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More than 680,000 people waiting for a driving test as backlog continues

Tests can be booked up to 24 weeks in advance, with new slots released on a rolling basis

The Independent UK

Watch: Chesney Hawkes serenades ex Tory MPs and party staff at Conservative conference — despite suggesting Labour allegiance

The singer made an appearance at the Conservative conference despite saying he ‘would be Labour’ earlier this year

Evening Standard

Scots households would be £10,000 better off with independence, paper claims

First Minister John Swinney warned of a ‘rightward shift’ in the UK.

Evening Standard

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Labour must prove it can be trusted on the economy

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As Keir Starmer and his chancellor Rachel Reeves face a cabinet revolt over their ‘anti-aspirational’ polices, they must get the country’s finances in order – before voters turn on them for good

The Independent UK

Some people have a choice about whether or not to vote Labour. I wish I did too

I’m disillusioned with Keir Starmer’s government. But my late father’s passion for his political career makes it difficult to imagine putting my cross in another box, writes Polly Hudson

The Guardian - UK

Suspected people-smuggling gang members arrested during two-week raid in small boats crackdown

The enforcement action by the Home Office officials led to 20 arrests, 11 charges and five convictions in key locations across England, including Hounslow in west London

Evening Standard

Who is Michelle Mone? Firm linked to Baroness at heart of Covid PPE contract dispute

High Court orders PPE Medpro to repay £122 million to government for breaching contract to supply surgical gowns during pandemic

The Independent UK

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Labour to revive maintenance grants and further education – but can it improve skills and social mobility at the same time?

Keir Starmer’s recent speech at the Labour conference placed the UK at a “fork in the road”, telling the audience that there is a choice between “renewal or decline”.

The Conversation

Labour conference: Starmer takes aim at political opponents but ties his own future to Reform

At Labour’s 2025 conference, Starmer’s chosen political narrative has been to draw a line between himself and Nigel Farage, between Labour and Reform – a choice between “decency and decline”. Labour represents a progressive patriotism and national renewal – and Reform a backwards-facing “politics of grievance”.

The Conversation

11 arrested for allegedly placing pigs’ heads outside French mosques and other crimes of racial hatred

Serbia, under instructions from a foreign intelligence service, accused those arrested of spreading racial hatred in Europe

The Independent UK

Reform is a threat to national security, says First Minister

Baroness Eluned Morgan made the comments at First Minister’s Questions after the former leader of Reform UK in Wales admitted to accepting bribes.

Evening Standard

Map: The 12 new towns set to be built around UK

Each development is expected to have at least 10,000 homes

The Independent UK

Weight-loss jabs should be available to millions more on NHS, Streeting suggests

Health should not be determined by wealth, says Wes Streeting at the Labour Party conference

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Easy to snipe from the sidelines’: Readers defend Starmer amid questions over Burnham’s leadership ambitions

YOUR VIEWS: Our community sees Andy Burnham’s supposed leadership manoeuvres as divisive. While some defended Keir Starmer’s authority, others questioned Labour’s overall direction and unity

The Independent UK

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Streeting to set out £500m package to boost social care pay

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vow to end ‘poverty pay’ in social care.

The Independent UK

Rescuers run oxygen to survivors in Indonesia school building collapse that buried dozens

Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, as they desperately worked to free survivors

The Independent UK

Sir Gary Oldman receives knighthood from Prince William

The Oscar winner was recognised for his services to drama in the King’s Birthday Honours

The Independent UK

NHS hospital becomes first to offer new ovarian cancer surveillance test

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie raised awareness of BRCA mutations in 2013 when she had a double mastectomy to cut her chance of developing cancer.

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The Independent UK

Voices: First jobs are awful. You should get one anyway

COMMENT: The chancellor Rachel Reeves’s pitch to get nearly a million young people into work is flawed – and the truth is that working in a place you hate can be torturous. But it’s also character-building, writes former supermarket checkout assistant Victoria Richards

The Independent UK

Bridget Phillipson pushes back at criticism over potential Year 8 reading tests

The Government is set to introduce compulsory reading tests as part of its upcoming Schools White Paper.

The Independent UK

Reform ‘proudly embracing’ anti-abortion politics as experts warn issue faces US-style politicisation in UK

Campaigners accuse party of ‘fast becoming the political refuge for anti-abortion hardliners’

The Independent UK

Battle of Blackheath: Inside the celebrity fight against ‘ugly’ new housing in picturesque London hotspot

Blackheath locals including LBC presenter Nick Ferrari and actor Sarah Hadland tell The Independent their fight against ‘ugly’ proposed development could soon be repeated around the UK amid the government’s house-building pledges

The Independent UK

Union leader issues ‘wake-up call’ to Labour over ‘widespread disappointment’

The general secretary of the NASUWT teachers’ union said frustration is rooted in ‘decades of neglect’

The Independent UK

Meet the Shard Climber, who refuses to give up his passion despite knowing it could kill him

EXCLUSIVE: George King, known as the ‘Shard Climber’, tells Hebe Campbell about the compulsions that drive him to risk his life – and why he can’t stop climbing

Evening Standard

Fury in Greenwich as residents protest council’s ‘Stalinist’ parking proposals

A crowd of angry residents gathered outside Woolwich Town Hall on Wednesday evening

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