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Thames Water collapse could trigger Truss-style borrowing crisis, Whitehall officials fear

Exclusive: Concerns over effect on UK’s finances lead officials to believe utility should be renationalised before general election

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Elected mayors have made their mark, but still Westminster hogs power. That’s a national embarrassment

Devolution has been too cautious, and England has less say about community affairs than almost any other democracy, says academic Tony Travers

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Thames Water nationalisation plan could move bulk of £15bn debt to state

Exclusive: Under Whitehall blueprint for water company some lenders could lose up to 40% of their money

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OPINION - The warning lights are flashing red — Britain must prepare its defences for worldwide chaos

While the world awaits the next twist in the Middle East conflict, there are some hard lessons from what happened across Israeli skies at the weekend — especially for Nato’s European partners — Britain included.

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OPINION - Ocado deliveries, Nigel Farage's birthday and the Queen's final advice: key revelations from Liz Truss's book

The short-lived prime minister is now a published author with a paltry advance. Ethan Croft on Liz Truss’s life after Downing Street

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The Guardian view on local councils: they must meet the needs of communities, not just Whitehall

Editorial: Democracy’s link to the places that matter to people is being eroded, a concern given next month’s elections

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Liz Truss book could cause trouble for Rishi Sunak, despite civil service checks

Revelations could easily become big news

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Labour’s Anas Sarwar joins calls for ban on UK arms sales to Israel

Scottish Labour leader echoes call by London mayor Sadiq Khan for halt over conduct of war in Gaza

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We have seen the failure of Tory levelling up, so in Manchester we have radical plans to help ourselves

At a defining moment for English devolution, my manifesto has clarity, ambition and three big ideas, says Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester

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Britain’s levelling up agenda was stymied from the very start

Inherent flaws and political churn doomed Boris Johnson’s signature policy – and it was hobbled through bureaucracy and high inflation

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David Cameron, the ‘prime minister for external affairs’, gets tough on Israel

Drawing on his years at No 10, the UK foreign secretary is happy to ruffle feathers on the international stage while setting the agenda

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‘Chronic’ low pay hurting civil service staff morale and recruitment, say MPs

Public accounts committee finds real-terms median pay has decreased for most Whitehall staff since 2013

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Jeremy Hunt hints at October election in spending review remarks

Chancellor says month is last possible time that would also allow for review of Whitehall budgets before next April

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‘It isn’t acceptable’: Garrick Club remains a bastion of male elitism

Ban on female members appears not to have deterred senior figures in the government, Whitehall, the arts and the law

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Starmer’s team coached for government over dinners with top Whitehall figures

Shadow ministers step up preparations by holding informal meals to pick the brains of senior political figures

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Labour steps up preparations to govern as Reeves attacks ‘unfunded’ Tory tax cuts

Shadow cabinet talk with Whitehall officials after Keir Starmer meets head of civil service

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For years, I suspected MI5 interfered in the miners’ strike. The truth was even more shocking than I thought

A document buried in the National Archives reveals how the security service abused its power to help the government win, says journalist and author Mark Hollingsworth

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Labour would shift focus of development aid to poorest countries, says Lisa Nandy

NGOs told a future government would take ‘more strategic approach’ and target poorest states with budget

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Toxic budgets: the UK chancellors who left a poisonous legacy

Before an election, chancellors often try to woo voters with tax cuts that leave the incoming government in a hole. Here are six ‘poison pill’ speeches

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UK government set to trial AI services to replace civil servants

AI could help boost efficiency and productivity, but the budget is being scrounged from other UK government departments

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The Guardian view on local government finance: a crisis that corrodes democracy

Editorial: Westminster cannot continue to ignore the scale of social devastation caused by the chronic underfunding of council services

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Jeremy Hunt’s ‘dubious’ financial planning lacks credibility, says IFS

Chancellor should resist temptation to announce unfunded tax cuts in March budget, advises leading thinktank

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Civil servant dragged into fight with ex-chair of Post Office has government’s backing – for now

Sarah Munby forced to break cover to rebut Henry Staunton claim she told him to delay Horizon compensation payments

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Sturgeon ‘jumped the gun’ in banning mass gatherings early, Gove tells Covid inquiry

UK cabinet minister during pandemic adds that he was not inclined to believe Scottish first minister was acting maliciously

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What state are government finances in and what legacy is Reeves likely to inherit?

Hunt has steadied the ship, but some may question whether there is really fiscal room for tax cuts

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