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This hotels saga isn’t really about asylum seekers: it’s a window on to a far bigger scandal

A blistering new report tells a tale of billions wasted and vulnerable people left traumatised, while companies profit from a blundering state, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

NHS leaders warn of longer waiting times if demand for extra £3bn not met

Key Labour pledge under threat as health service faces costs from redundancies, strikes and rising drug prices

The Guardian - UK

The UK’s 15-year-scandal no government has gripped: grooming gangs explained

Stretching back to 2012, the government investigation into grooming gangs has a controversial history

The Guardian - UK

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Prince William Is "Taking Control" of the Palace Response to Scandal Following Criticisms

“William is on it," one source said.

Marie Claire

Frontrunner suffers blow in race to be UK ambassador to US over criticisms of Trump

Exclusive: Whitehall officials raise fears about Mark Sedwill’s newspaper article warning of president’s ‘blundering’ behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Will affordable housing be the casualty as London tackles its building emergency?

Collapse in construction activity causing alarm but mayor and Whitehall face pushback over ‘extreme solutions’

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘isn’t a democracy any more’, warns Tugendhat in call for leadership

Tom Tugendhat suggested that if ‘the bureaucrats are in charge of everything’, then the UK ‘isn’t a democracy any more’.

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Questions for CPS after No 10 publishes key witness statements in China spy row

Keir Starmer releases documents submitted by deputy national security adviser to Crown Prosecution Service

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Powell: the trusted aide Starmer is shielding from China spy row

National security adviser has become most influential foreign policy figure in government

The Guardian - UK

Blunkett: Better Whitehall the only way to see off ‘far-right’ threat

Lord Blunkett served in former prime minister Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour cabinets between 1997 and 2004, and again in 2005.

Evening Standard

How the spy trial row has exposed Britain’s China problem

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox explains why successive UK governments have dithered over deciding whether Beijing is a friend or foe

The Independent UK

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Powell to face MPs over role in collapse of espionage trial

National security adviser to answer questions over abandonment of a major Chinese spying case against two Britons

The Guardian - UK

Home secretary ‘very disappointed’ over collapse of China spy trial

Shabana Mahmood insisted there was no ministerial interference in the collapse of the case

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Home Secretary ‘disappointed’ at collapse of Chinese spying case

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry had denied the allegations, with the Official Secrets Act case dropped last month.

The Guardian - UK

Foreigners underrepresented among prisoners in England and Wales, report finds

Analysis finds lower proportion of foreign inmates than would be expected if they were jailed at same rate as UK citizens of same age

The Guardian - UK

Civil servants may feel ‘under attack’ after new rules briefed to media, UK ministers told

Guidance that meetings should be held outside working hours was published in Telegraph with quote about ‘nonsense’ events

The Guardian - UK

Here’s the truth, Keir Starmer: Whitehall cannot solve the UK’s urgent problems. Find a fast track

The best example is the rollout of the Covid vaccine taskforce, a time when there was minimal bureaucracy and things got done. We need that now, say former No 10 adviser Peter Hyman and policy expert Morgan Wild

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The Guardian - UK

Apprenticeships have collapsed in England – Labour needs to fine-tune the solution, fast

Responsibility for vocational training and skills has bounced around Whitehall for years, and enrolment rates are down by a third. Can the latest tweaks work?

The Independent UK

Tommy Robinson protest ‘klaxon call’ for MPs to address immigration – Kyle

Police said at least 25 people were arrested and 26 police officers were injured in the large-scale demo in London on Saturday.

Evening Standard

25 arrested and 26 police officers hurt at ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally

Between 110,000 and 150,000 people turned out for the rally in central London, exceeding estimates made by organisers.

Evening Standard

London protests LIVE: Arrests after 26 police officers injured during Tommy Robinson mass rally

Right-wing activist Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom protest is taking place at the same time as a Stand Up to Racism counter-march

Evening Standard

Thousands to descend on London for Tommy Robinson rally and counter-protest

A counter-protest organised by Stand Up To Racism is also due to take place in the city on Saturday.

International Business Times UK

Charlie Kirk Killing Update: How UK, Europe Reacted to Influencer's Assassination

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a Utah event on 10 September 2025, sparking global outrage, UK political backlash, and far-right condemnation across Europe.

Evening Standard

Local government reforms backed by MPs despite ‘power grab’ concerns

Transport, planning and housing will be devolved to new unitary local authorities, under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.

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