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Cross-party MPs criticise delivery of UK Government's levelling up strategy

A select committee report also highlights evidence that Wales is facing a significant shortfall from funds replacing EU ones

Birmingham Post

MPs warn of levelling-up failure in call for long-term funding

A cross-party committee has identified significant flaws in the Government’s approach to addressing regional inequalities.

The Independent UK

The battle for Boris’s secret WhatsApps: Tory frustration as ex-PM ‘drags down party’

Tory MPs ‘seething’ over new row involving Johnson, as ex-PM cuts ties with government-appointed lawyers

The Independent UK

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What did Suella Braverman do and why has she been spared an independent probe?

The PA news agency looks at some of the key questions surrounding the Home Secretary’s conduct.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson allies plot no-confidence letters in Sunak over Partygate police report

Boris Johnson is facing a fresh police investigation after the Cabinet Office handed over evidence to cops regarding events at Downing Street and his Chequers country retreat during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

Sunak urged to launch Braverman probe as officials ‘contacted ethics team about speeding emails’

PM said to be considering emails sent to Cabinet Office’s ethics team about home secretary’s request for help

The Independent UK

Top Home Office mandarin knew of Braverman’s alleged speeding request

Permanent secretary told about alleged request in autumn, say sources, as home secretary fails to calm Tory nerves in Commons

The Guardian - UK

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Suella Braverman should quit if she broke ministerial code over speeding incident, says Starmer

The Labour leader said the Home Secretary’s actions appear to have been ‘inappropriate’

Evening Standard

Top mandarin piles pressure on Braverman to resign over speeding ticket row

Sir Philip Rycroft said the home secretary’s actions would have put civil servants ‘in an impossible position’

The Independent UK

In a contest between Tory MPs and reality, Rishi Sunak is refusing to pick a side

The PM is treading the perilous path of indulging Suella Braverman and her allies on the Conservative hard right, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Johnson at 10 review: an ‘authoritative’ and ‘often jaw-dropping’ book

Many people realise that Boris Johnson is a dishonest chancer who lacks any real convictions, said David Gauke in The New Statesman. Less obvious – at least to those outside Whitehall – is “quite how extraordinarily inept he was at performing some of the basic functions of being prime minister”.…

The Week

Jeff Hollingworth obituary

Other lives: Senior civil servant whose work behind the scenes led to the licensing of bedsits and introduction of leasehold reform

The Guardian - UK

Brexit bonfire U-turn: how long will EU laws remain in UK?

The government has announced a U-turn on its plans to remove all EU laws from British statute books by the end of the year in a move that has been criticised by Tory Brexiteers.

The Week

Kemi Badenoch takes responsibility for scaling down EU law ‘bonfire’

Senior Tories have criticised the move to cut back post-Brexit plans to scrap EU laws.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Rees-Mogg accuses Sunak of breaking his word over ‘bonfire’ of EU laws

Former business secretary says '‘politicians need to stick to what they said they will do’ in attack on Rishi Sunak

Evening Standard

Brexit: Failure to ditch EU-era laws by deadline ‘not quite U-turn’, insists minister

Jacob Rees-Mogg blamed the Whitehall ‘blob’ for the delay

The Independent UK

Starmer accused of being ‘shifty’ over timeline of Sue Gray hire

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove urged the Labour leader to ‘fess up’ about when he first approached the partygate investigator.

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray will take up Labour role no matter how long the delay, says party

Labour leader’s spokesperson says Gray will become chief of staff even if watchdog recommends long delay to start date

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The Week

Shades of Gray: what does appointment say about Starmer?

The row over senior civil servant and Partygate investigator Sue Gray’s appointment as chief of staff for the Labour Party has further intensified, with allies insisting that she is facing “a political witch hunt” over an inquiry into her departure from Whitehall.

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers under scrutiny for failure to publish Treasury spending details

Department is worst for publishing spending data, records show, with ministers apparently in breach of guidelines

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer should ask Sue Gray to co-operate with probe, says minister

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves accused the Government of pursuing a ‘vendetta’ against the former senior civil servant.

Evening Standard

Labour on defensive as party hits out at Sue Gray ‘vendetta’

Ministers are pursuing a “vendetta” against partygate investigator Sue Gray, Labour has claimed, as the row intensified over her appointment as Sir Keir Starmer’s next chief of staff.

The Independent UK

Probe into Sue Gray’s Labour role paused after her refusal to co-operate

Allies defended Ms Gray for prioritising a separate review by the anti-corruption watchdog.

The Guardian - UK

Is it time up for Simon Case, the mandarin who’s never out of the media?

The civil service is ‘a team without a captain’, argues Anthony Seldon. But can Sunak stomach ousting Case before the election?

The Independent UK

Tory fury as Sue Gray refuses to cooperate with inquiry into her job with Labour

Civil servant won’t answer questions on whether she accepted offer from Keir Starmer while investigating Partygate

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