candidate

Should Australia drop Mitchell Starc? It doesn't matter whether you hold strong views on the fast bowler's inability to take wickets with the old ball, or whether you've never heard of the bloke. The real question is this: would his replacement be better or worse?

Evening Standard

OPINION - Penny Mordaunt could shut down the Tory leadership rumours instantly — her silence is telling

Two prime ministers in the space of two years may be a disagreeable necessity. Three starts to look like Italy. But four? Four! The very possibility that the Tory party, even given its well-known ruthlessness, may present the nation with another unelected leader before the election is, in the words…

Evening Standard

It’s too late to replace Sunak so Tories must ‘march towards the sound of the guns’, Ben Wallace says – as it happened

Former defence secretary tells colleagues there is no alternative to Rishi Sunak and to ‘get on with’ preparing for an election

The Guardian - UK

Sunak to try to calm Tory jitters amid reports of plot to oust him

PM’s allies fight rearguard action as rebellious MPs reportedly plot coup to avoid wipeout at the polls

The Guardian - UK

Hester row and Anderson defection have left Sunak weaker than ever

Even centrist Tories are questioning if the PM can last until autumn after twin blows of donor scandal and rightwinger’s move to Reform

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Rishi Sunak will lead Tories into election, Mark Harper says

Cabinet minister urges backbenchers to have confidence in party leadership amid reports of plot to remove PM

The Guardian - UK

‘Our chances? Zero – and getting worse’: inside a Tory death spiral

Frank Hester, Lee Anderson, an unpopular budget … as the catalogue of Conservative disasters piles up, discipline seems to be breaking down, and any hope of election victory fading

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives slam ‘bonkers’ plot to topple Rishi Sunak before election

Senior Tories have rallied around the PM amid claims that some party MPs are plotting to replace him with Penny Mordaunt

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Recession, a shabby state of affairs – and a wait after a fall

A trip to A&E and more awards for actors while MPs struggled to hold an adult debate on Gaza

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Mordaunt meets Labour’s olive twig with theatrical fury after Gaza omnishambles

At a time when people were hoping for something better from their MPs, Penny chose to kick them in the teeth again

The Guardian - UK

Hoyle says Gaza debate decision was motivated by threats against MPs

Commons speaker fights back against Tory and SNP attempts to oust him after chaotic scenes over ceasefire motion

The Guardian - UK

Commons speaker apologises after Gaza ceasefire debate descends into chaos

Government boycotts precedent-breaking vote that saved Labour mutiny, leaving Tory and SNP MPs to aim fury at Lindsay Hoyle

The Guardian - UK

Sir Lindsay Hoyle vowed to restore calm but now faces Brexit-like chaos

Questions about speaker’s future after he causes uproar by breaking convention over Gaza motion

The Guardian - UK

Ministerial code completely inadequate, civil servants’ unions tell MPs

Unions says there is ‘zero confidence’ in process of raising complaints about ministers, citing Dominic Raab case

Evening Standard

Is Rishi Sunak facing a potential leadership contest and who could replace him? Tory MPs call for PM to quit

A former Tory minister reportedly reveals more discontent about the embattled PM’s leadership, raising the spectre of a future no-confidence vote

Evening Standard

OPINION - Reality check for Penny Mordaunt: the Conservative leadership is not for you

The election has yet to be fought, let alone lost, but already the Tory would-be leaders are circling Rishi Sunak. And among the most energetic on the circuit is Penny Mordaunt. The other day, she was having a go at the SNP at the Caledonian Club; it’s always useful to…

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